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Review: Pirate Radio
13 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Tethered to reality by only a slender thread, Pirate Radio quickly cuts loose and floats off into its own imaginary layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where only good-hearted, pleasant-thinking, die-hard romantics can survive. Welcome home, Richard Curtis, where have you been?
Writer/director Curtis rose to fame on the basis of his screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral, featuring an ensemble of quirky yet appealing men and women chasing love and happiness, followed, notably, by his script for Notting Hill, but he's been writing off-kilter comedy sketches and episodic television for many years. Pirate Radio proves that his gift for writing witty one-liners and creating funny situations remains intact. His skills as a film director and shaper of material are a little more fuzzy and undefined, however.
As with Love, Actually, his previous directorial effort, Pirate Radio (Aka The Boat That Rocked) is filled with episodes that feel randomly assembled, »
- Peter Martin
'Pirate Radio': Adrift, By Kurt Loder
13 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Even Philip Seymour Hoffman can't quite float this boat.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nick Frost in "Pirate Radio"
Photo: Focus Features
Imagine you're a British teenager in the mid-1960s. The new breed of English rock is taking over the world. Across the pond in America, the Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Animals, Troggs and Yardbirds can all be heard around the clock on U.S. radio. Back at home, though, the government controls the airwaves, through the dowdy BBC, and the government has decided that no one needs to hear this unseemly music.
The new movie "Pirate Radio" trains a fond eye on the rebellion that this oppressive state of affairs spawned: an outbreak of rogue radio stations based on ships anchored just outside of British territorial waters. Radio Caroline was the first of these outfits to go on the air, in 1964, and it was soon joined by others -- »
Movie Review: Pirate Radio
13 November 2009 4:25 AM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
A mere 40 years ago rock and roll was all but banned on British airwaves. Other than a few hours a week on the BBC, the only way to hear tunes from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and other trailblazing artists on the radio in the mid-'60s was to tune in to pirate radio. Bunked in a ship off the coast of England, a batch of rebel deejays served up rock and roll 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to listeners who would otherwise have had to go without.
Now writer/director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill) has taken that era of pirate radio and used it as fodder for a music-filled tale of sex, almost no drugs, and rock and roll in Pirate Radio (also known as The Boat That Rocked). Read On...
More on Pirate Radio:
Talulah Riley on '60s Music, ' »
Pirate Radio
13 November 2009 4:07 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: Richard Kurtis
Cast: Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh
Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Plot: A rogue group of rock and roll deejays are on the high seas outside of England keeping music alive. This is the story based in some fact of a “pirate radio” boat that inspired 1960s Britain.
Who’S It For? Do you like music? More specifically, the rock and roll that truly mattered? Then you’ll love this. Beyond that though, this film is filled with a great cast of characters that provide enough laughs for any adult to enjoy.
Expectations: This is the director who wrote Notting Hill and directed Love Actually … but romance isn’t center stage. So I was hopeful, but not expecting much.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Tom Sturridge as Carl: Who’s he, right? After all, »
- Jeff Bayer
Interview: Director Richard Curtis on Rock, Politics, Sex & ‘Pirate Radio’
12 November 2009 1:41 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The legendary Richard Curtis returns this week with “Pirate Radio,” the story of Radio Rock and the first disc jockeys to ever play rock and roll in the United Kingdom. Co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, and many more, “Pirate Radio” is another ensemble comedy from the man who made the beloved “Love Actually” and wrote “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill,” and created “Black Adder”. Curtis recently sat down with HollywoodChicago.com (and Matt Fagerholm of Film Monthly and Locke Peterseim of RedBlog) to discuss his new film and its inspirations.
Naturally, if a writer is going to make a film about the power of rock music, he probably has a pretty close kinship to the tunes of the era himself. Curtis vividly remembers tuning into Radio Rock on his transistor, a moment copied for the very first shot of “Pirate Radio »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
In Theaters: Pirate Radio
12 November 2009 12:20 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
One of my favorite personal interview outtakes involves Rob Zombie casually mentioning, by way of illustrating his point that a good film crosses all boundaries, that he thinks Love Actually is a terrific movie. It's a testament to writer/director Richard Curtis's firm grasp on the romantic comedy genre (though Love was the first film he directed, he wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary) that he was able to pilot it across that particular boundary; after years working in television on series like Black Adder and Mr. Bean, Curtis carved out a niche that was well-rewarded but also well-respected. With Pirate Radio (released several months ago in the UK as The Boat That Rocked) he leaves the sure footing of boy-meets-girl, modern London for a boat docked off the coast of England in 1966. The true story of the ships that sat just outside of UK waters, »
Interview with Richard Curtis, Director of Pirate Radio
12 November 2009 10:52 AM, PST | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »
Nov 12, 2009
Richard Curtis is a legend in the United Kingdom, the man who made one of the country’s most popular shows of all time (Black Adder) and helped turn Hugh Grant into a household name. He wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Tall Guy¸ Notting Hill, the adaptation of Bridget Jones’ Diary, and many of the adventures of Mr. Bean before moving into the director’s chair for the beloved Love Actually and, now, Pirate Radio (known as The Boat That Rocked overseas before a stateside title change). GA_googleFillSlot("movieretriever_blogpost_inline_rectangle_new"); Curtis’ ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »
Interview: Pirate Radio Writer-Director Richard Curtis
11 November 2009 7:11 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Every time I walk into a one-on-one interview with my Flip camera, the interviewee always takes note of it. It was a gift for my mother and, naturally, it had to have a pretty design on it. From there, we get to talking about what she uses it for and I.ve got to explain that the only ones in front of its lens are my dogs. Well, it.s time to not only aim the camera at someone who.s got something to say beyond barking, but the extremely talented writer and director, Richard Curtis. Curtis is responsible for writing Notting Hill and Bridget Jones.s Diary. He wrote and directed Love Actually and now he.s pulling double duty, yet again, to set Pirate Radio afloat. Take a look at what Curtis told me about the filming process, his uproarious cast and hope to eventually bring the extended »
Exclusive Video: Pirate Radio Cast Interview Featurette
11 November 2009 11:11 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
In 1966, arguably British pop music's finest era, the BBC played only two hours of rock n' roll every week but pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas twenty-four hours a day and twenty-five million people, more than half the population of Britain, listened to these broadcasts every single day. Pirate Radio, opening in theaters everywhere on November 13th, is the latest film from Richard Curtis, the acclaimed director of Notting Hill and Love Actually, and chronicles these pioneers and the music that inspired a generation. The film stars Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman and an all-star cast of British actors that includes Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Nick Frost, Jack Davenport and Kenneth Branagh. We had an opportunity to travel to London a few weeks ago and speak with Bill Nighy, Nick Frost and the films young stars Tom Sturridge and Talulah Riley about the new »
Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked) (review)
9 November 2009 9:56 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
I’d have thought, what with the spirited information and entertainment free-for-all that the Internet is, that a movie made today about outlaw broadcasters in the 1960s would be more... I dunno: interesting? relevant? maybe just funny in a pointed way, either satirically so or merely in a downright earnest one? Because blogs and YouTube have been the pirate radio of the 2000s, and they are on the verge of getting a massive governmental smackdown via the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement currently being negotiated; anyone watching events over the last few years cannot have missed that something like this was in the offing. And yet there isn’t even a ghost of a hint that writer-director Richard Curtis (of Love Actually and Notting Hill fame) sees any connection to today in his tale of an illegal radio station and the attempts the British government made to get it off the air. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Win a Copy of the Pirate Radio Soundtrack!
9 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
We're back on the gravy train, headed for a freesville, baby. That's right, Fsr's elite team of covert operatives have returned with more sweet swag to give away to our most prized readers. This time, we're celebrating Richard Curtis' upcoming import Pirate Radio, previously known as The Boat the Rocked. And in order to do so, we're giving away soundtracks to five lucky American readers. Here are the details: Five (5) winners will receive: Official 2-Disc motion picture soundtrack see Amazon for details The official motion picture soundtrack includes music by The Kinks, The Turtles, John Fred And Playboys, Martha Reeves, Beach Boys, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Jeff Beck, The Who, The Troggs, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Otis Redding, Easybeats and more! How to Enter Follow these simple steps: Head over to the Official Film School Rejects Facebook Page Click “Become a Fan” Done Other restrictions, rules »
- Neil Miller
Contest: Win the Official Pirate Radio Soundtrack
8 November 2009 5:48 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Pirate Radio will crank out the 60s tunes in theaters everywhere on November 13 and we have some wonderful new prizes to give away in celebration of Richard Curtis' new film. We have a brand new contest running and we're giving away copies of the film's official soundtrack, which comes in a track-packed two-cd set. You know these prizes will surely fly out of here fast, so be sure to enter this contest today.
Winners Receive:
- Official Pirate Radio soundtrack two-cd set
to win these new two-disc CD today.
Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based comedic tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose "pirate radio" captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. Playing the music that rocked a nation and a decade, »
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘Pirate Radio’ Chicago Screening Passes With Philip Seymour Hoffman
8 November 2009 5:23 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Pirate Radio”! The film was formerly titled “The Boat That Rocked”.
“Pirate Radio” from writer and director Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill”) stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, Talulah Riley and January Jones. The film opens everywhere on Nov. 13, 2009.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Pirate Radio” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“Pirate Radio” stars Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Image credit: Universal Pictures
Here »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy: Out in Public
8 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Prince Harry and on-off girlfriend Chelsy Davy seemed very much on again when they attended a rugby match on Saturday. Although they initially sat apart at the contest between England and Australia in London, the two gravitated toward each other before the match ended in victory for Australia. Photographs captured Davy, 24, leaning in to chat with the prince, 25, while both animatedly watched the action on the field. When they split in January, some friends said they would always remain close, while others opined the parting would never last. The latter prediction appears to have come true. The rugby match is »
- Simon Perry
Blu-Ray Round Up, Nov. 5, 2009: ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan,’ ‘Love Actually’
5 November 2009 11:07 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round Up is back with two HD music releases, a beloved holiday movie from a director with a new comedy on the horizon (Richard Curtis, “Pirate Radio”), and a release that’s a must-own for fans of one of the most popular shows of the ’00s. This informative column is designed to let you know synopsis, technical specs, and features for titles that may have slipped under your radar. Pick your favorite.
“Nickelback: Live at Sturgis 2009” and “Rob Thomas: Something To Be Tour Live At Red Rocks” were released on October 13th, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” was released on October 27th, 2009.
“Love Actually” was released on November 3rd, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan”
Photo credit: Universal
Synopsis: “The Cylons began as humanity’s robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Free Pirate Radio screening in Baltimore! Nov. 12th
5 November 2009 10:19 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Atomic Popcorn would like to invite you to set sail on an exciting journey. Rock & Roll will live forever – but can it float? Pirate Radio, the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill), is ready to make your belly ache. The film has an all-star cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy. Tickets to the screening will be handed out at the door on Thursday, Nov. 12th at 730 pm at a local AMC theater.
Check out more about the film below:
Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose “pirate radio” captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. Playing the music that rocked a nation and a decade, »
- Matthew
Hugh Grant's films make him feel suicidal
4 November 2009 2:41 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Hugh Grant said most of his films leave him feeling "suicidal".
The 'Love Actually' actor told how when he has saw the first cuts of a number of his films - which include the hugely successful 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Notting Hill'- he felt so bad about his performances he wanted to die.
He said: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself put down."
Despite his negativity, the actor was pleasantly surprised when he saw an early version of his latest film, comedy 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' in which he stars alongside Sarah Jessica Parker.
Hugh, 49, added: "This film looks a lot better. This one is quite beautiful."
The self-proclaimed "reluctant actor" has threatened to quit Hollywood many times and to give up acting, even claiming he »
- Paul
Hugh Grant concedes his movies make you suicidal
4 November 2009 2:13 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Hugh Grant said most of his films leave him feeling "suicidal". The 'Love Actually' actor told how when he has saw the first cuts of a number of his films - which include the hugely successful 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Notting Hill'- he felt so bad about his performances he wanted to die. He said: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself put down." Despite his negativity, the actor was pleasantly surprised when he saw an early version of his latest film, comedy 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' in which he stars alongside Sarah Jessica Parker. Hugh, 49, added: "This film »
Hugh Grant's movie misery
4 November 2009 2:13 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Hugh Grant said most of his films leave him feeling "suicidal". The 'Love Actually' actor told how when he has saw the first cuts of a number of his films - which include the hugely successful 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Notting Hill'- he felt so bad about his performances he wanted to die. He said: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself put down." Despite his negativity, the actor was pleasantly surprised when he saw an early version of his latest film, comedy 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' in which he stars alongside Sarah Jessica Parker. Hugh, 49, added: "This film looks a »
Hugh Grant's Films Leave Him Feeling "Suicidal"
3 November 2009 10:47 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Hugh Grant said most of his films leave him feeling "suicidal." The "Love Actually" actor told how when he has saw the first cuts of a number of his films - which include the hugely successful "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Notting Hill"- he felt so bad about his performances he wanted to die.
He said: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself put down."
Despite his negativity, the actor was pleasantly surprised when he saw an early version of his latest film, comedy "Did You Hear About The Morgans?" in which he stars alongside Sarah Jessica Parker.
Hugh, 49, added: "This film looks a lot better. This one is quite beautiful."
The self-proclaimed "reluctant actor" has threatened to quit Hollywood many times and to give up acting, even claiming he was semi-retired after appearing »
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