Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
Brief Synopsis
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Adapted from Steven Gaines' unauthorized biography "Heroes & Villians: The True Story of The Beach Boys." The telefilm dramatizes the meteoric success of the California band, and later, its struggles, as brothers Dennis and Brian Wilson fight their father's obsessive attempts to control the group. A
Cast & Crew
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Michael Switzer
Director
Bruce Greenwood
Dennis Wilson
Greg Kean
Brian Wilson
Bo Foxworth
Carl Wilson
Arlen Dean Snyder
Murry Wilson
Casey Sander
Mike Love
Film Details
Also Known As
Beach Boys, The
Genre
Biography
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Horta Editorial & Sound; Howard Anderson Company; Ryder Sound Services Inc
Location
Southern California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Adapted from Steven Gaines' unauthorized biography "Heroes & Villians: The True Story of The Beach Boys." The telefilm dramatizes the meteoric success of the California band, and later, its struggles, as brothers Dennis and Brian Wilson fight their father's obsessive attempts to control the group. Also dramatized are The Beach Boys' own private troubles with drug and alcohol abuse.
Director
Michael Switzer
Director
Cast
Bruce Greenwood
Dennis Wilson
Greg Kean
Brian Wilson
Bo Foxworth
Carl Wilson
Arlen Dean Snyder
Murry Wilson
Casey Sander
Mike Love
Andrew Myler
Al Jardine
Linda Dona
Karen Lamm
Laura Leigh Hughes
Carol Wilson
Wendy Kaplan
Marilyn Wilson
Dorothy Dells
Audree Wilson
Billy Jones
Bill J
Billy Vera
Sal
Robert Edwin Lee
Bruce Johnston
Maya Lebenzon
Crystal
Kelly Bratten
Tinda
Diane Gaidry
Shawn
Guy Christopher
Stage Manager
Lance Rosen
Roy
Don Craig
Reporter
John Walter Davis
Russ
Aaron Lustig
Reporter At Beach
Richard Morof
Eugene Landy
Michael Strasser
Casey
Elizabeth Giordano
Courtney
Jason Keene
Charlie
Jay Levy
Darwin
Ed Levey
Agent
Michael Reid Mackay
Charles Manson
Colleen Morris
Lisa
Paul Weber
Bartender
Robert Lee
Crew
Marvin Bernstein
Location Manager
June Brickman
Makeup
John Caper Jr.
Music Editor
Bernadette Caulfield
Production Supervisor
Judith M Crary
Assistant
Ruth Crary
Auditor
Roz Crew
Set Decorator
Synka Curtis
Casting Associate
Steve Dahl
Co-Executive Producer
Barbara Dumphy
Production Designer
Joel Fields
Producer
Steven Gaines
From Biography ("Heroes & Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys")
Ronald J. Gilbert
Unit Production Manager
Ronald H. Gilbert
Unit Production Manager
Ronald J. Gilbert
Executive Producer
Ronald H. Gilbert
Executive Producer
Robert W Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ardythe Goergens
Associate Producer
Lynn Harris
Production Associate
Leonard Hill
Executive Producer
Vicki Huff
Casting
Cheri Jacobs
Production Coordinator
Susie Johnson
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Christopher J Kristman
Costumes
Christopher J Kristoff
Costume Designer
Dick Kyker
Property Master
Douglas Lackey
Music Editor
Susan Daria Land
Production Associate
Jay Levy
Music
Jay Levy
Music Supervisor
Gary Louzon
Transportation Coordinator
Rean Luttrell
Production Assistant
Tana Manners
Assistant Director
Ron Mccausland
Key Grip
Kathy L Menzies
Assistant
George Mooradian
Camera Operator
Dayton Nietert
Gaffer
Thompson O'sullivan
Assistant Director
Paul Onorato
Director Of Photography
Richard D Rogers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark W Rosenbaum
Editor
Chuck Rosin
Screenwriter
Fred Schultz
Sound Mixer
Hibah Sherif
Assistant Editor
Mark Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Swift
Coordinating Producer
Mark S Thomas
Script Supervisor
Candy L Walken
Hair Stylist
Kathleen A Wyldman
Wardrobe Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Beach Boys, The
Genre
Biography
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Horta Editorial & Sound; Howard Anderson Company; Ryder Sound Services Inc
Location
Southern California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 29, 1990
Released in United States on Video Summer June 15, 1994
Completed shooting December 1989.
