Pirate Radio Video Clips and Photos by Troy Rogers
For those about to rock, Pirate Radio salutes you on November 13 when the new Focus Features music based film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh hits theaters. Ahead of the Richard Curtis directed Pirate Radio release, TheDeadbolt has dialed in a few Pirate Radio clips, which tell the story of eight rogue DJs in the 1960s who created their own pirate radio station aboard a ship in the international waters of the North Atlantic in an effort to stick it to the British government.
With Pirate Radio and Philip Seymour Hoffman about to rock theaters with Love Actually director Richard Curtis behind the lens, sit back crank up the tunes and enjoy the sounds of the '60s with The Count, Quentin, Gavin, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl as we flash back to the days of Pirate Radio on the high seas.
Check out the Pirate Radio video clips stills below the official Pirate Radio lowdown from Focus.
Pirate Radio is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing Rock n Roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, played by the Academy Award Winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britain, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl who comes of age amidst the chaos of sex, drugs and rock n roll. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens just to name a few. The film is laugh out loud funny and speaks to the rock n roll rebel in all of us.
