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Focus’s ‘Boat’ gets a new title: ‘Pirate Radio’

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:11 am · July 28th, 2009

A few weeks ago we learned that the folks at Focus Features would be re-editing Richard Curtis’s “The Boat That Rocked” for U.S. shores in an effort to whip the project, which didn’t fare well with critics across the pond, into more profitable shape.  Now I’m hearing the title is also getting a change, to the more fetching (if you’re asking me, though I know no one is) “Pirate Radio.”

Thoughts?

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8 responses so far

  • 1 7-28-2009 at 11:56 am

    AmericanRequiem said...

    much better title, but give up on this movie already

  • 2 7-28-2009 at 12:20 pm

    Josh said...

    A desperate plea for US audiences to see a crappy movie.

  • 3 7-28-2009 at 12:26 pm

    geha714 said...

    I prefer the original title.

  • 4 7-28-2009 at 12:45 pm

    Nudgoo said...

    Two things I didn’t like about the film – the title, and the scenes of people dancing while listening to the radio.

    Not sure if Pirate Radio is the way to go, but it’s an improvement.

  • 5 7-28-2009 at 12:48 pm

    Ryan said...

    I guess I have to see it on a poster or a trailer, but I think “The Boat That Rocked” works better than “Pirate Radio.”

  • 6 7-28-2009 at 1:30 pm

    Glenn said...

    The original title seems far more in spirit with the movie.

    But then maybe they’ve edited out so much of the original that the title is no longer apt.

    I’m surprised that, of all films, this is the one they’re cutting and changing. Like… really? THIS?

  • 7 7-28-2009 at 2:43 pm

    Jonathan Spuij said...

    What’s next, reshoots featuring Johnny Depp?

  • 8 7-28-2009 at 8:58 pm

    Andrew L. said...

    That would be awesome, actually.