Love and Mercy - News and Reviews - First clip is out.

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Sorry for the multi-posts.  Stomach flu has had me under the weather most of the week so I haven't felt much like anything.

Brian Facebook page has a nice photo of him and Melinda from 1995.  Also there was a nice little note about David Letterman last show.

[Paul J B]

The venerable LA Weekly has a banner this week that reads "10 Summer Movies That We Hope Don't Suck", and I hoped Love & Mercy would be one of them.  Sure enough, it was the first one mentioned:

(here's the rest of the article:)  http://www.laweekly.com/film/10-summer-movies-that-we-hope-dont-suck-5596403

Rotten Tomatoes has something similar called 6 Movies Off The Radar Worth Checking Out. Basically touts it as a film people should see for sure.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_and_mercy/news/1933287/6_summer_movies_off_the_radar_worth_checking_out/

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I've been fortunate to see the EPK for the film.  It lists, of course, the normal production notes but probably the coolest thing (it's all interesting) is all of the music used in the film.  Based on the screenplay and some of the descriptions by board members that have attended screenings, I'm guessing these are more or less in order (artist/performer only listed when it isn't the Beach Boys or Brian Wilson)

Surfin' U.S.A.
Don't Worry Baby
Surfer Girl
I Get Around
I Get Around — Love & Mercy Musicians
Fun, Fun, Fun
Songbird — Kenny G
These Dreams — Heart
Nowhere to Run — Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
The In Crowd — Ramsey Lewis Trio
On the Wings of Love — Jeffrey Osborne
Nights in White Satin — The Moody Blues
God Only Knows — Paul Dano
I'm Waiting For the Day — Love & Mercy Musicians
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds — Love & Mercy Musicians
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Wouldn't It Be Nice — Love & Mercy Musicians
You Still Believe In Me — Paul Dano
You Still Believe In Me
Love & Mercy — Darian Sahanaja
Hang On to Your Ego
Here Today
Caroline, No
Caroline, No — Love & Mercy Musicians
I Live For the Sun — The Sunrays
Heart Full of Soul — The Yardbirds
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Sloop John B
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me — Dusty Springfield
Good Vibrations — Paul Dano
Good Vibrations
Surf's Up
Surf's Up — Paul Dano
The Elements: Fire
Heroes & Villains
Do You Like Worms
In My Room
Day by Day — The Four Freshmen
Til I Die
One Kind of Love
Love & Mercy
Good Vibrations

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"Black Hole" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

Don't Worry Baby
California Girls
Good To My Baby
Help Me, Rhonda
Wendy
Dance, Dance, Dance
Denny's Drums
Fun, Fun, Fun

"End Date" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

"Believe" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

You Still Believe In Me
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Pet Sounds

"Silhouette" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

God Only Knows
Let's Go Away For Awhile
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Sloop John B

"Headphones" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

I Live For the Sun — The Sunrays
I Know THere's An Answer
Sloop John B
Pet Sounds
Dance, Dance, Dance
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Help Me, Rhonda
Here Today

"Knives and Forks" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

God Only Knows

"Deep End" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

Heroes and Villains
Barnyard
I Love to Say Da Da
Wind Chimes
Don't Worry Baby
Our Prayer

"B&M Studio" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

"Baby No Morph" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

I Love to Say Da Da
Here Today
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

"Bed Montage" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

Don't Worry Baby
California Girls

"Into Mercy" composed by Atticus Ross contains portions of:

God Only Knows

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[Theydon Bois]

"End Date" composed by Atticus Ross

Oh man, they went there.

[Larry Franz]

From Brian's Facebook page (I think it might be opening in some suburbs as well, like around Los Angeles and New York).


Love & Mercy will be opening in the following cities on June 5! Don't worry - the film will go wider with more cities in the second week! Here's a photo of the setup at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.

Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Boise, ID
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland,OH
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbus, OH
Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX
Denver, CO
Des Moines - Ames, IA
Detroit, Ml
Fresno - Visalia, CA
Ft. Myers - Naples, FL
Grand Rapids - Kalmzoo, Ml
Greenville - Sprt - Ashevlle,NC
Hartford-New Haven, CT
Honolulu, HI
Houston, TX
Jacksonville, FL
Indianapolis, IN
Kansas City, KS-MO
Knoxville, TN
Lansing, Ml
Las Vegas, NV
Lexington, KY
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Madison, WI
Memphis, TN
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapoilis - St. Paul, MN
Monterey Salinas, CA
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Norfolk-Newport News, VA
Oklahoma City, OK
Omaha, NE
Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL
Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Providence - New Bedford, RI
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Richmond - Petersburg, VA
Rochester, NY
Sacramento - Modesto, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco-San Jose, CA
Santa Barbara - SLO, CA
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Springfield - Holyoke, MA
St. Louis, MO
Syracuse, NY
Tampa - St. Pet.- Sarasota, FL
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Washington DC
West Palm Beach, FL
Wilkes Barre - Scranton, PA

[The Cincinnati Kid]

Yes, I'll get to see it on the 5th!

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

How can I find out where this playing near me?

[Pretty Funky]

Give us a clue. Lets start with something simple. A country perhaps?

[Larry Franz]

If we're talking America, you can visit Moviefone.com. But they have very limited information for what's playing as soon as May 29, so we'll probably have to wait a while to find out about June 5. Some theaters or theater chains have their own websites too. Also, some people have found out by talking to humans at their local theaters.

[Komera]

I envy all of you guys (and gals).  I won't be seeing it anytime soon.  *Inverts pockets and watches a moth fly away.*

[Mooger Fooger]

For fans in Köln, Germany, Off Broadway kino will be playing the film from the 11th June in english with german subtitles.

[Shady]

I envy all of you guys (and gals).  I won't be seeing it anytime soon.  *Inverts pockets and watches a moth fly away.*

Same...

I feel like I'll be waiting a while

[donald]

Buy it, watch it at home.   Super Bowl style with wings and beer and nachos.   and steak and cake.   Next nite with pizza. Next nite with take out chinese.    Sitting in a big bed.    smoking a bowl.  In your bathrobe!!!!!!

[Radfahrer]

For fans in Köln, Germany, Off Broadway kino will be playing the film from the 11th June in english with german subtitles.

Hopefully, they will show it for a few weeks as I'm not in the area until the end of june.  At the moment it seems that the movie will only get a very limited release in Germany. But I'll keep my fingers crossed!

[Mooger Fooger]

I think they might. Off Broadway specialize in limited run films. Iron Sky was running there for quite some time when it first came out, for example.

[Radfahrer]

I think they might. Off Broadway specialize in limited run films. Iron Sky was running there for quite some time when it first came out, for example.

If Iron Sky was running for a few weeks then my hope is restored. After all, there are some "surf nazis" in Love and Mercy. 

In addition: "Et hätt noch emme jot jejange..." 

[GoofyJeff]

How can I find out where this playing near me?

Having worked for two different theater chains now, I can tell you that our bookings are not finalized until about a week in advance. Many times we won't know for sure what will be playing on a new release Friday until the Monday or Tuesday before. Call or visit your theaters website on June 2nd and hopefully it will be playing...

[Generation42]

I just caught a trailer for Love and Mercy on television about an hour or two ago.

It was cool.  My mother happened to be there watching, too.  She tunred and asked "So, hey, what are you doing on June 5th?"

[Ray Lawlor]

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/love-mercy-brian-wilson-bill-pohlad-beach-boys-1201505018/

[sea of tunes]

Thanks Ray, that's a great article.

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http://www.filmjournal.com/node/18596

[37!ws]

Show times are up and tickets are on sale now! (At least near me...) Got an alert via Fandango.

[KDS]

This review was posted yesterday on Ultimate Classic Rock. 

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/love-and-mercy-review/

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Not sure if this has been posted yet, a review from Film Comment:

http://www.filmcomment.com/article/review-love-and-mercy-brian-wilson-bill-pohlad

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More articles/reviews:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Love-Mercy-biopic-an-unconventional-ode-6290559.php

http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2015/05/brian_wilson_talks_love_mercy.html