Title The Boat That Rocked Overview The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967 Tagline On air. Off shore. Out of control. Genres Drama, Comedy Keywords great britain, musical, rock, pirate radio, swinging 60s Production Companies Universal Pictures, Studio Canal, Working Title Films, Medienproduktion Prometheus Filmgesellschaft, Portobello Studios, Tightrope Pictures Production Countries Germany, United Kingdom, France Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 116 Release Year 2009
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 36 million USD