Pirate Radio

Starring: Hoffman, Philip Seymour and Nighy, Bill

Product Description

Pirate Radio is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing Rock n Roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, played by the Academy Award Winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britian, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl who comes of age amidst the chaos of sex, drugs and rock n roll. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens just to name a few. The film is laugh out loud funny and speaks to the rock n roll rebel in all of us.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025195052276
• Release Date: April 2013
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Studio Distribution Servi
• Director: Curtis, Richard
• Starring: Hoffman, Philip Seymour, Nighy, Bill
• Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Never finishes a song. Pirate Radio （2009）

Little Carl (Tom Sturridge) has led a clustered life (only licked by a cow), and now his mother (Emma Thompson) decided it is time for his real education. In his new environment of perfectly normal associates on Pirate Radio, Little Carl has semi-s-e-x-u-a-l relationships while listening to ’60s/70’s rock. This is a filler film with the lure of fantastic music. This turns out to be a run of the mill coming of age movie. I have to admit that Kenneth Branagh looked like he had fun as the antagonist. Emma Thompson is just as cute and a believable actor as ever. I lived through the real era and enjoyed the music snippets. I only saw the Blu-ray, so I cannot compare it to other presentations. The voiceover commentary usually adds to a film. In this case, it is just a voiceover commentary with no real insight. There are other extras like deleted scenes and BD Live. However, they do not contribute much.