TV miniseries about the rise of The Beach Boys.TV miniseries about the rise of The Beach Boys.TV miniseries about the rise of The Beach Boys.
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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- TriviaDuring scenes in which Brian Wilson (Frederick Weller) is demoing "I Get Around" and "In My Room," the real Brian Wilson contributes the vocal, recorded specifically for this film. However, an uncredited Jeffrey Foskett, a member of Wilson's touring band, provides the high notes during the "In My Room" demo.
- GoofsDuring a scene in the second half of the miniseries, Mike Love's mustache starts to fall off when he's in bed and talking with his wife.
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Brian Wilson: Where are you going?
Van Dyke Parks: I'm sorry, Brian. I'm splittin'. The Philistines have uttered thier pronouncements, and I am now bound for Golgotha.
- Alternate versionsA shorter version later aired on ABC. The character representing Van Dyke Parks was renamed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)
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This was a very good movie, whether you are a big Beach Boys fan or not. However, if your not a big fan, you will be after seeing this movie. The movie was a lot easier to put together and understand if you happen to have read the book Heroes and Villains. You can see where a few things were switched around here and there, but nothing that really takes away from the truthfulness of these great musicians life as The Beach Boys. Absolutely worth the time to watch. The movie was 3.5 hours and it didn't really cover anything past about 1969. Thats the problem when you have a band that entertained America and Europe for 38 years. There isn't enough film to show it all. I would like to see a movie do the years from 1970 to about 1990, covering both Carl and Dennis' death. A very sad and tragic thing;however, remember, we still have Brian, Mike, Bruce, Al and even co-founder David ,that only appeared on the first 5 albums covering 61-63. Their talking about touring again, lets make it happen. Send comments to Brians web site. Think about it, the Beach Boys live in 2006. Wouldn't it be nice!
- lancemorris1
- Jul 14, 2006
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