Pirate radio, Universal Pictures ; Focus Features presents ; in association with Studio Canal ; a Working Title production ; Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis
Type
Label
Pirate radio, Universal Pictures ; Focus Features presents ; in association with Studio Canal ; a Working Title production ; Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity
Main title
Pirate radio
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
492431981
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures ; Focus Features presents ; in association with Studio Canal ; a Working Title production ; Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis
Runtime
117
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
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Studio Canal
- Fellner, Eric
- Focus Features
- Moore, Stephen, 1937-
- Branagh, Kenneth
- Working Title Films
- Bevan, Tim
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Davenport, Jack, 1973-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Wisdom, Tom, 1973-
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Bevan Jones, Hilary
- Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft (Firm)
- Tightrope Pictures
- Curtis, Richard, 1956-
- Frost, Nick, 1970-
- Ifans, Rhys, 1968-
- Portobello Studios
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Arterton, Gemma
- Jones, January, 1978-
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-
- Thompson, Emma
Genre
Subject
- Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Música rock -- Gran Bretaña -- Teatro
- Comedy films
- Rock music -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979 -- Drama
- Musical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Radiodifusión -- Gran Bretaña -- Teatro
- Feature films -- Great Britain
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Disc jockeys -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Feature films -- Germany
Actor
Director
resource.screenwriter
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor24
- Studio Canal
- Fellner, Eric
- Focus Features
- Moore, Stephen, 1937-
- Branagh, Kenneth
- Working Title Films
- Bevan, Tim
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Davenport, Jack, 1973-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Wisdom, Tom, 1973-
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Bevan Jones, Hilary
- Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft (Firm)
- Tightrope Pictures
- Curtis, Richard, 1956-
- Frost, Nick, 1970-
- Ifans, Rhys, 1968-
- Portobello Studios
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Arterton, Gemma
- Jones, January, 1978-
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-
- Thompson, Emma
- Genre6
- Subject15
- Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Música rock -- Gran Bretaña -- Teatro
- Comedy films
- Rock music -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979 -- Drama
- Musical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Radiodifusión -- Gran Bretaña -- Teatro
- Feature films -- Great Britain
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Disc jockeys -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Feature films -- Germany
- Actor12
- Director1
- Producer4
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1