Gemma Arterton,January Jones in Pirate Radio (2009)
Written and directed by Richard Curtis (Love Actually), this comedy inspired by actual events chronicles the exploits of renegade British DJs in 1966. Defying the rock music-hating BBC by creating a pirate radio station that broadcasts from a ship anchored off the English coast in the North Sea, the eccentric disc jockeys must deal with each other's quirks and problems caused by a Parliament official seeking to shut them down. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Darby, Chris O'Dowd star. AKA: The Boat That Rocked. 117 min.