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22 November 1985 (USA)
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A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Good, But Could Have Been Better
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Cast
(in credits order) | Brian Wilson | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
 | Dennis Wilson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Carl Wilson | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Mike Love | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Al Jardine | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Bruce Johnston | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | The Beach Boys | ... | Themselves (also archive footage) |
 | Jack Benny | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bobby Figueroa | ... | Himself - drummer |
 | Jimi Hendrix | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Bob Hope | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Paul McCartney | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Van Dyke Parks | ... | Himself |
 | Dan Aykroyd | ... | Police Officer #1 (uncredited) |
 | John Belushi | ... | Police Officer #2 (uncredited) |
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| Malcolm Leo | |||
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| Malcolm Leo | ||
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| Malcolm Leo | .... | producer | |
| Jon Peisinger | .... | executive producer | |
| Bonnie Peterson | .... | producer | |
| Leo Peterson | .... | producer | |
| Michael Wiese | .... | executive producer | |
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| John Toll | |||
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| Mark Cole | |||
| David Fairfield | |||
Production Management | |||
| Rouben Rapelian | .... | production executive | |
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| Bruce Bisenz | .... | sound: location | |
| Doug Nelson | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Fritz Roland | .... | additional photographer | |
Other crew | |||
| Desert Cowart | .... | production secretary | |
| John Delgatto | .... | film & videotape research | |
| Dennis Diken | .... | research | |
| Lucinda Dronberger | .... | production secretary | |
| Ron Furmanek | .... | audio research | |
| Katherine Gould | .... | assistant to the executive producers | |
| Edick Hossepian | .... | production assistant | |
| Carol Kapitan | .... | assistant to the executive producers | |
| Charles Mcdonald | .... | main title graphics | |
| Paul Surratt | .... | film & videotape research | |
| Kathie Van Brunt | .... | production coordinator | |
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- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- High Ridge Productions (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
- Artisan Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
- Vestron Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
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A couple of songs in the film, "Surf's Up" and "Fire" (aka. "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow") were recorded for the famous, unreleased "SMiLE" album which was supposed to be released in the summer of 1967.See more »
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Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: On the Sunny Side of the Screen" (1994)See more »
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This is a fairly decent documentary on probably one of the most influential bands in rock and roll. However, they do tend to gloss over most of the problems within the band. Many people know that Dennis Wilson was involved with Charles Manson but the film barely touches on that aspect. Also, it barely touches on the physical and mental abuse the Wilson brothers went through and how it affected them especially Brian and Dennis. However, listening to all those classic songs, especially those from the aborted "Smile" project, made this a good film for me.