Pirate Radio

Release Date: November 13, 2009
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Richard Curtis
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Talulah Riley, January Jones
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: R (for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity)
Official Website: FilminFocus.com
Review: 6.5/10 rating
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Plot Summary: "Pirate Radio" is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing Rock n Roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, played by the Academy Award Winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britian, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl who comes of age amidst the chaos of sex, drugs and rock n roll. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens just to name a few. The film is laugh out loud funny and speaks to the rock n roll rebel in all of us.

Trailer (9.19.09):
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Featurette (10.13.09):
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2 Clips (10.14.09):
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COMMENTS (15)

Posted by:

Neil

December 7, 2008

Looks hilarious!!! I love just about anything Richard Curtis has done and this looks like it's gonna be great!

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Mary

December 8, 2008

Nick Frost? I'm there.

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Sonia

December 19, 2008

I was an extra in the film and am on the trailer!! (albeit fleetingly) Can't wait!

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Jason

January 6, 2009

Any idea of when this will open in North America? Or is it gonna be like a number of British comedies in recent years (which, like this, are handled by Universal over here) that are released in the UK almost a full year before they make their way over here.

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I want to believe (in film)

March 16, 2009

Hoffman, Nighy, and Branagh in a comedy together. That in itself is very promising. I like that the latter two are reuniting following Valkyrie.

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I want to believe (in film)

March 16, 2009

Oh, and in response to your question, I'm sure the release date will stick for America, the actors, Hoffman in particular, are marketable to a serious American audience.

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Trudy

April 9, 2009

ITS BLOODY AMAZING! ITS SOOOOOOOOO FUNNY! I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT ON DVD!

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Dan

April 16, 2009

One of my top 10 films ever!!!! This is a definite must see with a great line up of comedy actors, some great music and some nice scenes *wink wink*

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Mervyn

July 28, 2009

If this movie was set in the USA in 1986 and its focus was upon Howard Stern type characters - (look up Alan Weiner and Radio Newyork International), then this film might (MIGHT) reflect the silly storyline. But since it is is set in England in 1966 against REAL events that were totally (absolutely and completely) unrelated and better than this silly script, then the movie might be worth seeing. But its not and this movie that has already got so many names in different countries after many edits (because the original is dreadful), then it is a worthless bit of rubbish. Half of the original film ended up on the cutting room floor because the script was changed half way through. The original djs on the real UK 1966 stations are for the most part disgusted with this nonsense. As a radio historian of that era and a teenage listener in 1966 listening to the real stations, it is obvious that the real movie awaits filming with a real script. This one is a total dud and boring at that (unless you are 11 and know little about sex).

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Slim

September 19, 2009

are u kidding? i moved to europe a little over a year ago, and i thought this movie was internationally released, its ****ing hilarious, it came out like... beginning of 2009 in europe, and is now already out on dvd... cant believe its not released in the US... the european title is better as well: The Boat That Rocked

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