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Thick Kevin: I find alcohol rather sharpens my mind...

Many of the songs featured in the film, almost all of which are portrayed as being singles actually being played by the disc jockeys, came out after the 1966 setting of the film, including Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (June 1967), Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover" (November 1968), The Who's "I Can See For Miles" (October 1967), Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cried Mary" (May 1967), the Turtles' "Elenore" (November 1968) and Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You" (April 1968) among several others. See more...

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The Boat That Rocked (2009) - 2 corrections

Directed by Richard Curtis (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

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During the guessing game, Simon says to "Think outside the box." This now-common expression didn't exist in 1966. [Not necessarily true. There's no specific date for the beginning of the phrase, but it has been in use in the media since the late '60s.]

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The news/weather man announces that the marine offenses act was passed unanimously. But when the cabinet were shown voting on it, several of them didn't vote for it. [There's no way that John could actually know that several ministers failed to vote for it - all he has to go on is whatever press release the government sent out. If that said that the act passed unanimously, then it's not a mistake for John to repeat that.]

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