Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004)

October 5th, 20041h 49min

Documentary, Music
70%

Overview

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Better Man

Better Man


Released on: 2024-12-06
Music, Drama

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyban...

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It


Released on: 1993-06-09
Drama, Music, History

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husba...

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words


Released on: 2024-10-30
Documentary, Music

With unprecedented access to the multi-faceted woman behind the persona, follow Megan Thee Stallion'...

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal


Released on: 1981-08-07
Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Music

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark ...

New York, New York

New York, New York


Released on: 1977-06-21
Romance, Drama, Music

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro...

ABBA: The Movie

ABBA: The Movie


Released on: 1977-12-15
Comedy, Drama, Music, Documentary

A radio DJ in pursuit of an exclusive interview follows ABBA during their mega-successful tour of Au...

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound


Released on: 2009-10-14
Music, Documentary

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career...

Kneecap

Kneecap


Released on: 2024-08-02
Music, Comedy, Drama

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam...

The Singing Priest

The Singing Priest


Released on: 2026-04-02
Drama, Music

In 2015, Roman Catholic priest Rob Galea joined the Australian version of The X Factor but, due to h...

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls


Released on: 2006-12-25
Drama, Music

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own pers...

Ray

Ray


Released on: 2004-10-29
Drama, Music

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan


Released on: 2005-07-21
Documentary, Music

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singe...

Marina

Marina


Released on: 1960-10-18
Comedy, Family, Music, Romance

A German "Schlager-Film" (a musical comedy with popular songs) with Giorgia Moll in the title role.

Heaven Adores You

Heaven Adores You


Released on: 2014-05-14
Documentary, Music

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By th...

Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran

Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran


Released on: 2014-06-10
Documentary, Music

A music documentary with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, one of the fastest rising stars in po...

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet


Released on: 2020-02-13
Documentary, Music

By the dawn of the 21st century, hip-hop sales had reached an all-time high, but one thing has remai...

Waylon Jennings - The Lost Outlaw Performance

Waylon Jennings - The Lost Outlaw Performance


Released on: 1978-08-12
Music

On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon Jennings and The Waylons performed on the concert stage of...

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song


Released on: 2023-12-13
Documentary, Music

The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.

The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come


Released on: 1972-09-01
Crime, Drama, Music

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lan...

Women in Rock

Women in Rock


Released on: 1986-01-01
Music, Documentary

All the legendary women of rock 'n' roll are brought together in this stunning collage of artists an...