The Beach Boys: An American Family
The Beach Boys: An American Family | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Kirk Ellis |
Directed by | Jeff Bleckner |
Starring | |
Music by | Gary Griffin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
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Executive producers | |
Producer | John Whitman |
Cinematography | Brian J. Reynolds |
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Running time | 240 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 27 February 28, 2000 | –
The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 American miniseries written by Kirk Ellis and directed by Jeff Bleckner.[1] It is a dramatization of the early years of The Beach Boys, from their formation in the early 1960s to their peak of popularity as musical innovators, through their late-1960s decline (and Brian Wilson's beginning battle with mental illness), to their re-emergence in 1974 as a nostalgia and "goodtime" act.
The miniseries was shown in two parts on
In 2000, Brian Wilson stated of the film: "I didn't like it, I thought it was in poor taste. ... And it stunk. I thought it stunk!"
Cast
- Kevin Dunn as Murry Wilson
- Fred Weller as Brian Wilson
- Alley Mills as Audree Wilson
- Nick Stabile as Dennis Wilson
- Emmanuelle Vaugier as Suzanne Love
- Ryan Northcott as Carl Wilson
- Matt Letscher as Mike Love
- Ned Vaughn as Al Jardine
- Dublin James as David Marks
- Jesse Caron as Bruce Johnston
- Amy Van Horne as Marilyn Rovell
- Jad Mager as Nick Venet
- Eric Matheny as Chuck Britz
- Harris Laskaway as Voyle Gilmore
- Clay Wilcox as Tommy Schaeffer
- Anthony Rapp as Van Dyke Parks
- Erik Passoja as Charles Manson
- David Polcyn as Phil Spector
- Tera Hendrickson as Carol Kaye
- James Intveld as Hal Blaine
- Jessica Shannon as a concert girl
- Elliot Kendall as Glen Campbell
- Steve Stanley as Barney Kessel
- Jan Berry
- Dean Torrence
Awards
The Beach Boys: An American Family was nominated in nine individual categories at different award ceremonies.
It won three out of those nine categories that it was nominated in. Listed below are the categories that the movie was nominated in as well as for what award:
- 2000
- Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Mini-series[5]
- Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Mini-series, Movie Or A Special
- Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Mini-series Or A Movie
- Artios Awards
- Best Casting For TV Mini-Series
- 2001
- Eddie Awards
- Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Commercial Television (won)
- Excellence In Production Design Awards
- Best Television Movie or Mini-Series
- C.A.S. Awards
- Outstanding Achievement In Sound Mixing For A Television Movie-of-the-Week, Mini-Series (won)
- DGA Awards
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Movies For Television (won)
- Golden Satellite Awards
- Best Mini-series (nom)
- Eddie Awards
References
- Time Warner). Archivedfrom the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ Bocanegra, Henry. "Rock N' Roll Dream: A Conversation with Brian Wilson". House of Shred. houseofshred.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Holdship, Bill (April 6, 2000). "Heroes and Villains". Los Angeles Times. Chicago. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ Roberts, Michael (September 14, 2000). "Brian's Song: Listening to the Distant Echoes of a Pop-Rock Genius". Westword. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ "Outstanding Miniseries - 2000". Emmys Online. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2016.