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The Boat That Rocked

2009

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".

Cast & Crew

TSTS
Tom Sturridge

as Carl

PSHPSH
Philip Seymour Hoffman

as The Count

RIRI
Rhys Ifans

as Gavin

BNBN
Bill Nighy

as Quentin

ETET
Emma Thompson

as Charlotte

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Nick Frost

as Dave

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
4/1/2009
Runtime
2 hours, 15 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
$50,000,000
Revenue
$36,348,784
Profit/Loss
-$13,651,216
ROI: -27.3%
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Countries
United Kingdom (GB)
France (FR)
Germany (DE)
Spoken Languages
English (en)
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Working Title Films
Working Title Films
M
Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft
StudioCanal
StudioCanal
P
Portobello Productions