The Boat That Rocked
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| The Boat That Rocked | |
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| Directed by | Richard Curtis |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Hilary Bevan Jones |
| Written by | Richard Curtis |
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans Nick Frost Kenneth Branagh Tom Sturridge Jack Davenport Ralph Brown Chris O'Dowd |
| Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Boat That Rocked is an upcoming ensemble period comedy film, scheduled for release in 2009. The film is set in 1966 and tells of the United Kingdom pirate radio movement, which illegally broadcast to audiences of up to 25 million from ships anchored off the coast of the UK. The film is written and directed by Richard Curtis and is being made by Working Title Films for Universal Studios. The Boat That Rocked stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh. Principal photography started on March 4, 2008 on location off the coast of England and is expected to end in June 2008.
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[edit] Premise
In the 1960s, illegal radio stations broadcast rock and pop music to up to 25 million people in the UK from ships anchored in the North Sea. The film tells of one such group of DJs in 1966 who are at the forefront of the UK pirate radio movement, putting them at odds with a traditionalist British government which prefers to broadcast jazz.[1][2]
[edit] Pirate Radio Stations
- Radio Caroline
- Radio Veronica
- Radio Luxembourg
- Radio Northsea
- Radio Atlanta
- Radio City
- Laser 558
- Swinging Radio England
[edit] Cast
- Philip Seymour Hoffman plays The Count, "a big, brash, American god of the airwaves".[3]
- Bill Nighy plays Quentin, the radio station's boss.[3]
- Rhys Ifans plays Gavin, a British DJ recently returned from a drugs tour of America to "reclaim his rightful position" as the greatest DJ in Britain.[3]
- Nick Frost plays Gavin's "ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny" co-DJ.[3]
- Kenneth Branagh plays British Minister Dormandy out to shut down the illegal radio station.[3]
- January Jones plays Elenore, an American woman who visits the DJs on the boat and falls for Gavin.[4]
- Nick Frost as Dave[3]
- Jack Davenport as Twatt[3]
- Tom Wisdom as Mark[3]
- Tom Sturridge as Carl[3]
- Rhys Darby as Angus[3]
- Ralph Brown as Bob[3]
- Chris O'Dowd as Simon[3]
[edit] Production
The film is being written and directed by Richard Curtis and is being made by Working Title Films for Universal Studios.[2] Producing for Working Title are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Hilary Bevan Jones. Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin are acting as executive producers.[5] Principal photography began on March 3, 2008 and will continue until June 2008.[2] Filming is taking place in a fishing trawler moored in Portland Harbour, Dorset, with boat interior shots filmed inside a warehouse in Osprey Quay on the Isle of Portland.[6] and at Shepperton Studios.[2] The Boat That Rocked is Curtis' first non-romantic comedy film,[3] and is expected to be released in 2009.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Official synopsis. Working Title Films. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
- ^ a b c d e Adam Dawtrey. "Curtis sets sail on Universal's 'Boat'", Variety, 2008-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Filming Begins on 'The Boat That Rocked'", Working Title Films, 2008-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
- ^ Diane Garrett. "Trio ready to rock 'Boat'", Variety, 2008-02-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Cast and crew information. Working Title Films. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
- ^ "£1 million film is ready to rock", Dorset Echo. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
On 28 April 2008, scenes from the film were shot on Roupell St, Waterloo. The Kings Arms, also Roupell St, was converted to the Red Lion for the purposes of this production.
