Underplayed Gems

The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)

The Beach Boys: An American Family poster
Directed by
Jeff Bleckner
Genre
biographical film
Country
United States
Runtime
4h
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This miniseries follows the Beach Boys from their start as a family band in the 1960s to their peak as music innovators. It shows their later struggles with fame and mental health, then their comeback as a nostalgia act in the 1970s.

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What happens

The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 American miniseries written by Kirk Ellis and directed by Jeff Bleckner. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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