First Hit: This is a really fun film if you are a baby boomer and liked the music of 1966.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy star as an American DJ and a renegade seaborne radio station producer respectively.
The station is a ship off the coast of England because rock and roll was only allowed on the BBC radio for 1 hour a day in 1966. Therefore ships were anchored off-shore which flooded England's air waves with rock and roll 24/7.
On this particular ship, Hoffman plays The Count a DJ with a certain bold panache while numerous other radio personalities each present their own style on their shows on this 24 hour a day station. The DJs and the radio crew live on the ship and have a very close camaraderie and belief of what they are doing is the right thing.
However, the British Government, especially Kenneth Branagh (playing Sir Alistair Dormandy), hate rock and roll and thinks it will hurt society, therefore they want these offshore pirate stations shut down. However, there were no laws to prevent these ships from existing and playing rock and roll.
Eventually the government creates a maritime law and at midnight one new-years-eve they are supposed to shut it down. But the group on this ship say "to hell with it" and continue to broadcast. They eventually have to move their location and then the ship gets a big hole in it and starts to sink. Will they survive, will the music live?
Nighy is outstanding and wonderful as Quentin the producer of this seaborne Pirate Radio station. Hoffman is strong and fully American in his attitude among his British peers. Everyone else in this film is very good in their parts and are to be commended. However, the real star of this film is the music. I loved it.
Overall: This was a good time movie and filled fun music which brought up great memories. If you are a boomer and liked rock and roll go enjoy this film.