Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
- rock 'n' roll
- musician
- therapist
- biography
- recording studio
- car salesman
- last will and testament
- nervous breakdown
- songwriter
- pop music
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Paul Dano
Brian Wilson 1960s
John Cusack
Brian Wilson 1980s
Elizabeth Banks
Melinda Ledbetter
Paul Giamatti
Dr. Eugene Landy
- Jake Abel — Mike Love
- Kenny Wormald — Dennis Wilson
- Brett Davern — Carl Wilson
- Graham Rogers — Al Jardine
- Erin Darke — Marilyn Wilson
- Bill Camp — Murry Wilson
- Joanna Going — Audree Wilson
- Nick Gehlfuss — Bruce Johnston
- Mark Linett — Chuck Britz
- Johnny Sneed — Hal Blaine
- Gary Griffin — Al De Lory
- Directed
- Bill Pohlad
- Written
- Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 779 ratings
- Studio
- John Wells Productions, River Road Entertainment, Battle Mountain Films
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