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Brian Wilson presents SMiLE
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0603497041527
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Rhino Video
Languages: German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Rhino Video
MPN: 970415
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Rhino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 24, 2005
Running Time: 240 minutes
Studio: Rhino Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 2004
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Editorial Review:
"My face isn't able to smile," Brian Wilson confides to collaborator Van Dyke Parks in one of this comprehensive double-DVD set's poignant bonus interviews, "but my heart does." 
Listen to our interview
with Brian Wilson | Using vintage clips and the frank insights of Brian's friends and colleagues, writer/producer/director David Leaf (a longtime Wilson confidant and author of the pioneering history The Beach Boys and the California Myth) charts the music legend's spectacular rise to stardom and the troubling gestation and subsequent abandonment of the 1967 album widely anticipated as Wilson's artistic coup de grace. But it's a tale with a triumphant, if 37-year-delayed third act: Smile's unlikely '04 album resurrection and subsequent London concert premiere. The second disc chronicles yet another victorious moment, the tour's glorious homecoming show at L.A.'s Disney Hall, captured with graceful camera work, crisp editing and a 5.1 sound mix that imparts every playful musical nuance. The bonus materials (which include interviews, London clips, a rewarding sessions featurette and a trove of Wilson piano performances, some featuring musicians Carol Kaye and Darian Sahanaja) help make the set a nearly four-hour Smile-lover's dream-come-true. But it's the documentary's candor, a willingness to address Wilson's troubled psyche head-on, that imparts its unusual dramatic gravitas, making its ultimate triumphs all the richer. Wilson aficionados will find few greater joys than seeing their hero back firmly in command behind a recording console--or leading an ecstatic live ensemble through a pop masterpiece long thought lost to the ages. --Jerry McCulley
Smile with the music of Brian Wilson 
Smile | 
Gettin' in over My Head | 
Orange Crate Art | 
Pet Sounds Live | 
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | 
Imagination |
This essential two-disc package features nearly four hours of material, including the Showtime documentary Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile, as well as an exclusive performance of Smile in its entirety. The collection also includes nearly two hours of bonus footage including never-before-seen interviews, performances, and recording session footage.
Track Listing and Content:
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and The Story of Smile
Trailer for Beautiful Dreamer (Bonus Material)
Interview Highlights
Our Prayer
Gee
Heroes and Villains
Roll Plymouth Rock
Barnyard
Old Master Painter
You Are My Sunshine
Cabin Essence Wonderful
Song for Children
Child Is the Father of the Man
Surf's Up
I'm In Great Shape
I Wanna Be Around
Workshop
Vega-tables
On A Holiday
Wind Chimes
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
In Blue Hawaii
Good Vibrations
Outakes (bonus material)
Brian Wilson Photo Gallery
Brian Wilson at the Piano
Brian Wilson Presents Smile featurette
Heroes and Villains Fan Video
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - SMILE
This is one of the most moving experiences you will ever see recorded . If you have ever followed the Beach Boys, or you are into the creative proses, or if you just enjoy seeing someone conker their demons and achieve some greatness, and produce a completely moving work of art this is a DVD that you can not miss.
In disc one, After over 30 years of waiting, Brian Wilson was able to receive the help of friends and family and create this beautiful piece of music. It fully documents ... Read More
Rating: - Smile On!
An excellent program with "Beautiful Dreamer" Documentary DVD as a plus for all the music historians. Great added features with the best feature seeing Brian Wilson's Smile on his face! :)
Rating: - A moving story , a true story with thank God ; a happy ending..
I have written elsewhere that Pet Sounds is a great album but Smile is truly symphonic rather than a collection of songs.It is totally unprecedented in the history of popular music and belongs in another category of greateness. Because of this fact it does not surprise me that its conception was a concoction of remarkable positive energy and optimism stalled by the fears of others. The toll this took on Brian Wilson is entirely believable. I do not agree with those who point to drug use and undiagnosed ... Read More
Rating: - A masterpiece
The concert disc in this set may is easily the best music DVD I've seen. The recording is absolutely pristine, to the point where I found myself beginning to question whether the sounds I was hearing were actually a live recording. The musicianship is superlative--the Wondermints form the core of the band, which makes that a given--and the performance spotless. And the camerawork and lighting are all tasteful, well edited, and integrated with the music (I can't tell you how many music DVDs I've seen where ... Read More
Rating:  - GOOD VIBRATIONS
Comprehensive 2 DVD package chronicling the arrival in 2004 of Beach Boys' Brian Wilson's "Smile" album, that legendary hushed secret rumored to be as grand as "Sgt. Pepper", uncerimoniously leaked over the years in bootleg recordings, and finally laid to rest as an impossible dream, a rock and roll fantasy on a par with a complete Beatles reunion. In 1967 the world grooved to Beach Boys' classic, "Good Vibrations", but the album which it heralded never arrived, abandoned by Wilson after costing him a chunk ... Read More
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