SC Dxing wrote:
Looks like it was a bust in the US but did well overseas.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...thatrocked.htm

Interesting to see how much more this movie made overseas ($28 mil)
versus only $7mil in the US

Did anyone see this movie and two, is it worth seeing when it comes
out on DVD?

It's popular overseas because most of the people who are now in their 50's grew
up listening to pirate radio. Note that it was not pirate radio as in a guy
sitting in a shack with a old ham rig, it was a full scale broadcast operation
on a ship, in international waters.

They even had sales offices in major cities, e.g. London, selling advertising.

At the time the BBC was dead set against rock 'n roll and the only way people
could hear it without buying records was to listen to these stations.

It's much more nostagila than history and almost nothing about radio itself.

If you enjoy Britsh comedies such as "Shaun of the Dead", "Love Actually", etc
you'll find it filled with the minor players. No big names. Emma Thompson is
in there in an unrecognizable part.

As for waiting for it to come out on DVD in the US, if it does, it will go
directly to the $1 bin. People in the US are "just not into" the subject.

IMHO it's one of those things that you download or stream, watch and delete.
YMMV.

Geoff.


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