Pirate Radio

 It may seem hard to believe in an age where you can listen to just about any kind of music you want to on everything from your laptop to your cell phone, but there was a time when rock and roll was outlawed from the airwaves of Great Britain. Outlawed or not, the music still made it to the masses thanks to bands of roguish rock DJs who put their transmitters onto huge boats and sailed out onto the high seas beyond the reach of the authorities. In his new movie, Pirate Radio, director Richard Curtis assembles a top-notch cast to bring the exploits of the men who manned these rock boats to life. Buoyed by a fantastic soundtrack of early rock hits, everything from The Turtles to The Troggs, Pirate Radio takes the audience on a voyage into the lives of not only the DJs who played the music but to the everyday people who listened to them on their portable radios.