The Boat That Rocked

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name = The Boat That Rocked


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director = Richard Curtis
producer = Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Hilary Bevan Jones

writer = Richard Curtis
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starring =Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bill Nighy
Rhys Ifans
Nick Frost
Kenneth Branagh
January Jones
Jack Davenport
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cinematography =Danny Cohen
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distributor = Universal Pictures
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language = English
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imdb_id = 1131729

"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 Pictures. "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 ended in June 2008.

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. [cite web | url=http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/filmSynopsis.php?filmID=120 | title=Official synopsis | publisher=Working Title Films | accessdate=2008-03-27 ] cite news | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981812.html | author=Adam Dawtrey | title=Curtis sets sail on Universal's 'Boat' | publisher=Variety | date=2008-03-04 | accessdate=2008-03-26 ]

Cast

*Philip Seymour Hoffman plays The Count, "a big, brash, American god of the airwaves".cite news | url=http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/newsArticle.php?newsID=202 | title=Filming Begins on 'The Boat That Rocked' | publisher=Working Title Films | date=2008-03-04 | accessdate=2008-03-27 ]
*Bill Nighy plays Quentin, the radio station's boss.
*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.
*Nick Frost plays Dave, Gavin's "ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny" co-DJ.
*Kenneth Branagh plays British Minister Dormandy out to shut down the illegal radio station.
*January Jones plays Elenore, an American woman who visits the DJs on the boat and falls for Gavin. [cite news | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981080.html | author=Diane Garrett | title=Trio ready to rock 'Boat' | publisher=Variety | date=2008-02-18 | accessdate=2008-03-26 ]
*Jack Davenport as Twatt
*Tom Sturridge as Carl
*Ralph Brown as Bob
*Chris O'Dowd as Simon
*Gemma Arterton as Desiree [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/fullcredits#cast The Boat That Rocked (2009) - Full cast and crew] ]
*Emma Thompson as Charlotte
*Tom Wisdom as Mark
*Rhys Darby as Angus
*Talulah Riley as Marianne

Production

The film is being written and directed by Richard Curtis and is being made by Working Title Films for Universal Studios. Producing for Working Title are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Hilary Bevan Jones. Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin are acting as executive producers.cite web | url= http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/filmCastCrew.php?filmID=120 | title=Cast and crew information | publisher=Working Title Films | accessdate=2008-03-27 ] Principal photography began on March 3 2008 and continued June 2008. 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.cite news | url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.2160801.0.1_million_film_is_ready_to_rock.php | title=£1 million film is ready to rock | publisher=Dorset Echo | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-04-01] and at Shepperton Studios. "The Boat That Rocked" is Curtis' first non-romantic comedy film, and is expected to be released in 2009.

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.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=1131729|title=The Boat That Rocked
* [http://www.tomwisdom.net Tom Wisdom (dot) Net]