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The Beach Boys: An American Family
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The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 two-part made-for-TV miniseries directed by Jeff Bleckner that covers the career of The Beach Boys from 1960 to 1974. The first part covers their beginnings as a vocal group featuring the three Wilson brothers and their cousin, then their rise to fame as an actual band. Leading the way as manager and producer is the abusive and abrasive family patriarch Murry Wilson, who gets unanimously, and unceremoniously fired by the band toward the end of the episode. The second part covers their transition from songs about surfing and cars into more serious, experimental works such as Pet Sounds and the Smile sessions, while also focusing on band leader Brian Wilson's descent into drugs and mental illness and drummer Dennis Wilson's infamous ties with Charles Manson and his Family.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The series stars Frederick Weller (Brian Wilson), Kevin Dunn (Murry Wilson), Matt Letscher (Mike Love), Nick Stabile (Dennis Wilson), Ryan Northcott (Carl Wilson), and Ned Vaughn (Al Jardine). David Marks, who had a short stint as Al's replacement at rhythm guitar, is played by Dublin James. Anthony Rapp also has a memorable guest appearance as Brian's musical collaborator, Van Dyke Parksnote Who was renamed "Samuel" in subsequent airings due to complaints from the real Van Dyke Parks over his portrayal in the film, while Kurt Fuller briefly appears as Mike's father, Milton Love. | |
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Adapted Out: Outside of Brian's first wife, Marilyn, none of the Beach Boys' wives are specifically featured, as Mike's first wife Amy and second wife Pam appear to be composites. Ditto with Dennis' first wife, Debra. (His real-life third wife, Karen Lamm, who was featured extensively in 1990's Summer Dreams biopic, is not portrayed in the miniseries.) It is implied in the film that Mike has only one younger brother. In real life, he had two – Stephen and Stan, the latter of whom played in the NBA and is current NBA star Kevin Love's dad. | |
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All Drummers Are Animals: Initially played straight with Dennis, who's portrayed as someone who can't take things seriously, and only average at best as a musician (a "clubber," in Brian's words), hence Brian's decision to have session wizard Hal Blaine play most of the Beach Boys' drum tracks from the mid-'60s onward. This gets averted when Dennis composes the beautiful love song "Forever," which, in the film, impresses even the notoriously critical Murry. | |
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Adaptational Attractiveness: Much like Bo Foxworth in Summer Dreams a decade prior, Ryan Northcott is noticeably slimmer than the real Carl Wilson, who had a portly frame, especially in his younger years. | |
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Abusive Parents: Murry Wilson – both physically and verbally. | |
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0% Approval Rating: By the time the Beach Boys fire him during the recording sessions for "I Get Around," everyone has had it with Murry's Control Freak tendencies as manager and producer. As such, none of the band members nor the engineers speak up in his defense when Brian chews him out. | |
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