Directed by:
Richard CurtisScreenplay:
Richard CurtisCinematography:
Danny CohenCast:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Chris O'Dowd, Ralph Brown, Jack Davenport, January Jones (more)VOD (2)
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Richard Curtis writes and directs this ensemble comedy set in the world of the pop music and pirate radio stations of 1960s Britain. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as The Count, a larger-than-life American rock 'n' roll DJ who - along with fellow broadcasters Dave (Nick Frost), Simon (Chris O'Dowd), Midnight Mark (Tom Wisdom), Wee Small Hours Bob (Ralph Brown), Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke), On-The-Hour John (Will Adamsdale), Angus 'The Nut' Nutsford (Rhys Darby) and Gavin (Rhys Ifans) - takes the airwaves by storm via Radio Rock, a pirate radio station operating from a boat in the middle of the stormy North Sea in order to escape the confines of stuffy British law. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Philip Seymour Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/998/163998928_7b23fe.png)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Mary and Max (2009)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Cold Mountain (2003)
![Bill Nighy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137689_f931fa.jpg)
Bill Nighy
UK
Best movies:
Skylight (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Love Actually (2003)
![Rhys Ifans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/656/166656193_894123.jpg)
Rhys Ifans
UK
Best movies:
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
![Nick Frost](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847761_f5fc45.jpg)
Nick Frost
UK
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Green Wing (2004) (series)
![Kenneth Branagh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/149/166149494_fe8e1f.jpg)
Kenneth Branagh
UK
Best movies:
Oppenheimer (2023)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Hamlet (1996)
![Tom Sturridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/642/166642443_494f1c.jpg)
Tom Sturridge
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Being Julia (2004)
![Chris O'Dowd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/383/162383565_729177.jpg)
Chris O'Dowd
Ireland
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (2015) (theatrical recording)
Loving Vincent (2017)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
![Ralph Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/962/161962140_84fe08.jpg)
Ralph Brown
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Crying Game (1992)
New Year's Day (2000)
![Jack Davenport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/681/161681975_29ba32.png)
Jack Davenport
UK
Best movies:
![January Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650038_ce22f0.jpg)
January Jones
USA
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
![Rhys Darby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/000/164000342_6ad6ba.jpg)
Rhys Darby
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
![Tom Brooke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276222_7418f0.jpg)
Tom Brooke
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
King Lear (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Katherine Parkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/658/160658242_7acf16.jpg)
Katherine Parkinson
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Will Adamsdale
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Four Lions (2010)
![Tom Wisdom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579766_43788e.jpg)
Tom Wisdom
UK
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
300 (2006)
![Ike Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279859_53ff0b.jpg)
Ike Hamilton
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
![Talulah Riley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279834_051907.jpg)
Talulah Riley
UK
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
![Gemma Arterton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/365/160365238_6b9be9.jpg)
Gemma Arterton
UK
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
RocknRolla (2008)
Unfinished Song (2012)
![Charlie Rowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/108/163108681_689454.jpg)
Charlie Rowe
UK
Best movies:
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Rocketman (2019)
Gigi & Nate (2022)
Ian Mercer
UK
Best movies:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Shackleton (2002) (TV movie)