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Pirate radio [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 113633 | Alliance.Publication details: Montreal : distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films, c2010.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., colOther title:
  • French title from container: Radio pirate [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present in association with Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh with Chris O'Dowd, Stephen Moore, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Jack Davenport, January Jones and Emma Thompson.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.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA PIRATE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000822115

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present in association with Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Richard Curtis.

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh with Chris O'Dowd, Stephen Moore, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Jack Davenport, January Jones and Emma Thompson.

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.

Canadian Home Video rating: 14A : for coarse language, and nudity.

Home use only.

Includes English, French or Spanish language tracks ; with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles.

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