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Philip Seymour Hoffman plays one of the rowdy deejays broadcasting from the North Sea in "Pirate Radio.'' Sometimes history just isn't as much fun as it should be.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Tom Sturridge is probably a name most of you are not familiar with.

Pirate Radio director, Richard Curtis , poses with the film's cast. Before filming began, Curtis put his cast through "boat camp" instead of boot camp.

Eric D. Snider , Nov 13, 2009 "Most of the story is funny and cheerful, and it's bolstered by an utterly fantastic '60s rock soundtrack." In ancient historical times, i.e., 1966, the officially licensed radio stations in England didn't play rock 'n' roll music.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. I can't think of a project that Richard Curtis has been involved in that I haven't loved to some degree.

You're no rock 'n' roll fun: Kenneth Branagh tries to spoil all the good vibrations in Pirate Radio .

Pirate Radio Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, and Jack Davenport Written and directed by Richard Curtis 115 minutes Rated R Seven months after its theatrical release in the United Kingdom and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes ashore in U.S. theaters with a different title ...

"PIRATE RADIO" = Is it the Rockers or the GOVERNMENT that are the real "Pirates"?! JIM's Rating: 7.5 of 10 stars Quote: "If you're the government & don't like something, you make up a NEW LAW that makes its ILLEGAL!"... Before the film started, we were greeted by Vivian from the Festival, who then introduced WGN critic / reviewer BILL ZWECKER.

This looks like a steaming pile of garbage. Starring the awesome John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Thandie Newton, among others, this film revolves around the end of the world as it occurs according to the end of the Mayan calendar.

Director Richard Curtis, left, January Jones and Chris O Dowd on the set of the comedy Pirate Radio.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Richard Curtis, best known for his work on hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones's Diary," got the idea to make a movie about pop music about 10 years ago.

IT'S all aboard the love boat in Richard Curtis's latest film, a tribute to pirate radio in the 1960s.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in Pirate Radio. Final footage of the King of Pop in This Is It.

Nick Frost arrives at the 'The Boat That Rocked MARTINI World Premiere Party' held at the MARTINI Terrazza on March 23, 2009 in London, England.

The Canadian rock group Anvil was once considered by their peers to be headed for stardom.

Rising star Tom Sturridge causes a stir at Exchange Scenes akin to Beatlemania over at the Royal Exchange Theatre - thanks to a starring role from hotly-tipped young actor Tom Sturridge.

So I figured, while I'm in London interviewing some of the people involved with Pirate Radio -- Richard Curtis' film about those intrepid souls who in the 60's brought the UK their daily dose of rock when the BBC was loathe to -- why not try a little experiment in whether one dude with a netbook, a pocket camcorder, a copy of QuickTime Pro, and his ...

SWORDSMAN RHYS IFANS sure seized the moment when he bumped into JENNIFER ANISTON 's ex-boyfriend JOHN MAYER .

As someone who spent his formative years involved in FM radio in its glory days - picture, if you will, a scrawnier version of the teen rock-journo in "Almost Famous" - I've always been partial to films about DJs.

Goodies! In Search of Beethoven 20 IF readers living in Sydney have the chance to win free passes to an advance screening of In Search of Beethoven and live Q&A with filmmaker Phil Grabsky at the Cremorne Orpheum on the 14 of October.