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The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Directed by Richard Curtis
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Overview
An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It’s about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60’s when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as “Pirate Radio”.
Rated R | Length 135 minutes
Actors
Tom Sturridge | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Rhys Ifans | Bill Nighy | Emma Thompson | Nick Frost | Kenneth Branagh | January Jones | Gemma Arterton | Jack Davenport | Rhys Darby | Chris O'Dowd | Katherine Parkinson | Katie Lyons | Tom Wisdom | Will Adamsdale | Tom Brooke | Ralph Brown | Ike Hamilton | Sinead Matthews | Talulah Riley | Michael Hadley | Charlie Rowe | Lucy Fleming | Ian Mercer | Francesca Longrigg | Poppy Delevingne | David Sterne | Olivia Llewellyn | William Ilkley | Michael Thomas | Chrissie Wunna | Stephen Moore
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/16/2010 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
From the quickpicks shelf at my library: Pirate Radio (2009). Missed last year and reasonably decent film but not very memorable. The Boat That Rocked (as I prefer to call it) does sport quite a great cast with some fine moments but that absurd depiction of their “disaster” in the end was hard to swallow (really? Joking as your ship is sinking in ocean?). But, damn, do I ever love Bill Nighy.
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