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Pirate Radio (1-Apr-2009)

Original Title: The Boat That Rocked

Director: Richard Curtis

Writer: Richard Curtis

Producers: Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; Hilary Bevan Jones

Keywords: Comedy, Radio

British comedy examines the operations of a 1960s-era pirate radio station.

ABSTRACT
Originally released as The Boat That Rocked with extra footage in its country of origin, Pirate Radio tells a fictionalized tale of events surrounding the mid-1960s phenomenon of pirate radio broadcasting, following attempts by a cadre of clandestine British disc jockeys operating out of the North Sea to bring rock music to the masses at a time when government forces desired that classical tunes reign supreme.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gemma Arterton
Actor
12-Jan-1986   Quantum of Solace
Kenneth Branagh
Actor
10-Dec-1960   British thespian
Rhys Darby
Actor
21-Mar-1974   Murray on Flight of the Conchords
Jack Davenport
Actor
1-Mar-1973   Steve Taylor on Coupling
Nick Frost
Actor
28-Mar-1972   Shaun of the Dead
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967 2-Feb-2014 Capote
Rhys Ifans
Actor
22-Jul-1968   Notting Hill
January Jones
Actor
5-Jan-1978   Mad Men
Stephen Moore
Actor
11-Dec-1937   Voice of Marvin the paranoid android
Bill Nighy
Actor
12-Dec-1949   Love Actually
Chris O'Dowd
Actor
9-Oct-1979   Roy on The IT Crowd
Tom Sturridge
Actor
21-Dec-1985   Waiting for Forever
Emma Thompson
Actor
15-Apr-1959   Howard's End

CAST

Tom Sturridge   ...   Carl
Chris O'Dowd   ...   Simon
Ralph Brown   ...   Bob
Jack Davenport   ...   Twatt
January Jones   ...   Elenore
Rhys Darby   ...   Angus
Tom Brooke   ...   Thick Kevin
Katherine Parkinson   ...   Felicity
Will Adamsdale   ...   News John
Tom Wisdom   ...   Mark
Ike Hamilton   ...   Harold
Talulah Riley   ...   Marianne
Gemma Arterton   ...   Desiree
Michael Hadley   ...   Mr. Roberts
Charlie Rowe   ...   James
Lucy Fleming   ...   Mrs. Roberts
Philip Seymour Hoffman   ...   The Count
Ian Mercer   ...   Transfer Boatman
Bill Nighy   ...   Quentin
Nick Frost   ...   Dave
Stephen Moore   ...   Prime Minister
Kenneth Branagh   ...   Sir Alistair Dormandy
Michael Thomas   ...   Sandford
Bo Poraj   ...   Fredericks
Sinead Matthews   ...   Miss C
Rhys Ifans   ...   Gavin
Olegar Fedoro   ...   Rock Boat Captain
Duncan Foster   ...   Swedish Crewman
Emma Thompson   ...   Charlotte
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes   ...   Jemima Dormandy
Francesca Longrigg   ...   Mrs. Dormandy
Poppy Delvingne   ...   Model
Sarah Forster   ...   Model
Ocean Moon   ...   Model
Tuuli Shipster   ...   Model
David Sterne   ...   Marianne's Captain
Olivia Llewellyn   ...   Margaret
William Ilkley   ...   Commanding Officer
Edward Hancock   ...   Policeman
Katie Lyons   ...   Angus's Boat Girl
Kirsty Mather   ...   John's Boat Girl
Lana Davidson   ...   Simon's T-Shirt Girl
Tomas Andrisiunas   ...   Swedish Crewman
Gudmundur Audunsson   ...   Swedish Crewman
Kris Gummerus   ...   Swedish Crewman

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