Pirate Radio (2009)

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman
as The Count
Gemma Arterton
as Desiree
January Jones
as Elenore
Kenneth Branagh
as Sir Alistair Dormandy

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Drama Music

7.4 / 10

"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 wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves. 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.

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Comments on this trailer
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Adrian Swaby

TC14433EPG 1110W5G Lady only - @Monday, January 1, 2018 2:13 AM

Dog and Crow

This should have been done yeeeeears ago - @Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:45 PM

Ram4

Great movie. Should be a cult classic. Saw it when it came out, just saw it again last night. Also enjoyed the deleted scenes. I really liked all the characters in it. I could have seen this being a great show on HBO. Too bad it was a commercial flop. Great music, great actors, lots of comedy. Gavin had a little Spinal Tap going, while you got a nice cross section of the entire UK with Gavin, Thick Kevin, Dave, Angus, Simon, Bob, Mark, Harold, Felicity, Carl and cool Quentin in charge plus the Count from America. One of the biggest omissions in the movie is The Beatles of course, but they obviously couldn't afford the rights. In one deleted scene, the Count takes them to EMI Studios aka Abbey Road (which in 1966 would have been called EMI Studios) and salutes the Beatles, but ironically no Beatles music is played at all in the movie. Probably the reason they deleted it was to keep people from wondering why there was no Beatles music in the movie. I would have liked a scene added where one of the DJs gets all excited by a brand new album or song by his favorite group and plays it for the first time on the radio - only to sit there with a frown because he hates what he's hearing and then rips it off the record player saying "Well that's enough of that!" - @Saturday, September 16, 2017 5:09 PM

roses00000

LOOOOOOOVE THIS MOVIE <3 - @Friday, February 3, 2017 11:31 PM

Even Twice

You know you're in trouble when they play a song in the backround that didn't come out 'til 5 years after the movie was supposed to take place. - @Sunday, January 8, 2017 6:33 PM

bbbushhh

Well.....a Bill Nighy film that was fucking AWFUL!!! I never thought I would see the day..... - @Tuesday, December 13, 2016 3:39 AM

tombstone5860

it was a good film, but I don't like how the trailer implied that it was about an American DJ when it focuses on a boy coming of age... and losing his virginity. - @Saturday, December 10, 2016 2:23 PM

Sophie Mac

Favorite movie in the whole entire world. - @Monday, November 28, 2016 7:49 PM

billmcneal35

I love this movie - @Friday, October 28, 2016 12:22 PM

Dirt Muhgert

i really didn't like phil hoffman. he always seemed like a smug asshole. - @Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:23 PM

Joslyn Channel

I agree wit Zoe below.. Great movie - @Saturday, August 6, 2016 3:17 PM

Zoe Nikles

Movie was great, this trailer doesnt do it justice - @Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:37 PM

FriadyThe13thFan J

R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman - @Friday, November 13, 2015 6:31 AM

Matt J Depression

i just watched it :) - @Friday, November 13, 2015 6:06 AM

Kenny Kelly

Any libertarian would agree Pirate Radio is quotable. The trailer itself has two of my favorites: "That's the whole point of being the government: if you don't like something, you simply make it illegal," and "governments loathe people being free." Not to mention, all the kickass rock and roll music doused all over the movie and the trailer. It's amazing. - @Friday, May 8, 2015 6:10 AM

Russell

I thought this was the story of radio Hauraki in Auckland New Zealand in 1966. That station started the same way - @Monday, March 23, 2015 8:25 AM

Christian charles

This movie was great!! - @Wednesday, December 24, 2014 1:49 AM

unetolovesqose

ALL HAIL ROCK N' ROLL!! - @Monday, November 3, 2014 10:51 PM

Cristian Kent

how do I find it to download? - @Saturday, October 4, 2014 2:30 AM

coconuttie shores

watched this last night on tv 9/29/2014 Enjoyed it so much!!!!! - @Wednesday, October 1, 2014 2:31 AM

Patricia Antonelli

Amazing movie phenomenal soundtrack! - @Monday, July 28, 2014 3:34 AM

Ama Bout

best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - @Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:06 AM

Ellie

"until one American DJ"? dafuq? - @Friday, June 13, 2014 9:51 PM

kinkini sikdar

Same here FUCK THE GOVERNMENT - @Monday, June 9, 2014 8:49 AM

chronic tonic

RIP YOU SEXY BEAST> - @Monday, May 19, 2014 10:46 PM

TPDManiacXC626

In the words of Harold 'Coop' Cooplowski from Megas XLR: "Rock on!" - @Wednesday, April 16, 2014 4:25 AM

MrPisster

"Governments lothe the free." - @Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:24 AM

IThinkWithMy Dick

The Tales of Hoffman. RIP! - @Friday, February 28, 2014 2:47 AM

Michael T Smith

The british cut of this film is better in my opinion - @Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:40 PM

Joe Boivin

EXCELLENT - @Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:27 PM

Michele Bovetti

RIP... you made this movie perfect. - @Saturday, February 15, 2014 4:41 AM

grtyuj

i was so born in the wrong era. - @Monday, February 3, 2014 9:56 AM

Herr Mann

RIP,Mr.Hoffman. Great Actor. - @Monday, February 3, 2014 1:11 AM

Silly Puppy

RIP, MR. HOFFMAN - @Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:27 PM

MegChristian

Tonight i shall watch this in honor for The Count. "Counting down and out for the Count" RIP!! - @Sunday, February 2, 2014 7:36 PM

Lorenzo Magnaye

RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman :( - @Sunday, February 2, 2014 7:11 PM

lifexlovexlivin

great film, shitty narration during trailer tho, makes it sound like a cheesy film about rock. - @Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:27 PM

09Ozymandias

LOVED THIS FILM! Long Live Rock'n'Roll. Long Live Rebellion. Fuck The Government! :-) peace and love xxx - @Sunday, January 5, 2014 8:31 PM

Stacy-ann Belnavis

What is name of the first song? - @Sunday, December 15, 2013 2:20 AM

a2zmedia100

Nothing like how it was for real. This is just a "fun" movie but in no way is it history and how it really was. In fact about 95 % of this movie is not fact but just a made-up story line. The only part of this movie thats good is the music. - @Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:00 AM

Sapient

I absolutely loved this film. - @Monday, December 9, 2013 9:01 PM

Andveeter Feuerstein

Britain: small area, high power economy, close ally, with a long national history, and roughly 1/4th or 1/5th the population of the USA despite the region's size. No my dear people give a damn about Britain. "Brain dead Americans who give the rest of us a bad appearance to the rest of the world because they're to lazy to pay attention to anything in the rest of the world don't give a damn" is perhaps what you meant to say. It's people like you that the rest of the world hates us good day! - @Saturday, October 5, 2013 11:29 AM

Apollo Alexandre

You're a retarded fuck monkey. Go jump into the sewer. - @Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:43 PM

esc_19

so innacurrate - @Sunday, September 1, 2013 5:44 AM

Naomi R.

crying because they played won't get fooled again - @Monday, August 19, 2013 5:01 PM

LemonZeppelin

except the 65 or 70 million people who live there - @Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:30 PM

Jessica Tee

Maybe because no one gives a shit about Britain - @Saturday, August 17, 2013 7:26 AM

Maximus 97

I love the lie the film shows, as if it was all just his story. Fucking lies. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 11:22 PM

Maximus 97

All Day And All Of The night- The Kinks. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 11:22 PM

Maximus 97

Oh I know when he is dancing, fantastic. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 11:21 PM