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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

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6.6/10 • 7

2004-10-051h 49m

Documentary

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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.

Directors
David Leaf

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Brian Wilson

    Brian Wilson

    Self

  2. David Anderle

    David Anderle

    Self

  3. Hal Blaine

    Hal Blaine

    Self

  4. Jeff Bridges

    Jeff Bridges

    Self

  5. Elvis Costello

    Elvis Costello

    Self

  6. Roger Daltrey

    Roger Daltrey

    Self

  7. Natalie Imbruglia

    Natalie Imbruglia

    Self

  8. Carol Kaye

    Carol Kaye

    Self

  9. George Martin

    George Martin

    Self

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
record producerdrug usenervous breakdownpop musicsinger-songwriterthe beach boysamerican musicianbrian wilsonself-destructive behavior