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Mar 31, 2009 · The boat itself has an over-flow of talent, featuring DJs such as Nick Frost as the cocky, sexually-predatory ‘Doctor’ Dave, Rhys Ifans as the Mick Jagger-esque Gavin and the brash Count ...
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Mar 27, 2009 · STARRING Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans. ***. The films of Richard Curtis aren’t exactly what you’d call canon here at Uncut, so it might come as some surprise to find him ...
Box office. US$36.6 million [4] The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America [5]) is a 2009 comedy drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh.
The Boat That Rocked: Directed by Richard Curtis. With Michael Hadley, Charlie Rowe, Lucy Fleming, Philip Seymour Hoffman. A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
- Richard Curtis
- 2 min
The Boat That Rocked is a slight step behind, but there are lots of funny moments and credible depiction of daily life and attitudes of DJ's and music managers in the 1960ies. The cast is full of stars (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh) and most of supporting roles are also played by famous men and women often doing bigger roles.
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A mix-tape of successes and failures, perhaps too light for its subject, but a silly, easy watch. The real pirate radio ships, whose days ended in 1967, wound up being towed away for salvage but the film avoids that fate -- like the best rock songs -- with a rousing finish and a pleasing climax. Giggles, not belly laughs, come frequently, and ...
