THE BOAT THAT ROCKED

The Boat That Rocked"

The Boat That Rocked (retitled Pirate

Radio for US release) is an ensemble comedy film, released in the UK on April 1st 2009 and currently scheduled for a US release on November 13th 2009. Set in 1966, it tells a story about a fictitious pirate

radio station broadcasting from a ship to the United Kingdom. The film was written and directed by Richard Curtis and made by Working Title Films forUniversal Pictures.

Cast :

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Acto

rs Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture.) as The Count, "a big, brash,

American god of the airwaves"
Tom Sturridge as Young Carl, Quentin's godson

Tom Wisdom as 'Midnight' Mark, DJ
Bill Nighy as Quentin, the radio station's boss

Katherine Parkinson as Felicity, the lesbian cook

Rhys Ifans as Gavin, Star DJ
Nick Frost as Dr. Dave, DJ
Talulah Riley s Marianne, Quentin's niece
Chris O'Dowd s Breakfast DJ Simon SwaffordRhys Darby as Angus Knutsford, DJ
Kenneth Branagh as Minister Dormandy, who aims to shut the station down

January Jones as Elenore
Jack Davenport as Twatt, a civil servant