Discover
Pirate Radio is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing Rock n Roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, played by the Academy Award Winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britian, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl who comes of age amidst the chaos of sex, drugs and rock n roll. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens just to name a few. The film is laugh out loud funny and speaks to the rock n roll rebel in all of us.
Original Release
04/01/2009
US Release
11/13/2009
Links
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Michael Hadley | Mr. Roberts |
Charlie Rowe | James |
Lucy Fleming | Mrs. Roberts |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | The Count |
Tom Sturridge | Carl |
Ian Mercer | Transfer Boatman |
Bill Nighy | Quentin |
Will Adamsdale | News John |
Tom Brooke | Thick Kevin |
Rhys Darby | Angus Nutsford / Angus |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Michael Hadley | Mr. Roberts |
Charlie Rowe | James |
Lucy Fleming | Mrs. Roberts |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | The Count |
Tom Sturridge | Carl |
Ian Mercer | Transfer Boatman |
Bill Nighy | Quentin |
Will Adamsdale | News John |
Tom Brooke | Thick Kevin |
Rhys Darby | Angus Nutsford / Angus |
Nick Frost | Dave |
Katherine Parkinson | Felicity |
Chris O'Dowd | Simon |
Ike Hamilton | Harold |
Stephen Moore | Prime Minister |
Kenneth Branagh | Sir Alistair Dormandy / Dormandy |
Michael Thomas | Sandford |
Bo Poraj | Fredericks |
Sinead Matthews | Miss C |
Tom Wisdom | Mark |
Producers
Name | Role |
---|
Richard Curtis | Executive Producer |
Liza Chasin | Executive Producer |
Debra Hayward | Executive Producer |
Hilary Bevan Jones | Producer |
Tim Bevan | Producer |
Eric Fellner | Producer |
Emma Freud | Producer |
Ronaldo Vasconcellos | Producer |