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The Boat That Rocked
2009
Writer-turned-director Richard Curtis (LOVE ACTUALLY, NOTTING HILL) directs a cast comprising the cream of British acting talent - which includes Bill Nighy (NOTES ON A SCANDAL, LOVE ACTUALLY), Rhys Ifans (NOTTING HILL, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS), Nick Frost (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ) and Kenneth Branagh (HENRY V, .. Read more
| Starring | Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy |
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| Director | Richard Curtis |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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The Boat That Rocked
Writer-turned-director Richard Curtis (LOVE ACTUALLY, NOTTING HILL) directs a cast comprising the cream of British acting talent - which includes Bill Nighy (NOTES ON A SCANDAL, LOVE ACTUALLY), Rhys Ifans (NOTTING HILL, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS), Nick Frost (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ) and Kenneth Branagh (HENRY V, CELEBRITY), along with one lone American star in the shape of Philip Seymour Hoffman (CAPOTE, DOUBT) - in this comedy set in Britain in 1966. With the BBC only allowing two hours of rock and roll to be played on its airwaves per week, a pirate radio station aboard a North Sea-cruising yacht broadcasts music to the pop-starved masses, turning its seafaring disc jockeys into overnight superstars.
Taking the infamous Radio Caroline as inspiration, THE BOAT THAT ROCKED is an hilarious feel-good romp in the tradition of Curtis' best-loved work and benefits from a knockout soundtrack featuring some of the most memorable tracks of the time.
| Starring | Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy, January Jones, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, Chris O'Dowd, Ralph Brown |
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| Director | Richard Curtis |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 14 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, German, English, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 07 Sep 2009 Blu-ray: 07 Sep 2009 Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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The Ship That Sank would be a more appropriate title for writer-director Richard Curtiss latest and most... read more on Time Out
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Captures The Essence Of The Era Perfectly
Absolutely loved this film from beginning to end. It captures the essence of that era perfectly, and it is a film I could watch again and again. My biggest surprise came from Rhys Ifans who portrayed the sex god DJ Gavin fantastically. What a sexy voice for the radio - shame I can't mention one DJ on air at the moment who sounds the same...!
Unfortunately, I myself, was born in 1979, so wasn't around in that decade. However I took my mum to see this film as she was 21yrs old in 1966, and remembers listening to the pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea, and remembers all the political controversy surrounding it. She thought it was a great film too.
If you appreciate the best music of all time, proper rock n roll from the 60's/70's, then you will love this film. Its a real feel good movie. -
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A total blast!
I was born in1960 with two much older siblings who were both music mad and remember listening to Radio Caroline in bed with my sister and this film just captured how I imagined the boat every time I have thought of those days. For me it captured the feeling of the 60s and I now intend buying this to watch over. I loved it.
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