‘The Boat That Rocked’ Download and Reviews

October 18, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Drama, Music

“The Boat That Rocked” Movie Details

The Boat That Rocked tagline: 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.
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Actors:
Bill Nighy Quentin
Kenneth Branagh Minister Dormandy
Philip Seymour Hoffman The Count
Nick Frost ‘Doctor’ Dave
Tom Sturridge Carl
Rhys Ifans Gavin Cavner
Rhys Darby Angus ‘The Nut’ Nutsford
Tom Brooke Thick Kevin
Gemma Arterton Desiree
Ike Hamilton Harold
Chris O’Dowd ‘Simple’ Simon Swafford
Talulah Riley Marianne
Tom Wisdom ‘Midnight’ Mark
Will Adamsdale ‘On-The-Hour’ John
Ralph Brown Bob
Directors: Richard Curtis
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 17,917 votes

“The Boat That Rocked” Movie Review

“Pirate Radio” Plot Summary

A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

Very funny and clever

The best feel-good-factor film I’ve seen since Little Miss Sunshine. In 1967 I won a transistor radio and spent the next ten years listening to Radio Caroline (at night under the pillow, so the early scene is uncanny!!) The film is a clever amalgam of pirate radio fact and myth featuring barely disguised DJs, and cameo scenes from album covers, fashion shoots, etc.. (orgy in the hold = Electric Ladyland; girls arriving on the prow of the boat = Mary Quant…; poster scenes = Abbey Road…, etc.) Anyone’s guess if the station/boat owner is based on Ronan O’Rahilly. The kind of guy who, 20 years later might have founded a low-cost airline; The Marine Offences Act was a heinous offense against liberty and popular culture, worthy of the cold war opponents

Beautifully filmed, a bit like smoking grass while listening to CSNY.

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