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The Boat That Rocked

Year: 2009Runtime: 129 mins
Votes: 1,492
Rating: 7.4
Language: English
Country: UK, Germany
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Plot
Outline: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's.Director: Richard CurtisWriting By: Richard CurtisProduced By: Hilary Bevan Jones Tim Bevan Liza Chasin Richard Curtis Eric Fellner Emma Freud Ronaldo Vasconcellos• "The Boat That Rocked" is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music. It's about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count, a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock -- a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America 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. Written by Production office .
Cast:• Gemma Arterton as Desiree• Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count• January Jones as Eleonore• Bill Nighy as Quentin• Rhys Ifans as Gavin• Rhys Darby as Angus• Kenneth Branagh as Minister Dormandy• Tom Sturridge as Carl• Nick Frost as Dave• Talulah Riley as Marianne