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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

DocumentaryMusic
2004, Movie, 1h 49min
This film tells (using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes) the story of how in 1967, while his band The Beach Boys triumphantly toured abroad, Brian Wilson was trying to push the boundaries of conventional pop music with a new follow-up to the Beach Boys' cutting-edge mega-hit, Pet Sounds. The new album was to be called "SMiLE". SMiLE pushed the envelope both musically and lyrically, and was supposed to out-do the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper record. But Brian wasn't able to sell the project to his band-mates when they returned. The project was shelved and Wilson's well-documented decline into depression, drug abuse, recluseness, and obesity had begun. Thirty-odd years later, Wilson announced that in 2004, SMiLE would be performed live in its entirety in London. This film tells the story of a damaged but healing artist bringing his greatest work to light.
Country: United States
Director:
David Leaf
Cast:
Paul McCartney,
Jeff Bridges,
Roger Daltrey,
Van Dyke Parks
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David Leaf
Director
David Leaf
Writer
Paul McCartney
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Jeff Bridges
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Roger Daltrey
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Van Dyke Parks
As Self
Elvis Costello
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Brian Wilson
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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile is a documentary that tells the story of Brian Wilson, the founder of The Beach Boys, and his journey to create the album "SMiLE," a groundbreaking and innovative work that pushed the boundaries of pop music. The film follows Wilson's struggles with depression, drug abuse, and reclusiveness, and how he ultimately found the strength to bring his masterpiece to life. Through interviews and archival footage, the film shows how Wilson's passion and creativity helped him heal and bring joy to others, making this a moving and uplifting film about the power of art and the human spirit.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile include Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album, Joy Division, Der Wadenmesser, Korn: Deuce, Musicians For Life, American Hardcore.

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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile was released in theaters on October 5, 2004.

 

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