Pirate radio, Radio pirate, Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present in association with Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; written and directed by Richard Curtis
Type
Label
Pirate radio, Radio pirate, Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present in association with Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; written and directed by Richard Curtis
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
Main title
Pirate radio
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present in association with Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; written and directed by Richard Curtis
Runtime
117
Sub title
Radio pirate
Summary
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America who wants to reclaim his rightful position; Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and a fearsome British government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Radio pirate
Contributor
- Studio Canal+
- Fellner, Eric
- Moore, Stephen, 1937-
- Alliance Films
- Branagh, Kenneth
- Portobello Studios (Firm)
- Working Title Films
- Bevan, Tim
- Ifans, Rhys, 1967-
- Alliance vivafilm (Firm)
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Davenport, Jack, 1973-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Wisdom, Tom, 1973-
- Tightrope Pictures (Firm)
- Bevan Jones, Hilary
- Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft (Firm)
- Curtis, Richard, 1956-
- Frost, Nick, 1970-
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Arterton, Gemma
- Jones, January, 1978-
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
- Thompson, Emma
Subject
- Rock music -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Comedy films
- Musical films
- Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Radio + Censorship -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Disc jockeys -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979 -- Fiction
- Rock music + Censorship -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Content
Actor
resource.filmdirector
resource.filmproducer
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor24
- Studio Canal+
- Fellner, Eric
- Moore, Stephen, 1937-
- Alliance Films
- Branagh, Kenneth
- Portobello Studios (Firm)
- Working Title Films
- Bevan, Tim
- Ifans, Rhys, 1967-
- Alliance vivafilm (Firm)
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Davenport, Jack, 1973-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Wisdom, Tom, 1973-
- Tightrope Pictures (Firm)
- Bevan Jones, Hilary
- Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft (Firm)
- Curtis, Richard, 1956-
- Frost, Nick, 1970-
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Arterton, Gemma
- Jones, January, 1978-
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
- Thompson, Emma
- Genre4
- Subject11
- Rock music -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Comedy films
- Musical films
- Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Radio + Censorship -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Disc jockeys -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979 -- Fiction
- Rock music + Censorship -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Content1
- Actor12
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer3
- resource.screenwriter1