The Boat That Rocked
Curtis goes Radio Ga Ga
Richard Curtis has been tempted back into the cinema with a period piece about the early days of pirate radio. Curtis has completed the script for The Boat That Rocked , a comedy set in the 1960s featuring DJs broadcasting poptastic tunes to a newly swinging nation. Curtis will also direct the film for his usual producers, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title who let slip the news at a lunch in Cannes. This will be Curtis's first film without his on-screen alter ego, Hugh Grant. Indeed, Grant's tenure as the Working Title golden boy appears to be over after more than a decade of hits for them such as Notting Hill and Love, Actually. Amid a slew of upcoming projects announced in Cannes, Grant did not feature in any of the future films from Britain's most successful producers. Working Title have, in fact, signed up Brad Pitt for two projects: one with the Coen brothers and the other starring in their big-screen adaptation of BBC drama State of Play. Rumours Brad will play Tony Blackburn on the pirate radio ship too are just silly.
Quoting a previous Steve Martin contribution:
Richard Curtis has been tempted back into the cinema with a period piece about
the early days of pirate radio.
Is my mind deceiving me or weren't there rumours about such a project some year(s) ago?
Or was that a different one?
Anyway. Love the idea of Brad Pitt playing Tony Blackburn. How about the part of Dave Lee Travis, the Hairy Cornplaster, being played by Jorge Garcia (the guy who plays Hurley in 'Lost!')?
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Christopher England <...> said:
Is my mind deceiving me or weren't there rumours about such a project
some year(s) ago?Or was that a different one?
I think it was a different one. The one a few years ago was based on Radio 270. It was going to have Richard E Grant playing the lead role, but I don't think they came up with the funds needed to make it.
Steve Martin <...> said:
I read this on another listFrom The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2088964,00.html
Curtis goes Radio Ga Ga
Richard Curtis has been tempted back into the cinema with a period piece about the early days of pirate radio. ........
Lots about this now. You can see pictures of the ship they are using here: http://www.rexfeatures.com/live/2008/04/23/the_boat_that_rocked_film_set,_portland,_britain and imdb.com have a full synopsis. Coming out next May they say.
Lots about this now. You can see pictures of the ship they are using
here: http://www.rexfeatures.com/live/2008/04/23/the_boat_that_rocked_film_set,_portland,_britain
Hi All.Thanks for the link to the piccies for this vessel.Well!What do you know!The ship has watery wireless form built in:
http://www.offshore-radio.de/fleet/hoop.htm
I knew that Viking Standby had it up for sale last year;good to see it being used to keep offshore radio in the popular consciousness in 2008.It looks like Dr Martin has another link to add to his website! Lets all hope that the film is as big a hit as some of the others that this production house has done! Regards,
Jim.
Jim D. shorewayradio <...> said:
Mike Lane <...> said:Lots about this now. You can see pictures of the ship they are using
here:http://www.ais-live.co.uk/News/shippingnewsarchive.html
For the inspiration of the(Anorak) Nation!Scroll down to 'Featured Vessel Timor Challenger' and watch the video. Be sure to take yer seasick pills first though!
Regards,
Jim
Quoting a previous Alex Jenkins contribution:-
the ship is here
How come it shows an ETA of Dec 23rd for a location no more than 2 days away from its shown location?
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Well i did not write that i merely reported it kind sir
Perhaps they intend to remain at sea for some naughty purpose ;-)
I also note that direction of that vessel is NOT that of Southampton (its stated destination) 285degrees WNW.
On 10 May 2008 at 21:23, Christopher England wrote:
Quoting a previous Alex Jenkins contribution:-
the ship is here
the vessel has been berthed at Portland for over a month. filming commenced over a week ago. Visitors to the ship have included Johnny Walker.
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In article <603019.32176....>, ... () wrote:
Surprised nobody has been to get pics of this ship???
Google Earth maybe solved the problem :-)
Eric
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This position was reported 20 days ago travelling wnw at approx 8.5knots. showing a destination of Southampton and an ETA of 23dec 2008. My reckoning is that there must be a round Britain cruise involved with very long stop over’s.
They are not going directly to Southampton, maybe there will be test tones again ;-)
This is the last posting i have RXd in my an box ???
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