Una banda di DJ ribelli che ha affascinato la Gran Bretagna suonando alla radio la musica di tutta una generazione davanti a un governo che voleva solo la musica classica e nient'altro sulle... Leggi tuttoUna banda di DJ ribelli che ha affascinato la Gran Bretagna suonando alla radio la musica di tutta una generazione davanti a un governo che voleva solo la musica classica e nient'altro sulle onde radio.Una banda di DJ ribelli che ha affascinato la Gran Bretagna suonando alla radio la musica di tutta una generazione davanti a un governo che voleva solo la musica classica e nient'altro sulle onde radio.
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- QuizThe scene in which Young Carl sulks about Marianne was originally supposed to be about eight seconds long and contain nothing but Tom Sturridge sitting on a bench and looking sad. Will Adamsdale and Ike Hamilton happened to be there, so executive producer, writer, and director Richard Curtis told them to have a go at what they would have done if their friend was in the same situation. He put on "So Long, Marianne" and they came up with everything that remains in the scene.
- BlooperThe characters frequently use vernacular that was not made popular until much later than 1966. Characters refer to protection as 'condoms,' which were much more commonly called 'Johnnies' in the 60s. Also, Young Carl is told that when dealing with Thick Kevin, it was important to "think outside the box," a term not coined in general use until the early 90s.
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The Count: To all our listeners, this is what I have to say - God bless you all. And as for you bastards in charge, don't dream it's over. Years will come, years will go, and politicians will do fuck all to make the world a better place. But all over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams and put those dreams into song. Nothing important dies tonight, just a few ugly guys on a crappy ship. The only sadness tonight is that, in future years, there'll be so many fantastic songs that it will not be our privilege to play. But, believe you me, they will still be written, they will still be sung and they will be the wonder of the world.
Gavin Cavanagh: Hit it!
- Curiosità sui creditiThis film is dedicated to all who worked and broadcast on the pirate stations - all those wonderful years, all day and all of the night.
- Versioni alternativeUS distributor, Universal have chosen to re-title the film as "Pirate Radio" and release it under Focus Features in US territories. This new version will be edited for length by director Richard Curtis after some European reviewers cited its 135 minute running time as a factor in its diminished success.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
- Colonne sonoreAll Day and All of the Night
Written by Ray Davies
Performed by The Kinks
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.
I think the real protagonist in "The boat that rocked" is music, that sound pop-rock that in the 60's began to move the world, and to be opposed by the establishment as a dangerous weapon in the hands of the multitudes, as a threat to a well consolidated but no longer valid system. Among unreal situations, a totally-lacking plot, among odd and eccentric characters, what only matters is that power of music to revive one's spirits, to give voice to the most uncontrolled, animal, ancestral instincts of man. And thus becomes, in my opinion, the most vivid scene that of those hundreds of records floating on the water, the symbol of a generation, of an era that was then ready to explode, and that no strict establishment could have wiped away, even once illegal radio stations were shut down.
No revolutionary message is conveyed: it's a good-humoured and at intervals melancholic tribute to a generation who, maybe ingenuously, but deeply, and truly believed in out of time-values, friendship, respect, love, and believed that music was a strong, and powerfully effective means to convey them. Even if you don't belong to that generation, each of us has experienced, one or more times in one's life, the communion of a piece of music with the most sensitive chords of our soul: it's about something emotional, but also physical and that's what the director just wants to celebrate.
If you are fond of music, or simply you have once in your life been moved by a song, you will like this movie, or at least enjoy it for what it is, without the necessity of too much criticism.
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- Paesi di origine
- Lingue
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- The Boat That Rocked
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- Aziende produttrici
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- Budget
- 50.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 8.017.917 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 2.904.380 USD
- 15 nov 2009
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 36.352.467 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 15 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1