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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