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2009 Comedy-drama
United Kingdom/Germany/USA
2h 9min
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In 1966 - British pop music's finest era - the BBC played just two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio played rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people - more than half the population of Britain - listened to the pirates every single day.
Recently expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge) has been sent by his mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather, Quentin (Bill Nighy). However, Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock, a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea, populated by an eclectic crew of rock-and-roll DJs.
Directed by | Richard Curtis |
Written by | Richard Curtis |
Company | Universal PicturesAllianceAlliance Vivafilm |
Starring
Michael Hadley
Charlie Rowe
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bill Nighy
Nick Frost
Chris O'Dowd
Kenneth Branagh
Gemma Arterton
Jack Davenport
Ralph Brown
Rhys Ifans
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