Project Detail

The Boat That Rocked

Synopsis

Recently expelled from school, Carl has been sent by his jet-set mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather Quentin. However, Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock, a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea, populated by an eclectic crew of rock 'n' roll DJ's. They are led by The Count, big, brash, American, a god of the airwaves, and totally in love with the music. He's faithfully backed up by his co-broadcasters Dave, Simon, Midnight Mark, Wee Small Hours Bob, Thick Kevin, On The Hour John, and Angus 'The Nut' Nutsford.

However, pirate stations have come to the attention of an establishment that's out for blood against the drug takers, lawbreakers and bottom-bashing fornications of a once great nation. In an era when the stuffy corridors of power stifle anything approaching youthful exuberance, pirate radio becomes Public Enemy Number 1.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of film: Features
Director: Richard Curtis
Producer: Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin
Editor: Emma Hickox
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis
Director of Photography: Danny Cohen
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley
Principal cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Working Title Films

Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK

T +44 (0)20 7307 3000

www.workingtitlefilms.com

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