---
title: 'Pirate Radio (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Curtis'
released: '2009-04-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pirate-radio-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pirate Radio (2009)

2009 · 135 min · Comedy · Germany, United Kingdom, France

Original title: The Boat That Rocked

## Synopsis

The Boat That Rocked is a 2009 comedy-drama written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh. Set in 1966, it tells the story of the fictional pirate radio station "Radio Rock" and its crew of eclectic disc jockeys, who broadcast rock and pop music to the United Kingdom from a ship anchored in the North Sea while the British government tries to shut them down. It was produced by Working Title Films for Universal Pictures and was filmed on the Isle of Portland and at Shepperton Studios.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-curtis)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-curtis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Producer:** [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan), [Hilary Bevan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilary-bevan-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Danny Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-cohen)
- **Editor:** [Emma E. Hickox](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-e-hickox)

## Cast

- [Gemma Arterton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gemma-arterton)
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-branagh)
- [Rhys Ifans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-ifans)
- [Emma Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-thompson)
- [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-seymour-hoffman)
- [Nick Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-frost)
- [Olivia Llewellyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-llewellyn)
- [Ralph Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-brown)
- [Amanda Fairbank-Hynes](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-fairbank-hynes)
- [Rhys Darby](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-darby)
- [Stephen Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-moore)
- [Tom Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-brooke)
- [Jack Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-davenport)
- [David Sterne](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-sterne)
- [Sinead Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/sinead-matthews)

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Official site: https://www.focusfeatures.com/pirate_radio/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pirate-radio-2009
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