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".
Title | The Boat That Rocked |
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Year | 2009 |
Genre | Drama, Comedy |
Country | United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States of America |
Studio | Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures, StudioCanal, Portobello Productions, Working Title Films |
Cast | Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson, Nick Frost |
Crew | Emma Freud (Script Editor), Hilary Bevan Jones (Producer), Tim Bevan (Producer), Richard Curtis (Director), Richard Curtis (Writer), Liza Chasin (Executive Producer) |
Keyword | ship, rock 'n' roll, great britain, radio station, north sea, swinging 60s, dj, 1960s, teenage protagonist |
Release | Apr 01, 2009 |
Runtime | 135 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.20 / 10 by 2,093 users |