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- 11 deleted scenes
- Commentary with Richard Curtis, producer Hilary Bevan Jones, and actors Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd
Richard Curtis ("Love, Actually") delves into the world of 60's pirate radio in this coming-of-age comedy. Amidst a cast of crazies played by the likes of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy, disillusioned teen Carl is about to experience the rebellious spirit of rock 'n' roll, Radio Rock-style!
On air. Off shore. Out of control.
Recently expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge) is sent by his mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather, Quentin (Bill Nighy, Underworld). 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 DJs.
They are led by The Count (Oscar Award-winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote) - big, brash, American, god of the airwaves, and totally in love with the music. He's faithfully backed up by his co-broadcasters Dave (Nick Frost, Hot Fuzz) - ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny; Simon (Chris O'Dowd, TV's The IT Crowd) - super-nice and searching for true love; Midnight Mark (Tom Wisdom) - enigmatic, handsome and man of few words; Wee Small Hours Bob - the late night DJ, whose hobbies are folk music and drugs; Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke) - possessor of the smallest intelligence known to mankind; On-The-Hour John (Will Adamsdale) - the newsreader; and Angus 'The Nut' Nutsford (Rhys Darby, of TV's The Flight Of The Conchords) - possibly the most annoying man in Britain.
Life on the North Sea is eventful. Simon finds the woman of his dreams and is married on the boat... only to be left by his bride the next day. Gavin (Rhys Ifans, Notting Hill) returns from his drug tour of America to his rightful position as the greatest DJ in Britain, clashing with The Count. Meanwhile, Carl discovers the opposite sex and who his real father is, whilst government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh, Wallander) is out for the blood of these rebellious lawbreakers.
What results is a literal storm on the high seas. With Radio Rock in peril, it's devoted fans rally together and stage an epic Dunkirk-style hundred boat rescue to save their DJ heroes. Some things may come to an end, but rock 'n' roll never dies.
Average rating (34 reviews)
Great feel good movie - I saw it twice over a single weekend and was not bored at all!! - that's pure and simple fun to watch for all the family and all ages!!
Like Mamma Mia!! - OK, that might not sell it for everyone, but the point is it's just made to make you feel brighter by the end, and it works!
It's just a celebration of music and the emotions it can bring, knitted together with various stories of the ship's crew and DJ's, all played to perfection by actors as varied yet capable as Emma Thompson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Chris O'Dowd, Kenneth Brannagh and the unsinkable Bill Nighy!!
Yet it does seem to get mixed reviews. I'm not sure why, but all I can say is I enjoyed every single moment of it!
Twist and shout
DVDjensen | 26/10/2009 | See all DVDjensen's reviews (128) »
The Boat That Rocked
MrWonderfull2 | 24/10/2009 | See all MrWonderfull2's reviews (1) »
Just seen this film,Lived through the era brought back memories,listening to the radio after going to bed,being shouted at by mum to turn it down.On with the radio first thing in the morning to keep the rythem going.It's all there in the film, Music great, very funny, shall get DVD, Santas coming soon. from a 60+++++ year old .
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson, Gemma Arterton, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Rhys Darby, Nick Frost, Jack Davenport, Tom Wisdom, Rhys Ifans, Talulah Riley, Chris O'Dowd, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Sturridge & Ralph Brown | |
15 years and over | |
2009 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
Hungarian | |
English for the hard of hearing ; Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Swedish | |
2 hours and 10 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
