When I lived in Inglewood we lived only 3 blocks from the Wisons. My baby sitter went to highschool with Dennis and Carl. Mike Loves sister Maureen played the harp at the church where I was babtized. She was the harp accompanient to my mothers solo singing performance. I vageuly remember our babysitter telling my mom about Brian firing his dad.

@tomasiobermudez2588

5 ай бұрын

That is such a nice story

@flj-fp6rb

3 ай бұрын

Very interesting thx!!

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@tommas2674

3 ай бұрын

this is about the time that making Parents seem dumb and not with it ahem came to be pushed.

@tommas2674

3 ай бұрын

at 56:52 Americans became so dumbed down destruction they thought/ think is music, entertainment, really saying something. pathetic. subversives of hater/aggressor nations peoples influence. Not England they were /are under that influence too.

Loved all their songs way back then. But its so sad to see so many obstacles their way starting with a constantly discouraging dad and ending with alcohol and drugs. Its really sad. They were so talented. So much to learn from this movie!

I think Greenwood deserved to win an Emmy for playing Dennis.

@paulamiles9559

2 ай бұрын

I'm a fervent Brianista, but I'm really happy to see the focus on Dennis. Bruce Greenwood was wonderful. I have a whole shelf of BB books, but it was Stephen Gaines bio of Dennis ( Heroes and Villians, 1986) that really got me interested.

@johndoyle2429

22 күн бұрын

Bruce Greenwood is the only actor from this portal of the beachboys movie and rest never heard of .

@junesmith4159

17 күн бұрын

Casey Sander, who plays Mike Love, sure do look alike.

@paulamiles9559

16 күн бұрын

@junesmith4159 yeah, and his take on Mikey's snarky expression is perfect. Mike in 2024: I just want to write songs with my cousin. The supposedly inept Brian in 2024: Mike doesn't understand that songs aren't written that way anymore.

@RichardFelstead1949

8 күн бұрын

@@paulamiles9559 It's a great book .I've been a BB fan since 1963.Greetings from Australia.

Finally, close to 2 years I spent looking for this movie

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

3 ай бұрын

2 years. It's been online forever

@billblake9665

28 күн бұрын

i just tracked it down myself...the scene of dennis jumping in the water popped into my mind....i knew it was an abc sunday movie but i thought it was from 84 or 85.....

This movie made me a fan of Bruce Greenwood, look at the amazing movies he made after this!!!

I wish they had showed Good Vibrations,....their best song ever.

I see for the first time this movie! Bruce Greenwood is like a twin of Denis Quaid in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE :)

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

50s music show dianr in movie part in doing more research on it it's a great idea for the first 🥇🪙🏆 timeless timeline time travel would definitely have a good I love it so much

Although this was a highly fictionalized account of The Beach Boys' story, it was still entertaining. Clearly the focus was primarily on Dennis and a little on Brian. The guy they cast as Mike Love was spot-on. The casting of Carl seemed to be an afterthought.

@mattmcnulty8363

3 ай бұрын

I feel like Murray was really well cast here. Everyone else was hit or miss for me.

@sharonjensen3016

3 ай бұрын

Murray was not a nice man.

@impalaman9707

3 ай бұрын

@@sharonjensen3016 They made Murry too nice here. He may as well have been played by Tom Bosley!

@burlingtonbill1

3 ай бұрын

@@impalaman9707 Agreed. Murry was raised himself by an abusive dad, "Buddy" Wilson.

@impalaman9707

3 ай бұрын

@@burlingtonbill1 The one in American Family, on the other hand, was DEAD ON ACCURATE! Even the Murry in "Love and Mercy" was okay. But this one here is utter crap!

The actor playing Murray Wilson (Arlen Dean Snyder) is a double for the real Murray. Incredible likeness.

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

He was meen 3 brother's house in

@RichardFelstead1949

8 күн бұрын

Also the guys who played Mike Love and Al Jardine were very similar to their real life counterparts.

Love and Mercy still beats this

@deedeekreep9139

5 ай бұрын

Its pretty dope still though cause it focuses more on dennis this time around

@tomasiobermudez2588

4 ай бұрын

I think love and mercy had a bigger budget but I think so too , feel like love and mercy is more accurate to how they looked ; I like an American family , from 2000 , it’s also better than this but I think American Family had a larger budget too

@johndoyle2429

22 күн бұрын

I think movie focus on Dennis wilson and it was low-budget movie.

Of the TV biopics that have come out - this is the best one. I know that's not saying much, but - oh well. "Dennis!!!!!!!!"

Beach boys are great band love them great music great movie

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

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I heard in Brian Wilson's autobiography that there was one film that focuses on the struggles of the Beach Boys that his family refuses to let him watch, to this day. Personally, I love this movie and think that the creators put a lot of love into this. Let's face it though, the focus was more on their erratic personal lives (Brain and Dennis, the rest are side characters) instead of their music, which really should be paid homage to more often. Brian also wrote in his book that the neighbours would often hear screaming matches between Murray and Dennis yet Brian was absolutely insistent that Murray was not physically abusive in any way towards his family. Overall. I love the movie yet I am almost certain that Brian Wilson will never watch it, which saddens me.

@rio-impetuoso4271

6 ай бұрын

1.23.30 "I can make music in my head again." B. was so glad to be improving. Our inner world is certainly our own, still, how good to be able to share how one conquered.

@derekllewellyn6663

5 ай бұрын

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@davidaston5773

5 ай бұрын

I have a fond memory of watching this TV movie, back in my teens on TV. It's the reason, I love Bruce Greenwood as an actor. He is SO good as Dennis Wilson. And, like "Love & Mercy" it uses a fresh and creative way to frame and present the film. In that, they have two actors playing the younger and older Brian Wilson, but here, they book mark the start and end with his accident when he went into the sea to try and find his lost personal items. Greenwood brings a vulnerability to his Dennis. And, this really IS about Dennis Wilson. Yes, it does take the viewer through the life and troubles of The Beach Boys but it is all from his perspective. He's also in a great series, as lead, called "Nowhere Man" (in 1995). So, imagine my absolute pleasure at seeing him as Captain Pike in the JJ Abraham "Star Trek" reboot films? As for the film itself? It does suffer from the same issues TV movies have: low budget, some questionable dialogue and choice of actors and only show certain points in the history of the subject. But, overall, the cast is very VERY good. It has to be said it should be congratulated for not shying away from showing the truth of Dennis' decline. Because some would avoid painting the subject in a bad light? You know with the other characters acting in awe of them. However, I will always love it. Now in 2024? It is even more truthful because from 2017 to June 2021 I became a serious drug addict and alcoholic. Now clean for 2 years, 7 months and 15 days. I understand, in a far deeper and cold light of day way, what addiction and self destructive behaviour can do to your life. Whether it's Dennis Wilson or anyone else. We are dealing with human being in trouble. As for the Beach Boys? Their music has got me through some very dark times. 11/10 David

@IYamJayJay

2 ай бұрын

The movie they were referring to was an american family, they found brians depiction as a dope head to be very offensive to him.

@Shawn-Leider

Ай бұрын

Because it’s fake. The whole movie is fabricated, if u read Brian’s book then u should know how fake this is.

I think this is a very good movie that shows how hard the relationship between teens and their parents can be. The contrast of love and the differences between the two brothers is not common. The inspiration, the gift, the struggle, ... I had never heard their early music, I think it was beautiful in many ways. The friendship of the whole group is encouraging and how the father's disapproval pushes the eldest son away and - the whole group - in a wrong direction is heartbreaking. One wants to believe by now we have understood how important the relationship between parents and our children is! There is a lot to learn out of pain. Great acting, great filming, in spite of the unpleasant sexual behavior. Blessings.

@ttacking_you

6 ай бұрын

Well? You forgot about the folly camaraderie of illicit drug use, but ok.

@rio-impetuoso4271

6 ай бұрын

​I was thinking that Dennis was jealous of Brian, and hid in women and alcohol. With all due respect to them as humans, Dennis' complete disrespect towards the dignity of a woman shows his own unsolved problem. Brian loved his brother, protected him and because of his own struggles ended up filling himself with food and then fell for drugs. Or do you think I got it wrong? I must have missed sg, because I thought Brian's friends were​ concerned about his weakness, it was only Dennis who seemed not to care. This changed everything, four decent, hardworking, inspired boys turned to five young men despaired for money and fame, even the rhythm of their music changes, their appearance and their way of life. I am glad that B. found a woman to love and who loved him. @@ttacking_you

@ttacking_you

6 ай бұрын

@@rio-impetuoso4271 It looked like Dennis was trying to turn Brian against his dad... until his dad sold his songs. Still id rather have their dad than Joe Jackson!

@rio-impetuoso4271

6 ай бұрын

​@@ttacking_youThere's so much to say. There's a part where D. says: "He (the father) didn't hate us, he hated rock 'n roll." I agree. A writer said: "We can't see our reflection in the water unless it is calm." I want to believe that D. was seeking this peace every time he went looking for his brother. It is hard to accept that others have what we lack. It may be hard to find that which is good in us, when others reject us. He seems to have been trying, but drugs and alcohol certainly do not help. There is so much that is understood now that wasn't clear back then. I think we have it easier in so many ways, but each one of us has to find their own path. R. I. P. Dennis W.

@neonfroot

2 ай бұрын

This is why people need to stop romanticisng marriage and family.

Bruce Greenwood I remember he was in 80's shows like St. Elsewhere and knots landing.

After seeing this 4 or 5 times already I will be more series from here on about The Beach Boys though I long known of them for years now.I was born in 1969 and I have always loved their "California Girls"!

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

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@gerrydooley951

21 күн бұрын

why have you watched this movie more then once?

nailed the vocals

Brilliant! Really enjoying Thanks for uploading 👍

Here's a 19 yr old Bruce Greenwood. Now he's a 50 something high powered doctor on the series the Resident with a bunch of other doctors that either move away, or get killed off the series. We even have Malcom-Jamal Warner from the Cosby show. But I digress-- maybe Bruce will play a decent Dennis Wilson.

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

It's looks great and good 👍 I just love it so much it's looks like new DVD releases review history books documentary about biography book information on Instagram instead inside of interview review and the best

Good movie. Brought back tons of memories ❤

This is pretty good movie however they did not mention David Marx, who was a member of The Beach Boys was our next-door neighbor. Went away to the university of Michigan to become a dentist join the band. David Marks join The Beach Boys. And there was a scene where The Beach Boys rented some musical instruments. One of the amplifiers they rented was a Vox amplifier those amplifiers did not come to America until 1964 with the Beatles. This was way back in 1962 so that was definitely messed up.

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

I just love it so much I just realized remember it being a 50 years constant ture life movie

The Beach Boy's Are The Best 💯

True true classic movie very good one i like this movie the beach boys was the best in classic music love there music 😉👍🏽👍🏽

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

Fun fun fun song I just love it so much it's looks really good and great to see new

I became a Bruce Greenwood fan when he was on Knots Landing, but he was so cute in this movie!

57:13 - one of the best and (I'm sure not supposed to be) funniest moments in the film. Good'Ol Charlie - "Do I look like I'm gonna hurt you, brother." This just took my cake back then....I'm a muffin guy now.

@mikogale

3 ай бұрын

i said out loud "yeah, you fucking do" lmfao

Well, Brian lost his wife of 32 years, he has dementia and, will never play in concert again. This is very sad, but it is also life.

@stratplayr6997

Ай бұрын

I feel for Brian, I hope he is doing well. Just saw the newest Beach Boys documentary film, it was nice to see the surviving band members reunite at Paradise Cove, where they shot their first album cover. It's too sad that Carl and Dennis weren't there.

Lots of good comments here already! I agree that it would be better to have Murray Wilson as a dad than Joe Jackson but that is not saying much. Unfortunately, so many parents try to live vicariously through their children. It is a great disservice to them - especially when they are talented and need to be able to spread their wings and discover for themselves what they can do. It is also very cruel to beat down and reject the average child who doesn't have exceptional talents, etc. As per the comment the movie was really mostly about Brian and Dennis, that does seem to be the case. However, it is a largely fictionalized story of the Beach Boys. Known details about their lives are interpreted by writers, producers, actors, etc. and the unknown details are filled in to make a good story. There could be many different movies made about the band that focus on different aspects of their lives, interpret the facts with a different emphasis and fill in the gaps differently. The choice to focus on Brian and Dennis is an interesting one because the contrast between how their characters reacted to the same reality is notable. Both were essentially abused by their father (beat up, emotionally beaten down, etc) but Brian turned it inwards and was self-medicating with food and joints and eventually developing mental health issues while Dennis went external in terms of fighting back and acting out sexually. I found it interesting that while Dennis seemed like a real yahoo in most of his interpersonal interactions, there were flashes of concern and empathy that were much greater than what was displayed by any of the other characters. I think that these flashes demonstrated what was going on deep down and are what made his character especially tragic. It was like he was just searching for love and acceptance and he was willing to stand up to his dad, for example, when Brian was getting verbally beaten down. He went about things in less than effective ways. The same was true for Brian. There are a lot of stereotypes about oldest and middle children and Brian and Dennis demonstrated many of them. Its a good movie and I hope that many people watch it. I would also be interested in seeing more videos about the Beach Boys and see how other people tell the story.

Brian and his brothers should have looked out for each other far better back then! They should have intervened in both Dennis and Brian's lives, stop the machine until they are clean!

@sharonjensen3016

3 ай бұрын

They didn't exactly have a good role model to follow.

@powerface71

3 ай бұрын

@@sharonjensen3016 Carl was ALWAYS grounded. He was never out of control besides the cigarettes.

@knmarsh4ll

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@powerface71 The Wilson brothers all had drug problems at some point or another actually

@derekllewellyn6663

29 күн бұрын

​@@knmarsh4llfamily members of beach boys years 50 years anniversary celebration party years documenty biography VIP tickets tour guide Legends

I have afreind who met the beachboys at a vets day conference and she got a Pic and I'm a huge fan and I collect beachboys records and other things I grew up in1970

The real Dennis Wilson died in 1983. Carl Wilson died in 1998.

Very nice movie. Highly Recommended. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 I also learned today that Brian Wilson has 2 daughters who took after him and created the group Wilson Phillips with Carnie and Wendy.😊

"Hey guys! listen to this?" "Whoa! Who's _THAT!!??"_ "His name's CHUCK BERRY...." Was a damn good movie, though.

Where was David Marks?

1990. Its like a double throwback movie! SeWeet!

Man I used to watch this movie all summer long on VHS.... like 5th grade

The saddest aspect of this movie is that "low information" or "casual fans" will buy every bit of fiction portrayed in this joke of a biopic! This is a complete fairy tale probably written by a groupie!

@blossomsquirrel

Ай бұрын

Yes, it is fiction but there's nothing anyone can do to stop people believing it all. You have to take it for what it is - a film based loosely around some of the events that actually did occur. Personally I thought it was worth watching just to see the guy - in that ridiculous wig - who's meant to portray Charlie Manson. Hilarious, absolutely hilarious. And California must get some really warm winters what with all those scantily clad young women sitting around on that yacht at the end of December (Dennis died on December 28th 1983).

This movie was not very factual, but still fun to watch !!!

@impalaman9707

3 ай бұрын

Not even fun for a TRUE Beach Boys fan who cares about history!!!

It’s hard to watch this without laughing my ass off over the very bad wigs & badly pasted on beards. (108:18 to 109:39)

I didn't realize one of the died. 😢😢

@tomasiobermudez2588

5 ай бұрын

Who died ? Which actor ?

@stratplayr6997

Ай бұрын

Actually two of the Beach Boys have died. Of course, Dennis in 1983 as shown in this movie. Carl died in 1998 from lung cancer.

The guy who played Farnsworth was on point. Looked alot like him, too.

Not bad. There was a better Beach Boys Drama released in 2000 also free on KZread. And of course the John Cusack movie from a few years ago that concentrated on Brian's mental state was great

As i dont have knots landing the television series spin off from Dallas televisions programme once been on the b.b.c network station and i would love to see it all back as a box sets

Lol diggin the Margaritaville soundalike! 1:04:13

@Hamu31

4 ай бұрын

can you identify the song at the scene?

@ttacking_you

4 ай бұрын

That's Tequila ​Town by Jim a la carte@@Hamu31

@michealgames6333

3 ай бұрын

I love the song in the bar

@markdoyle8737

23 күн бұрын

What is that song? In the bar? Fantastic tune

Well, Murray was sure wrong about Fun, Fun, Fun. It hit number 5, but there were 3 Beatles songs and a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song that received the 4 spots before it, in March of 1964.

I Sean Finneran am manifesting my teenage self starring in his own teenage summer fantasy movie that takes place on the beaches of Florida and set to all of the music of the Beach Boys.

A bit false. David marks played on a lot of those early tracks not Al Jardine

thanks

So wait. Dennis had "relations" with Mike Love's lovechild? But isn't Mike cousins with the Wilson's? So wouldn't that, aside from being WAY creepy, be incest?

@Droopy78212

5 ай бұрын

Yes it actually is. Apparently Dennis and Mike really didn’t like eachother by the 80s. I just find it crazy

@tomasiobermudez2588

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I believe so and it made Mike love hate Dennis

@zacharyjohnson6453

2 ай бұрын

There is tensions between Dennis and Mike before that

@neonfroot

2 ай бұрын

Well, it would be a second-generatio cousin. That lovechild has less blood relation to Dennis.

Casting could have been better, Brian was tall and well built, Mike was small and skinny! Great music though. God only Knows is one of the greatest songs ever written.

I know this movie is full of anachronisms but it's still, IMO, the best Beach Boys biopic. Watch this along with the Dennis Wilson BBC documentary from 2008 and you'll get a decent overview of the band's trials and tribulations.

I actually really enjoyed this. I know it's not really accurate, but biopics rarely are. (Braveheart, anyone?) Shame the final shot was Dennis riding off into the flattest surf I've ever seen, though. 😆

Carl Wilson's casting always seemed like an afterthought. 2:31

In the beginning of the movie wht kind of car was brian and denis in

@jerryc5743

4 ай бұрын

Maybe a Ford Farlane. Brian’s first car.

1:19:01 what year was that?

this movie shows why they needed 2 drummers

Wow!(0:46 to 1:11)the California Beach!!!

2 fifteenth versions of the beach boys, 1st one I watched was 2 and 1/2 hours long then there's a "to be continued ". Can't find the second part. Then this one is way different

I felt the Steven Gaines movie would hit a little harder and it did, to bad we won’t get an Albert goldmannversion

Ok so you mentioned the Beach Boys so I have to mention since the first time I watched you Keith you remind me of Mike Love and the actor Casey Sander who coincidentally played Love in a movie. Lol I hope this doesn't offend you. I know that a lot of people don't like Mike Love but I do so yeah. haha

What’s the song playin at 1hr.03, when Dennis is in the bar and see’s Karen

Worst Wig Award goes to the dude playing Charlie Manson.

I thought American Family was bad enough---but this one is PURE FANTASY! Brian was tough and macho and jealous of Dennis? Dennis was arrogant and cocky? Murry was laid back and not as aggressive? "Barbara Ann" was recorded as a song with a full band and not as a party? About the ONLY thing they got right was Mike not being near as cool and balding! This one was total BS---a complete re-write of their history! Who wrote this garbage--the National Enquirer? One of Dennis's groupies?

@TheNerdyMusician

3 ай бұрын

American family is like a million dollar blockbuster compared to this lol this one is trash

@alfrede.neuman8898

2 ай бұрын

It’s well documented that their BB Party LP was a studio recording. Dean first told about it in the liner notes of Jan & Dean Anthology LP

@impalaman9707

2 ай бұрын

@@alfrede.neuman8898 Yeah, but the five of them weren't recording "Barbara Ann" like a "standard" recording complete with guitar, bass, and drums with Murry watching on---he had already been ousted a year before the Party and had already moved onto the Sunrays by then. Again---this movie was a total farce and embarrassment to their true history, and I feel sorry for anyone who watch this tabloid nonsense who bought into this complete historical re-write, where they even got the "history" wrong!!!!!!

@impalaman9707

Ай бұрын

@@alfrede.neuman8898 Except the movie made it look like a "serious" recording with everyone playing instruments, and Murry at the controls! They could have picked any song prior to 1965 and they would have been close to accurate. They picked the one song with a "party" atmosphere--even in the studio, and Murry long since gone!

Historically inaccurate. Al Jardine left the group for a short time to attend school. The shot on the beach when they are all 5 holding the surfboard Jardine was not there. David Marks was. He was also on the first four albums. Surfin Safari, Surfin U.S.A., Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe. Marks was their neighbor from across the street.

OK as an entertaining movie, but NOT as a factually-accurate documentary, in the same way American Graffiti was an interesting 1973 mashup of the 1950s. (i.e. Where was Elvis' music in that trope?)

So sad they made Brian out to look like such a goober toward the end of the movie.

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I dont know why Dennis got all the attention Brian was the only one who didnt look weird.

The actor playing Brian is too short

41:00

When you get to be rich and famous drugs and alcohol and bad people go right around with it and that's how you get involved in all the bad shitt I don't think one movie star or one singer has ever been sober or not ever has touched drugs they've all touched drugs they've all died and that's horrible to have that much power and not do good things with it

@neonfroot

2 ай бұрын

I think ego and artistic differences do more damage than the drugs

@alfrede.neuman8898

2 ай бұрын

Not all fall to those poisons. The ones who don’t aren’t in the news because there’s no drama to report about

I prefer The Beach Boys : An American Family 2000 Bio TV Movie

This movie blows!

Horrible, why did you resurrect this? It was impossible to watch the first time I saw it.

Jesus Christ uploader, could you put any more ads in this movie??

I think Dennis’s drowning was a suicide

@alfrede.neuman8898

2 ай бұрын

Nope, it was a tragic accident. He was looking forward to getting his boat back

If only California still looked like this today. Homelessness, drugs and fecal matter abound now. Thank the Dems for the mess.

Yeah, this isn’t the best movie about these events. Those beards and the casting is atrocious

This movie is terrible in fact.

This movie is terrible and an embarrassment

a truly awful, awful movie

Where's David Marks?,story is all wrong!

Man, was that stupid. The usual Hollywood garbage -- inventing dialogue and scenes that never happened.

That guy playing Mike Love looks like a policeman. They were really hard up for actors when they made this movie. That guy's WAY more irritating than the real Mike.

@TubbsFarquhar

8 күн бұрын

I don't think that's possible.

24:10