The Boat That Rocked (2009)

Director:

Richard Curtis

Writer:

Richard Curtis (writer)

Release Date:

13 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.

Plot:

A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's.

Plot Keywords:

North Sea | American | Pirate Radio | Pop Music | Boat

US Showtimes:

Culver Plaza Theatres

2:30pm | 7:20

(personalize)

Cast

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
Nick Frost	...	Dave
Katherine Parkinson	...	Felicity
Chris O'Dowd	...	Simon
Ike Hamilton	...	Harold
Stephen Moore	...	Prime Minister
Kenneth Branagh	...	Sir Alistair Dormandy
Michael Thomas	...	Sandford
Bohdan Poraj	...	Fredericks (as Bo Poraj)
Sinead Matthews	...	Miss C
Tom Wisdom	...	Mark
Gemma Arterton	...	Desiree
Jack Davenport	...	Twatt
Ralph Brown	...	Bob
Rhys Ifans	...	Gavin
Talulah Riley	...	Marianne
Olegar Fedoro	...	Rock Boat Captain
Duncan Foster	...	Swedish Crewman
January Jones	...	Elenore
Emma Thompson	...	Charlotte
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes	...	Jemima Dormandy
Francesca Longrigg	...	Mrs. Dormandy
Poppy Delvingne	...	Model #1
Sarah Forster	...	Model #2
Ocean Moon	...	Model #3
Tuuli Shipster	...	Model #4
David Sterne	...	Marianne's Captain
Olivia Llewellyn	...	Margaret
William Ilkley	...	Commanding Officer
Edward Hancock	...	Policeman
Katie Lyons	...	Angus' Boat Girl
Kirsty Mather	...	John's Boat Girl
Tomas Andrisiunas	...	Swedish Crewman #1
Lana Davidson	...	Simon's T-Shirt Girl
Guðmundur Auðunsson	...	Swedish Crewman #2
Kristofer Gummerus	...	Swedish Crewman #3

Directed by
Richard Curtis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Curtis		writer

Produced by
Hilary Bevan Jones	....	producer
Tim Bevan	....	producer
Liza Chasin	....	executive producer
Richard Curtis	....	producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Emma Freud	....	associate producer
Ronaldo Vasconcellos	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Danny Cohen

Film Editing by
Emma E. Hickox

Casting by
Fiona Weir

Production Design by
Mark Tildesley

Art Direction by
Thomas Brown
Rod McLean

Set Decoration by
Dominic Capon

Costume Design by
Joanna Johnston

Makeup Department
Christine Blundell	....	hair designer
Christine Blundell	....	makeup designer
Charmaine Fuller	....	crowd makeup artist supervisor
Teri Galati	....	crowd makeup trainee
Mandy Gold	....	crowd makeup artist
Agnes Legere	....	hair and make up trainee
Rosie Leland	....	hair and make up trainee
Monica MacDonald	....	crowd makeup trainee
Chloe Meddings	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Erica Bensly	....	unit manager
James Biddle	....	production manager
Tania Blunden	....	post-production supervisor (as Tania Windsor Blunden)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tamana Bleasdale	....	second assistant director
Hannah Brown	....	daily assistant director
Dan Channing-Williams	....	first assistant director: aerial unit
Dan Channing-Williams	....	third assistant director
Henry Forsyth	....	third assistant director: crowd
Sam Haveland	....	third assistant director: second unit
Guy Heeley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ben Howarth	....	first assistant director
Martin Kenzie	....	second unit director
Bryn Lawrence	....	crowd second assistant director
Bryn Lawrence	....	second assistant director: re-shoots
Charlie Reed	....	second assistant director: second unit
Vaughn Stein	....	crowd assistant director

Art Department
Jon Bates	....	stand-by props
Mat Bergel	....	propsman
James Brooker	....	dressing props
Ben Collins	....	assistant art director
James Collins	....	assistant art director
David Conway	....	props
Stephen Conway	....	dressing props
Guy Cope	....	stand-by rigger
Quentin Davies	....	prop storeman
Katrina Dunn	....	set decoration assistant
Alice Felton	....	assistant set decorator
Catherine Haugh	....	construction coordinator
Justin Hayzelden	....	props daily
Kathy Heaser	....	graphic artist
Gavin Jones	....	prop shop modelmaker
Dougie Lankston	....	dressing props
Chris Lunney	....	assistant graphic artist
Melissa Magna	....	buyer
Thomas Martin	....	construction manager
Adam McCreight	....	dressing props
Adrian Platt	....	chargehand dressing prop
Kathryn Pyle	....	production buyer
Nick Thomas	....	property master
Rebecca Thomas	....	art department assistant
Libby Uppington	....	dressing prop

Sound Department
Nigel Albermaniche	....	sound assistant: second unit dailies
Dafydd Archard	....	sound studio assistant
Stuart Bagshaw	....	foley editor
Rachel Boot	....	sound studio assistant
Oliver Brierley	....	adr mixer
Simon Brown	....	boom operator: second unit
Simon Bysshe	....	playback operator
Simon Bysshe	....	sound utility
Doug Cooper	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Dalmaine	....	re-recording engineer
Nick Del-Molino	....	studio assistant
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Simon Firsht	....	boom operator
Tim Fraser	....	sound mixer: second unit
Simon Gershon	....	sound effects editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Rick Gould	....	adr recordist
Arthur Graley	....	supervising foley editor
Philip Jenkins	....	sound mix technician
Steve Jones	....	sound mixer: second unit
Mike King	....	re-recording engineer
Oleg Kulchytskyy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Maher	....	re-recording engineer
Zak Melemendjian	....	dialogue editor
Markus Moll	....	sound mix technician
Dan Morgan	....	supervising dialogue editor
Keith Partridge	....	foley recordist
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor
Barnaby Smyth	....	foley artist
Chris Sturmer	....	sound consultant: dolby
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist
William Towers	....	boom operator: second unit
Dylan Voigt	....	second boom operator
Ian Voigt	....	sound mixer
Jessica Ward	....	assistant dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Sam Conway	....	special effects technician
Dean Ford	....	special effects technician
Peter Haran	....	special effects senior technician
Ben James	....	special effects trainee
Mark White	....	floor supervisor
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Kevin Adams	....	matchmover
Louie Alexander	....	digital compositor: Framestore
Papavramides Alexandra	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Dalia Al-Husseini	....	digital effects artist: Dneg
Oliver Atherton	....	digital compositor
Keziah Bailey	....	matchmove artist
Matthew Baker	....	digital paint artist: restoration: Framestore
Daniel Baldwin	....	matchmove artist
Judy Barr	....	digital compositor
James Benson	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Christina Boon	....	visual effects artist
Paul Brannan	....	lighting technical director
Paul Brannan	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Jamie Briens	....	effects technical director: Double Negative
Richard Briscoe	....	visual effects supervisor
Clare Brody	....	data operator - framestore
Paul Burke	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Thomas J. Burton	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Jon Capleton	....	modeler
Richard Clarke	....	cg supervisor: Double Negative
Debra Coleman	....	digital compositor
Zoe Cousins	....	digital intermediate scanning and recording: Framestore
Craig Crane	....	previz artist: Double Negative
Alistair Darby	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Richard Edwards	....	digital intermediate data operator
Huw J. Evans	....	technical director: Double Negative
Adam Glasman	....	digital intermediate colourist
Richard Gomes	....	digital effects artist
Joel Green	....	lead technical director
Dean Grubb	....	digital effects artist
Alex Guri	....	digital compositor
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editor
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: double negative
Gareth Harbuz	....	matchmove artist
Chris Hart	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Adam Hawkes	....	digital compositor
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer
Tom Hocking	....	compositor: Double Negative
Jan Hogevold	....	executive producer: framestore di
Matthew Jacques	....	digital compositor
Henry Jefferson	....	digital compositor: double negative
David Johnston	....	digital intermediate: conform editor
Rafal Kaniewski	....	compositor
Dean Koonjul	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Duncan Kuah Boon Kwang	....	matchmoving artist
Pascal Loef	....	lighting technical director
James Long	....	digital intermediate data operator
Kevin Lowery	....	high definition engineer
Veronica Marcano	....	scanning & recording operator: Framestore
Naveen Medaram	....	digital compositor: Dneg
Ian Murphy	....	digital compositor
Ian Murphy	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Katrina Navassartian	....	visual effects coordinator
Peter Olliff	....	visual effects coordinator
Gruff Owen	....	2D supervisor
Adam Parker	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore
Ami Patel	....	visual effects
Tilman Paulin	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Daniel Paulsson	....	lighting technical director
Aleksandar Pejic	....	CG supervisor: Double Negative
Scott Pritchard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Ed Pulis	....	matchmove artist
Nick Rampling	....	digital effects artist
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
James Reed	....	scanning and recording
Julia Reinhard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Tim Riley	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Laurent-Paul Robert	....	visual effects
Gavin Round	....	DI producer: Framestore
Lucy Salter	....	lighting technical director: Double Negative
Jimmy Saul	....	scanning and recording assistant manager
Andrew E. Scrase	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
John Seru	....	visual effects: Double negative
Andrew Simmonds	....	digital artist
Jeremy Smith	....	visual effects artist
Tammy Smith	....	roto/prep artist: double negative
Richard Stay	....	compositor
Richard Stay	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Tom Steadman	....	modeller: Double Negative
Paul Venn Stirling	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Adrian Thompson	....	visual effects artist
Diego Trazzi	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Oleg Troy	....	matchmove supervisor
Melissa Tseng	....	effects technical director: Double Negative
Erik Tvedt	....	digital effects artist
Andreas Vrhovsek	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)

Stunts
Andy Bennett	....	utility stunts
Andy Bradshaw	....	stunt performer
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunt double
Bruce Cain	....	stunt performer
Chris Carey	....	stunt double
Nick Chopping	....	stunt performer
Levan Doran	....	stunt double
Rick English	....	stunt performer
Dean Forster	....	stunts
James Grogan	....	stunt double
Paul Herbert	....	stunt coordinator
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Paul Kennington	....	stunt double
Andy Merchant	....	stunt double
Matt Sherren	....	stunt double
John Street	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Peter Byrne	....	first assistant camera
Abigail Catto	....	camera trainee
Shaun Cobley	....	assistant camera
Martin Cox	....	electrician: second unit
Camilla Drennan	....	second assistant camera: dailies
Jason Dully	....	second assistant camera
Ian Evans	....	helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Mike Farr	....	lighting balloon technician
Rob Gilmour	....	central loader
Michael Green	....	focus puller: "c" camera
Steve Hideg	....	crane technician
Andy Hill	....	second assistant camera: a camera
Tom Hyde	....	electrician
Oliver Kember	....	camera trainee
Will Kendal	....	best boy
Martin Kenzie	....	director of photography: second unit
Jody Knight	....	grip
Vince Madden	....	best boy rigging electrician
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller: second unit
Richard Mason	....	electrician
David Maund	....	key grip
Guy McCormack	....	video assistant
Amy McFarling	....	camera trainee: second unit
Paul McGeachan	....	gaffer
Danny McGee	....	practical electrician
Joe McGee	....	practical electrician
Zac Nicholson	....	Steadicam operator
Zac Nicholson	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Miles Proudfoot	....	first assistant camera
Luke Redgrave	....	camera operator
Terry Robb	....	electrician
Mark Silk	....	underwater photographer
Pat Sweeney	....	gaffer: second unit
David Taylor	....	electrician
David Taylor	....	gaffer: second unit
Olly Tellett	....	first assistant camera
Simon Thorpe	....	grip: additional
Martin Ward	....	video playback operator
Oliver Ward	....	Wescam camera technician
Dave Wells	....	crane grip
Ben Wilson	....	additional camera operator
Marc Woodcock	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Ruth Key	....	casting assistant
Alice Searby	....	casting assistant
Mark Summers	....	dance casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Alford	....	costume maker
Camilla Bartholomew	....	costume trainee
Rosie Coppola	....	seamstress
David Crossman	....	costume supervisor
Dan Grace	....	costumes
Esther St John Gray	....	costume coordinator
Tom Hornsby	....	set costumer
Andrew Hunt	....	wardrobe master
Linda Lashley	....	costumer
Jane Law	....	costumes: January Jones and Emma Thompson
Fiona McCann	....	wardrobe mistress
Amanda Trewin	....	costume assistant
Joanna Weaving	....	costume breakdown artist

Editorial Department
Jamie Fletcher	....	desk operator
Andrew Jadavji	....	first assistant editor
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact
Ravinder Patria	....	editor trainee: FT2
Faye Stevens	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Nick Angel	....	music supervisor
Katia Lewin Palomo	....	score mixing assistant
Steven Price	....	composer: additional music
Steven Price	....	music editor
Daniel Pinder	....	scoring music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gary Birmingham	....	transportation captain
Roy Clarke	....	unit driver
Lee Isgar	....	driver: rhys ifans
Piotr Walczak	....	facilities department
Barrie Williams	....	Driver to Nick Frost

Other crew
Sabbir Ahmed	....	accounts trainee
Tash Amis	....	assistant: Angela Morrison
Ruth Atkinson	....	additional script supervisor
Ameenah Ayub	....	clearance consultant
Daren Bailey	....	co-marine coordinator
Kate Bailey	....	assistant production coordinator
Fiona Baldwin	....	marine department coordinator
Roland Ballard	....	assistant production coordinator
Peter Bardsley	....	location assistant
Danielle Bennett	....	key floor runner
Litza Bixler	....	choreographer
David Blyth	....	floor runner: dailies
Jamie Bolton	....	assets administrator
Matthew Boyd	....	floor runner
Christopher Chandler	....	second unit stand-by propman
Gavin Charlton	....	chef
Irene Chawko	....	additional script supervisor
Diarmuid Coghlan	....	assistant accountant
Ian Creed	....	marine co-coordinator
Cherise de Villiers	....	assistant: Richard Curtis
Nazmeen Dhansey	....	accounts trainee
Chloe Dorigan	....	assistant: Tim Bevan
Ian Evans	....	helicopter pilot
Philip Harvey	....	utility stand-in
Paul Hay	....	aerial unit
Xara Higgs	....	production assistant
Dan Hillsdon	....	first assistant accountant
Janet Kellock	....	assistant script supervisor: additional crew
Mary Kerr	....	daily floor runner
Tamara King	....	base runner
Deborah Leakey	....	assistant accountant
Hayley Lyon	....	cashier
Iain Mackenzie	....	production assistant
Richard Manlove	....	stand-in
Duncan Manning	....	chef
Duncan Manning	....	head chef
Sarah McDougall	....	assistant: Richard Curtis
Natalie Milton	....	assistant: Emma Freud
Dan Mudford	....	behind-the-scenes documentary
Tom Nash	....	assistant: Hilary Bevan Jones
Alex Paterakis	....	floor runner: dailies
Quentin Rambaud	....	French adaptation: original subtitled version
Norman Campbell Rees	....	stand-in: jack davenport
Adam Richards	....	location manager
Sophie Saleyron	....	press attache: France
Suzie Shearer	....	production coordinator
Cara Shine	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Cassandra Sigsgaard	....	clearances coordinator
Hannah Simons	....	script supervisor: second unit
Barney Smith	....	chef
Neil Swain	....	dialect coach: pre-production
Emma Thomas	....	script supervisor
Nikki Trow	....	assistant choreographer
John William Turner	....	clearances assistant
Jean-Pierre Vincent	....	press attache: France
Dan Whitty	....	assistant location manager
Gavin Woods	....	chef
Nathan Woods	....	financial controller
Jack Yiokoumi	....	chef
Charlie Coombes	....	crowd runner (uncredited)
Neil Ferris	....	floor runner: dailies (uncredited)
Sarah Weldon	....	dive assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Studio Canal (in association with)
• Working Title Films
• Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft
• Portobello Studios (in association with)
• Tightrope Pictures (in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Focus Features (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• SPI International (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Double Negative
• Fugitive Studios
• Lidar Services (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Arion Facilities  HD dailies services
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• De Lane Lea  sound re-recording
• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming services provided by
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Mercury Records  soundtrack
• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Pivotal Post  Avid Editing Equipment Provided By
• Portland Harbour Authorities  thanks
• Real World Post  sound post-production
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sargent-Disc  payroll services
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Waveend  walkie-talkies

Also Known As:

Good Morning England (France)
Pirate Radio (USA) (new title)
Radio Rock Revolution (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

UK | Germany | USA | France

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45019) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | France:U | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Japan:PG12 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Gambardella's Cafe, Blackheath Standard, London, England, UK

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Although purely fictional, the film does reference many of the actual events surrounding pirate radio. Namely, like the pirate radio ship, the Ross Revenge', the movie's ship is red with the station's name in white paint on the deck. Radio Caroline's ship, the Mi Amiga sank, complete with fleeing DJs unable to save the ship's vast record collection and as in the film's finale, its extremely high mast rose out of the sea where it stayed for many months. Also a DJ did marry on a pirate radio ship as Simon does in the film. Additionally the DJs are seemingly composites of popular radio personalities of the time such as Tony Blackburn (also unlucky in love in his early days ala Simon Swafford, when his rocky marriage become apparent in his radio show) and the wacky Kenny Everett has traits similar to Angus Nutsford. Dave Lee Travis, Whispering Bob Harris, American DJ Emperor Rosko and Johnnie Walker also are seemingly portrayed in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Quentin salutes his crew, The Count salutes him, and in the next shot The Count is raising his hand to salute.

Quotes:

Minister Dormandy: [referring to Radio Rock] We have their testicles in our hands, Twatt, and it feels good.

Movie Connections:

References Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Soundtrack:

My Generation

Right Fun Time

What a cute flick! As a (former) film reviewer I have absolutely no desire to dissect or critique this movie. I'm just taking it at face value. It's fun, uplifting and witty. It's obvious the cast had a hell of a good time making it (even the 'bad' guys). Hoffman and Nighey are in top form. The gags are good, even when they tank. And the ending gave a surprising increase in the tension/suspense.

Really can't find anything terribly wrong with this aside from the mild sexism but it's so subtle, I hardly noticed.

I've been going through a really rough time personally and watching this cheered me. What more could you hope for?