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Movie: The Boat That Rocked (2009)

• Director: Richard Curtis
• Release Date: 13 November 2009 (USA)
• Run Time: 116 min | 135 min (original version)
• Country: UK , Germany , USA , France
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Music , Romance  
• MPAA: Rated R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.

Tagline: 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.  

Trivia: Rhys Ifans’ character, Gavin Kavanagh, is probably based on ‘Admiral’ Robbie Dale, who was a long-term pirate DJ.
 

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: During the Christmas montage at a male is seen seated on the toilet reading his paper with his trousers around his ankles. The toilet seat is not visible behind him, hence it is clearly down.
 

“”The Boat That Rocked” is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the ’60s and pop music. It’s about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count, a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock — a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that’s populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America to reclaim his rightful position; Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and a fearsome British government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation. Written by Production office”