Pirate radio [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; Focus Features presents ; in association with Studio Canal ; a Working Title production ; Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis.
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FilmPublisher number: 61106155 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles: - Boat that rocked (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Emm E. Hickox.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In mid- to late-'60s Britain, an unusual yet colorful subculture sprang up and thrived as a product of the upswing in British pop music, only to meet its doom within a few short years. Though the BBC functioned as the country's main source of news and music, its programmers offered very little airtime to rock & roll -- which left an overwhelming need unfulfilled. In response, small bands of "pirate" radio enthusiasts set up broadcasting towers on boats just outside of English boundary waters, and transmitted signals to an estimated 25 million listeners, 24 hours a day and seven days per week. Unsurprisingly, the DJs who took charge of these broadcasts could rival just about anyone in terms of flamboyance and outsized personalities. With Pirate Radio (released as The Boat That Rocked in the U.K.), writer-director Richard Curtis (Love Actually) travels back to the Swinging Sixties and takes a headfirst plunge into this colorful realm. The story opens in 1966, aboard a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock and equipped with pirate broadcasting equipment. Here, the slightly daft elitist Quentin (Bill Nighy) presides over a motley crew of joint-toking, sex-hungry disc jockeys including Dave (Nick Frost), a heavyset boob who nevertheless considers himself a hot property with women and loves to chase skirts; "The Count" (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an American DJ who aspires to be the first person to drop an F-bomb over the British airwaves; the gloom-laden Irishman Simon (Chris O'Dowd); bonked-out hipster Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke); womanizer Mark (Tom Wisdom); Angus (Rhys Darby), a New Zealander whom nobody likes; and the only female member of the group, lesbian cook Felicity (Katherine Parkinson). These misfits pull off quite a show -- enough of one that they attain the status of national idols for the youth culture -- but the super-conservative government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh) detests the whole business and will do almost anything in his power to shut them down. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Deleted scenes; feature commentary with director Richard Curtis, producer Hilary Bevan Jones, actors Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd.
Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Emm E. Hickox.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Stephen Moore, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Jack Davenport, Rhys Ifans, January Jones, Emma Thompson.
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America who wants to reclaim his rightful position; Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and a fearsome British government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation.
MPAA rating: R; for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.