"The Boat That Rocked" gets a new name but keeps its lesbian characterLast spring, we told you Katherine Parkinson would be playing a lesbian cook in the film The Boat That Rocked. The movie was put through the ringer, and is finally in American theaters under the name Pirate Radio.
Reviews indicate that Katherine's character Felicity is a relatively small part, besides being the only woman working on board the boat, which is home to a rogue rock 'n' roll radio station in the 1960s. Cinemablend.com says Felicity is "exempt from the ship's no lady policy because she's a lesbian."
Since she's such a small part in a cast of many, many men, there is another reason to see the film: January Jones. She plays Elenore, who is married to one of the main DJs, Simon (Chris O'Dowd), but is really in love with the star disc jockey, Gavin (Rhys Ifans).
Also in the film is Emma Thompson, playing mother to Carl (Tom Sturridge), the youngest man aboard. See? So many men, and that doesn't include the movie's biggest name, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, playing The Count.
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I'm slightly confused... is this film only just coming out in America? Its already played here in Britain under its original name of The Boat That Rocked. I liked the lesbian character, wished I could have been her!
... Let's put the sex back into homosexual :P...
Film opens this week in the U.S.
Thanks
Thank you for clearing that up for me, I was a little confused at first when I saw the post!
... Let's put the sex back into homosexual :P...
i have seen
I loved this movie! It's so
I loved this movie! It's so fantastic!
Realy loved that a lesbian character in this movie have a sweet happy ending!
LOVE
It seems like FOREVER ago
i love this movie
trust, saw this movie in the UK...known as the boat that rocked and it's a top movie! the ultimate pirates!!!!! doesn't matter about lesbians on board i was rolling on the floor, this movie is so funny!
almost the old crew back together with Kenneth brannagh as the villian and emma thompson!!!!
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This sounds awesome. I've
i think i saw a trailer for
i think i saw a trailer for it.. on itunes maybe? but haven't seen any other ads for it so maybe it's not going to make to the cinema in germany? or has it been there already?
"being the only woman working on board the boat"...
what an honour for being a lesbian... as long as she is not the only woman on board at all, but apparantly women are allowed for ... entertaining purposes.
I didn't think it was that
I didn't think it was that great. I went to see it in the theater because I'm a huge Emma Thompson fan, but she had very little screentime (hilarious screentime though)
The lesbian character is such a stereotype that it gets boring, that's what I thought at least
The movie that rocked
I saw this last summer while living in France, and I loved it! Had me singing along in the theater (much to my would-be girlfriend's embarassment). I was disappointed that the lesbian character didn't get more screen time, but I'm glad that she did get some action at least. :-)
I'm not in America right now, but I heard that they reworked the American release of the film to make it shorter...I'm curious to see if it's been butchered.
I'll definitely be buying this one on DVD!
"It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
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I saw this when I was living
I saw this when I was living in France a while ago...can't believe it's taken so long to be released in the States.
I enjoyed it...I laughed alot.
definitely a great movie
Saw it
I saw it already, and I believe it is an amazing movie! I loved it, good characters, but best of all great music. Its funny and has a good story..
seriously great
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Saw this, and the first thing I thought was,
"Now Where Is Moss?"
Maybe I'm just a dweeb. XD
lol! I adore The IT Crowd,
it came out ages ago here is
it came out ages ago here is Oz. It was pretty funny and the character Felecity has a pretty awesome ending (no death just the end of the film is good towards her).
cause the best thing in life is chicks
sweet movie!
Loved the movie. Mainly
Loved the movie. Mainly because of the music. Great
Rented it a couple of weeks ago.
I'm officially a thread killer.
Saw it yesterday (maybe some spoilers in comment...)
I liked it. Katherine Parkinson's part was small but very adorable. And she gets some lesbian love in the move as well! But I was disappointed by how the other women (aside from Emma Thompson's charater) were portrayed in the movie. The only other two women in the movie, including January Jones' character, were portrayed as easy, flighty, women who betray men. But aside from that, and how they breezed through some of the plot, it was a good movie. I enjoyed it and it made me laugh. The soundtrack was also amazing and was used very creatively to fit the story.
Dude....