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Director:
Writer:
Richard Curtis (writer)
Release Date:
13 November 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals. more
Plot:
A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's. full summary | full synopsis
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(310 articles)
Brothers Movie Review
(From Atomic Popcorn. 4 December 2009, 5:29 AM, PST)
TNT drops the gavel on “Raising the Bar”
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TNT drops the gavel on “Raising the Bar”
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A smart and witty story about love and friendship ON A BOAT!
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US Showtimes:
| Culver Plaza Theatres | 12:00pm | 5:05 | 7:30 | 10:00 | (personalize) more |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Hadley | ... | Mr. Roberts | |
| Charlie Rowe | ... | James | |
| Lucy Fleming | ... | Mrs. Roberts | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | The Count | |
| Tom Sturridge | ... | Carl | |
| Ian Mercer | ... | Transfer Boatman | |
| Bill Nighy | ... | Quentin | |
| Will Adamsdale | ... | News John | |
| Tom Brooke | ... | Thick Kevin | |
| Rhys Darby | ... | Angus | |
| Nick Frost | ... | Dave | |
| Katherine Parkinson | ... | Felicity | |
| Chris O'Dowd | ... | Simon | |
| Ike Hamilton | ... | Harold | |
| Stephen Moore | ... | Prime Minister |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.
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116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #45019) |
Ireland:15A |
Finland:K-11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:7 |
Sweden:7 |
Singapore:NC-16 (cut) |
France:U |
UK:15 |
South Korea:18 |
Portugal:M/12 |
New Zealand:M |
Australia:M |
Japan:PG12 |
Argentina:13
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Although purely fictional, the film does reference many of the actual events surrounding pirate radio. Namely, like the pirate radio ship, the Ross Revenge', the movie's ship is red with the station's name in white paint on the deck. Radio Caroline's ship, the Mi Amiga sank, complete with fleeing DJs unable to save the ship's vast record collection and as in the film's finale, its extremely high mast rose out of the sea where it stayed for many months. Also a DJ did marry on a pirate radio ship as Simon does in the film. Additionally the DJs are seemingly composites of popular radio personalities of the time such as Tony Blackburn (also unlucky in love in his early days ala Simon Swafford, when his rocky marriage become apparent in his radio show) and the wacky Kenny Everett has traits similar to Angus Nutsford. Dave Lee Travis, Whispering Bob Harris, American DJ Emperor Rosko and Johnnie Walker also are seemingly portrayed in the film.
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Continuity: When The Count threatens to say the f-word live on air, in some shots his hand is holding the microphone, in others his hand is by his side.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Lazy Sunday
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Dude, I went into this only caring that it was starring Philip Seymour (?) Hoffman, and pretty much had little expectations as long as the movie was entertaining- well it was. The very well-scripted (all-star casted) characters created as organic a cast performance as I can remember seeing since Milk. The story of pirate radio leaves its foamtrail through the leaders of p2p filesharing and their unwavering declaration that art should be enjoyed by all, not only the few who are able to pay more than a meal's worth to be able to purchase a copy of the product, pre-packaged by an Industry that is certainly not furthering music as an artform. Getting back to the movie. This roll of film has put it together in a way that's only really reserved for (good) Academy Award winning pictures, but it doesn't get all Curious Case of Benjamin Button on you. The superb cast of actors all deliver quite genuine performances, even though it takes some growing into (like the movie) but there's enough sarcastic profanity that doesn't push it over the comfort zone. The tale of Radio Rock and its crew is one that transcends personality and nationality. Lots of sex and friendship and love, this movie is the antithesis of the consumeristic slavery of our civilization and is a (loose) guide to what we should all strive for in life. The Hitler-like English committeeman in charge with taking care of the Radio Pirates is an unabashedly serious caricature of government-led regulators holding the link between revenue generating industries and the voices of progress, each always trying to tip the balance in their favor. The plot gracefully glides into its climax and with no extended cuddling it exits leaving us a nice retrospective of the experience. For the patient and passionate viewer, this film is highly recommended.
-cypheristikal