Dennis Wilson documentary to premiere in UK on Feb. 26th.

[Rob Dean]

Sorry meant to point out to all involved in the production of the DOC (Jon, David,Ed et all who post / read on here)

We are all proud of you guys , and thank you

Lovely work :-)

[Nicko]

Yeah, despite not being in Britain I was just able to watch it and thought it was excellent. Although it was obviously very positive in its depiction, it wasn't 100% unbalanced and didn't really attempt to villify anyone. Focused a lot on the music which is how it should be and left me wanting to listen again to much of Dennis' work.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

How were you able to watch it???

[CarCrazyCutie]

You guys are killing me, lol!!! I've been cringing all day knowing it was on and I can't see it But hearing how amazing it is (loved the review Dan!) makes up for it (almost ). I'm looking forward to seeing it more than ever! Truly a blessed day for a Beach Boy fan, no matter where you are

[buddhahat]

Wow, just finished watching. What a treat. Watching the recording of River song with the gospel choir bought a tear to my eye, and I found it overall a very emotive documentary, I guess largely down to Dennis' music. Great footage too.

Thanks to those who post here who were involved in the making of it. Fascinating stuff.

[axl wills]

I need to see it!!!!!

[hypehat]

That was great!

[MusicLover]

BBC iPlayer is available in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00r0t24/Legends_Dennis_Wilson_The_Real_Beach_Boy/

[Nicko]

How were you able to watch it???

It is available to download but only for members to that particular site unfortunately.

[absinthe_boy]

yea, it's 16:9 ratio

I don't think you'll find any BBC material from the last 15 years that isn't 16:9.

I caught the last half. Poignant, heart-wrenching while also being a celebration of Dennis' talents. Have the whole thing recorded and will watch it when my busy life allows.

[Steve Mayo]

wow...just got this and finished watching it. very well done......

[Ed Roach]

Watching the recording of River song with the gospel choir bought a tear to my eye, and I found it overall a very emotive documentary, I guess largely down to Dennis' music. Great footage too.

So pleased that everyone seems to have enjoyed the show so much!  But I'm also surprised that The River Song footage is new to so many, as bits & pieces of it have been used in just about every documentary ever done on The Boys.  There are some out take parts of it in this show that had never been seen before, though.  (Amazingly, I'd never transfered the outtake footage in all of these years - and there is a lot of it!  Offered to do it for Sony, when Bambu was released, but they didn't want to spend the $$$.  Bless the BBC; they didn't flinch about the cost).
The original promo film was done to introduce Dennis at a CBS industry convention that year.  He gave me about 24 hours notice that filming the choir would be the way to go.  I slapped together a small crew, filmed the entire recording session, and the next day Dennis & I went out on the beach alone and I filmed him introducing himself to the exec's.  That's the footage that opens this show.  I also filmed he & Karen taking off from LAX the next day, for the ending - you know, "You've got to run away, you've got to run away..."  The film was such a hit that Dennis became the highlight of the convention, introduced by Walter Yetnikoff.  He was going to use that slot to introduce the signing of the Jackson Five, but Dennis bumped them, and they became the speech before Yetnikoff!

So so many new photos and vid footage , what more do we want WELL Mr Ed Roach (Open your vaults Sir before we are all gone)........

Still smiling (and crying)

 

Still smiling & crying myself...  I'm a great believer in longevity, Rob, but hang in there - obviously, the vaults are opening...

[king of anglia]

That really was a fantastic film. I didn't expect it to be so emotional - I didn't expect to get so emotional myself as I've heard the story so many times before, but the last ten minutes or so really got me.
I love Dennis's music.  That's all I can say really.
Nice one the BBC.

[Bill Barnyard]

It was a very fine documentary which I think gave a fair and balanced account of Dennis's life. It was a little disappointing but not surprising that many of the leading players in his life, those that are still around of course, were not directly involved in the film.

However the main contributors, including David Marks, Ed Roach,Jon Stebbins and the rest  must stand up and take a bow for making this happen. Jim Guercio's tears near the end almost got me going as well!

The music was of course brilliant

Thanks guys

 

[Shady]

Awesome to see sales for the album have shot up on amazon, POB is at 41 

[Howie Edelson]

Bill -- those tears belonged to Gregg Jakobson.

[Ed Roach]

Bill -- those tears belonged to Gregg Jakobson.

I had thought maybe in the midst of my own tears I'd missed Guercio!

Seriously how about a nod to Howie here - quite a few of the best moments of the show
came at the suggestions of our Creative Consultant,  Howie Edelson!   
My deepest, heartfelt gratitude, my brother!

[Bill Barnyard]

Whoops, yes it was indeed Gregg, sorry. Must have been the emotion of it all!

Of course Ed, you're right to mention Howie Edelson, great work behind the scenes.

I'll be watching again.

 

[buddhahat]

Watching the recording of River song with the gospel choir bought a tear to my eye, and I found it overall a very emotive documentary, I guess largely down to Dennis' music. Great footage too.

So pleased that everyone seems to have enjoyed the show so much!  But I'm also surprised that The River Song footage is new to so many, as bits & pieces of it have been used in just about every documentary ever done on The Boys.  There are some out take parts of it in this show that had never been seen before, though.  (Amazingly, I'd never transfered the outtake footage in all of these years - and there is a lot of it!  Offered to do it for Sony, when Bambu was released, but they didn't want to spend the $$$.  Bless the BBC; they didn't flinch about the cost).
The original promo film was done to introduce Dennis at a CBS industry convention that year.  He gave me about 24 hours notice that filming the choir would be the way to go.  I slapped together a small crew, filmed the entire recording session, and the next day Dennis & I went out on the beach alone and I filmed him introducing himself to the exec's.  That's the footage that opens this show.  I also filmed he & Karen taking off from LAX the next day, for the ending - you know, "You've got to run away, you've got to run away..."  The film was such a hit that Dennis became the highlight of the convention, introduced by Walter Yetnikoff.  He was going to use that slot to introduce the signing of the Jackson Five, but Dennis bumped them, and they became the speech before Yetnikoff!

So so many new photos and vid footage , what more do we want WELL Mr Ed Roach (Open your vaults Sir before we are all gone)........

Still smiling (and crying)

 

Still smiling & crying myself...  I'm a great believer in longevity, Rob, but hang in there - obviously, the vaults are opening...

Hey Mr Roach,

It was great to see you on there and here some of the crazy stories - e.g. Dennis burning the pool house down. Must have been a crazy time.

There was a lot of great footage that looked like it must have come from the POB promo film you mention - Dennis and Karen Lamm at the airport, Karen driving in an open top car. Beautioful stuff. How long was this promo film, and will it be possible to ever see it in its entirety?

[Paulos]

Bill -- those tears belonged to Gregg Jakobson.

I was tearing up myself at that part, nothing to be ashamed of! Although many of us never knew or met Dennis, I feel that through the music and the recolletions of those who did know him, I do know Dennis...and he was a  beautiful person. I could listen to POB for a million years without getting bored, again thanks to all that were involved.

[Howie Edelson]

Much love Eddie.

H.

[Andrew G. Doe]

One thing that deserves mention - not once in the whole 60 minutes did I mutter to myself "nope, that's wrong": there may have been opinions that some would debate, but no factual errors to my knowledge. Impressive.

[GLarson432]

FWIW -- I met Dennis one time.  It was July of 1965 and this took place at the airport in Tulsa.  I had just turned 16 and had my license.

There was a concert that night (a Saturday); I went to the airport for the purpose of meeting the band.  After 85 minutes of checking arrivals from places they might be coming from...there they were!    Five or so minutes early from a flight in Kansas City  They were, collectively, walking towards me as I was going to their gate.

Needless to say, I bleeping freaked.  I was 16 but felt like an 11 year old girl reading Tiger Beat.  I composed myself to some degree and went to the main lobby/rent-a-car area following the band.  No Murry, no road trip manager.  Five guys (Bruce, not Glen Campbell).  They had a pre-arranged station wagon (white as it turned out) waiting for them from Avis.  After finally getting up the nerve to say something to somebody I learned they was booked into a medium sized motel about two miles from where I lived.  About 11 miles from the airport.

They had no idea where it was so it ended up that they followed me down I-44 from the airport to there motel.

The point of me writing all of this is that Dennis drove the white station wagon the entire trip.  EVERYIME I looked in my rearview mirror I saw one image.  This, to me, was the most memorable part of the experience...

Cross your arms in front of you.  With you right hand at the 10:00 position and your left hand at 2:00 slouch over and drive a car for about a dozen miles.  That's what Dennis did.  It really stuck out in my mind but that's what he did.

That's my Dennis story for this Lifetime.  I'll write again when I come back as someone, or something, else.

[Exapno Mapcase]

Great documentary.  I loved the footage of Dennis in the studio but also that of David Marks and Stebbins and Marks and his mother. Is it in the Wouldn't It Be Nice documentary that Al says something along the lines of; "We didn't know how good Dennis was at the time"?  Would've been nice to include that.

I wonder who was interviewed who didn't make it to the final cut?

Great job one and all.

[brother john]

One thing that deserves mention - not once in the whole 60 minutes did I mutter to myself "nope, that's wrong": there may have been opinions that some would debate, but no factual errors to my knowledge. Impressive.

I did notice towards the beginning it stated that after BW went to bed it was Dennis to took over leadership of the band - not strictly accurate? Wasn't Carl who played a major role in guiding the BBs through their studio enterprises and, presumably, live gigs etc?