Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys

Téléfilm
1990
R
1h 30min

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6,4/10

546

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Bo Foxworth, Bruce Greenwood, Greg Kean, Casey Sander, and Arlen Dean Snyder in Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)

Biography Drama Music

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drug... Tout lireDramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Réalisation
- Michael Switzer
Scénario
- Steven Gaines
- Charles Rosin
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,4/10

546

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Michael Switzer
Scénario
- Steven Gaines
- Charles Rosin
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Anecdotes
A scene of topless women (not seen in the original TV broadcast) was added for the VHS video release.

Gaffes
The movie depicts Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, and Mike Love singing "God Only Knows" live in the studio with the musicians. In reality, Brian Wilson (and most music producers) never records "live" - he has the instrumental track recorded and perfected first, then later overdubs the vocals; this was definitely the case with "God Only Knows." Also, Mike Love does not appear on "God Only Knows;" the background vocal that Mike is shown laying down in the movie was in reality provided by Brian Wilson.

Connexions
Edited into Cease to Exist (2007)

Bandes originales
I Get Around
Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Performed by The Beach Boys

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5/10

Accurate, but rushed and too short

I recognized most of the key points in the movie from biographies I have read in the past, so I assume it is fairly historically-accurate. However, the biopic is very rushed. It's never all that clear what time period you are in, skips over large chunks of time, and it treats everything as equally important. Brian Wilson literally goes from a clean cut Beach Boy to looking like modern-day Haley Joel Osment within minutes, and certain key events such as the development of Pet Sounds passes extremely quickly. So, what is there is accurate, and about 50% of it is fairly enjoyable to watch, but if I hadn't read a biography and didn't know some of their story going in, I wouldn't be quite sure what I had just watched. This would have been far better as a mini-series with a slower burn rate.