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Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. On stage, Wilson provided many of the lead vocals, and often harmonized with the group in falsetto. Early during his on-stage career, Wilson primarily played bass on stage, but gradually transitioned to primarily playing piano/keyboards. Besides being the primary composer in The Beach Boys, he also functioned as the band's main producer and arranger. After signing with Capitol Records in mid-1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits including "Surfin' Safari", "Surfin' USA", "Shut Down", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Be True to Your School", "In My Room", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Get Around", "Dance Dance Dance", "Help Me Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Good Vibrations". These songs and their accompanying albums were internationally popular, making The Beach Boys one of the biggest acts of their time.
In the mid-60s Wilson used his increasingly creative ambitions to compose and produce Pet Sounds, considered one of the greatest albums of all time. At this point his music was considered to rival that of Lennon–McCartney. The intended follow up to Pet Sounds, Smile, was cancelled for various reasons, including Wilson's deteriorating mental health. Wilson's contributions to The Beach Boys diminished as the years went by, and his erratic behavior led to tensions with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began a solo career in 1988 with Brian Wilson, the same year that he and The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Since then he has toured for the first time in decades with a new band and released acclaimed albums such as a reworked version of Smile in 2004, for which Wilson won a Grammy Award for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)" as Best Rock Instrumental, That Lucky Old Sun, and Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.
Actors: John Cusack (actor), Dee Wallace (actress), Claire Doré (miscellaneous crew), John Wells (producer), Kim Thio (miscellaneous crew), Alex L. Worman (miscellaneous crew), Brian Wilson (producer), Elizabeth Banks (actress), Scott Peterson (miscellaneous crew), Paul Giamatti (actor), Paul Dano (actor), Robert Foulkes (miscellaneous crew), Joanna Going (actress), Boyd Wilson (miscellaneous crew), Johnny Sneed (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Vaughn Juares (director), Brandon Van Vliet (actor), Craig Michaelson (actor), Vaughn Juares (actor), Vaughn Juares (editor), Vaughn Juares (writer), Karl Preusser (composer), Chanel Ryan (actress), Douglas Bennett (actor), Nick Frangione (actor), Philip Kreyche (actor), Joseph Andrew Schneider (writer), Joseph Andrew Schneider (actor), Ryan Kiser (actor), Bridget McGrath (producer),
Plot: The story of Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and how he found an intense singer/songwriter who he introduced to Hollywood. This musician was sure that one day he's be a household name. That musician did find fame, but not for his music... because that musician was Charles Manson. This project stems from our short film, "LIE" which was done for the Atlanta History Center and Minnesota Historical Society. The film was reviewed by historians and won the 1968 Film Competition's "Revelation Award" for revealing "unknown" history about what occurred in 1968.
Keywords: 1968, beach-boys, charles-manson, lie, manson-family, rock-and-rollActors: Andy Wickens (miscellaneous crew), Karl Urban (actor), Timothy White (producer), Jackie Sullivan (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Sunderland (actor), Victoria Kelly (composer), Kimberly Logan (miscellaneous crew), Robert Sarkies (writer), William Kircher (actor), Robert Sarkies (director), Lesley Burkes-Harding (costume designer), Annie Collins (editor), Paul Glover (actor), Tandi Wright (actress), Bruce Phillips (actor),
Plot: Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13-14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside village. It came in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped in the village for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and underarmed local policeman risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. By dawn 13 people lay dead. This is a true story.
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Emmanuelle Vaugier (actress), David Spielberg (actor), Mari Wilson (miscellaneous crew), John Stamos (producer), Jeff Bleckner (producer), Craig Zadan (producer), Jeff Bleckner (director), Neil Meron (producer), John Stamos (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), Geoffrey Rowland (editor), Harrison Young (actor), Anthony Rapp (actor), Oliver Muirhead (actor),
Plot: This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses primarily on the Wilson brothers and their parents, but also includes stories about the rest of members of the band. A two-part television movie special.
Keywords: drugs, nervous-breakdown, physical-abuseActors: Lance Rosen (actor), Aaron Lustig (actor), Casey Sander (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Jimi Hendrix (actor), Mark S. Thomas (miscellaneous crew), Ronald H. Gilbert (producer), Leonard Hill (producer), Mark W. Rosenbaum (editor), Joel Fields (producer), Michael Switzer (director), Arlen Dean Snyder (actor), Marvin J. Bernstein (miscellaneous crew), Greg Kean (actor), Ardythe Goergens (producer),
Plot: This biopic chronicles the continuing saga of the Beach Boys from 1961 to 1985. Mainly focuses on the Beach Boys resident wildman Dennis Wilson and in a slightly less capacity big brother Brian Wilson.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novelActors: Penny Marshall (actress), Lukas Haas (actor), Sidney Katz (editor), Tony Bill (director), John Ritter (actor), Georges Delerue (composer), Robert Jayne (actor), Bert Convy (actor), Barbara Crampton (actress), Roger Perry (actor), Cassie Yates (actress), Holgie Forrester (actress), Renée Valente (producer), Constance McCashin (actress), Robina Suwol (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Country feelins they're a-callin me
And brother I'm feelin' fine
Wanna cut loose from the city
Get out and run around
Country feelin's movin' in
My feet are dancin' in the hot sunshine
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
Country feelin's at a county fair
And under a big blue sky
See those bright birds fly
Cotton candy and apple pie
Country feelin's puttin' me on top of the world
On this happy day
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
Country, country feelin'
Country, country feelin'
Country, country feelin'
wo wo oh-oh
Country feelin's they got me sittin'
Right there in a rockin' chair
On a porch outside with a cold lemonade in the
Clean fresh air
Stand up tall be proud of yourself
And you just step out there
I'm gonna spread those country feelin's all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town
I'm gonna spread that country feelin' all around the town