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| Starring: |
Philip Seymour Hoffman ,
Bill Nighy , Rhys
Darby, January Jones ,
Kenneth Branagh , Gemma
Arterton , Emma
Thompson |
| Director: |
Richard Curtis |
| Release: |
November 13, 2009
(theaters)
April 13, 2010 (video) |
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.
Rated R for language, and some sexual
content including brief nudity
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