Revealing: As the boat is in its final minutes, two of the crew are shown swimming across the deck to get to the dry part. But once they've climbed up, their clothes are still dry.
Great sites
Mistakes
In the shot of the front of the National Gallery as the disc jockeys walk down the stairs towards the camera, modern-day surveillance cameras are visible on curved poles to the left and right of the main frontage. See more...
The Boat That Rocked mistakes
Factual error: 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.
Continuity: People are often shown listening to the radio at completely different times of day to the times shown on the boat.
The Boat That Rocked quotes
Simon: I believe the technical term is a *fuckload* of boats!
Angus: She likes the bearded man...
Dave: With a tiny knob...
Angus: What about this? What about this situation right here? Can't fuck your way out of this one, can you Mark?
