The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writer (WGA):

Kirk Ellis (written by)

Release Date:

27 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Plot:

This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Nervous Breakdown | Physical Abuse

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kevin Dunn	...	Murry Wilson
Jessica Shannon	...	Concert Girl
Fred Weller	...	Brian Wilson (as Frederick Weller)
Alley Mills	...	Audree Wilson
Nick Stabile	...	Dennis Wilson
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Pamela
Ryan Northcott	...	Carl Wilson
Matt Letscher	...	Mike Love
Ned Vaughn	...	Al Jardine
Dublin James	...	Dave Marks
Jesse Caron	...	Bruce Johnston
Amy Van Horne	...	Marilyn Rovell
Jad Mager	...	Nik Venet
Eric Matheny	...	Chuck Britz
Harris Laskaway	...	Voyle Gilmore

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bruin Grip Services

Trivia:

During scenes in which Brian Wilson is demoing "I Get Around" and "In My Room," the real Brian Wilson contributes the vocal, recorded specifically for this movie. However, an uncredited Jeffrey Foskett, a member of Brian Wilson's touring band, provides the high notes during the "In My Room" demo.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The word "estimated" is misspelled as "etismated" during the "where are they now" captions at the end of the film.

Quotes:

Murry Wilson: How do you expect to be a musician if you can't hear good?

Soundtrack:

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE

Awesome flick.

It was really good. I like movies where you see how a group of people either fall apart or grow together over time. It seems that the Beach Boys fell apart. It's a really good story. I'm surprised that such a good movie was made for t.v. They also did a good job of throwing us a curve whenever "The Beatles" started to become popular. You see what the group does to overcome being a "has-been".