Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Frost

"Pirate Radio" is the high-spirited story of how eight 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 Atl...( read more  read more... )antic, 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, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britain, 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.

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R, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: Richard Curtis

Release Date: November 13, 2009

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April 3, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

A woebegone crew of comedy turns worthy of a bad Carry On film. full review

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  • Musicmovielove
    November 2, 2009
    OMG, This is a must see on my movie list. It looks like its going to be pretty funny from what I’ve seen in the trailer clips. I know its going to make me reminisce especially because it was during the time when classic rock hits were made! I’ve been listening to their station on iheartradio online iheartradio.com/pirateradio and its just amazing. It’s making me so anxious to see Pirate Rock. I love it, Rock n Roll is never too old.
  • Zhuliya
    August 17, 2009
    You got perfectly to the point ccathrine! Great review.

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