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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

Plus: Brian Wilson Presents Smile Live!

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

05 October 2004

Country

United States of America

Cast

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Self

David Anderle

David Anderle

Self

Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine

Self

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

Self

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Self

Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey

Self

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia

Self

Carol Kaye

Carol Kaye

Self

George Martin

George Martin

Self

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Self

Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks

Self

Sylvie Simmons

Sylvie Simmons

Self

Michael Vosse

Michael Vosse

Self

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