Genres
Production Companies
Working Title Films
Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft
StudioCanal
Portobello Productions
The Boat That Rocked
On air. Off shore. Out of control.
Overview
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".
Key Crew
Producer: Tim Bevan, Hilary Bevan Jones, Ronaldo Vasconcellos, Emma Freud, Eric Fellner
Writer: Richard Curtis
Director of Photography: Danny Cohen
Director: Richard Curtis
Top Cast
Tom Sturridge
Carl
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Count
Rhys Ifans
Gavin
Bill Nighy
Quentin
Emma Thompson
Charlotte
Nick Frost
Dave
Kenneth Branagh
Dormandy
January Jones
Eleonore
Videos
Official US Trailer
