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The Boat That Rocked

Drama, Comedy | 2009-04-01 | United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States of America

IMDB7.2 / 10

Budget$50,000,000

Budget$36,348,784

Runtime135 min.

On air. Off shore. Out of control.

An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".

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Universal Pictures
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Working Title Films
Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft
Portobello Studios
Tightrope Pictures
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StudioCanal
Portobello Productions
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Working Title Films

Videos

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Gavin Kavanagh Returns to Radio

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Mick Garris on PIRATE RADIO

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The Shortest Marriage

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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Life-or-Death Game of Chicken