Beautiful Dreamer Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004)

This film tells using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes the story of how in 1967 while his band The Beach Boys triumphantly toured abroad Brian Wilson was trying to push the boundaries of conventional pop music with a new followup to the Beach Boys cuttingedge megahit Pet Sounds The new album was to be called SMiLE SMiLE pushed the envelope both musically and lyrically and was supposed to outdo the Beatles Sgt Pepper record But Brian wasnt able to sell the project to his bandmates when they returned The project was shelved and Wilsons welldocumented decline into depression drug abuse recluseness and obesity had begun Thirtyodd years later Wilson announced that in 2004 SMiLE would be performed live in its entirety in London This film tells the story of a damaged but healing artist bringing his greatest work to light