Jeez, Steve, I wish I had Sundance now. My rotten cable company has a very limited scope, unless you love ESPN... PH

As stated earlier bro, I'm sure that Beautiful Dreamer documentary HAS to be coming out on dvd sometime soon---it's just too great to be limited to cable screenings.

The archival footage alone makes it worth the viewing, but more than anything this documentary presents warts and all Brian's continued daily struggle and victories over his now diagnosed clinical depression, which makes the documentary even more important for eveyone to see---not just music fans.

And man, footage of the vocal and then subsequent band rehearsals for last year's live shows in England are remarkable on many levels. The doc culminates in the first live presentation of Smile, a show Brian was still contemplating cancelling minutes before taking the stage. You then get to see the triumphant performance, complete with crowd shots of Paul McCartney & George Martin losing their minds. And when Brian asks Van Dyke to take a bow, there isn't a dry eye in the house...

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Jeez, Steve, I wish I had Sundance now. My rotten cable company has a very limited scope, unless you love ESPN... PH

Hi all, all i can say is that we saw brian wilson/wondermints, his orchestra live in San francisco re: "Smile" concert" and they put on a GREAt live show. Brian doesn't do many high vocal parts anymore,as the guitarist/vocalist to his right(forget his name) sings most of the high lead parts. Brian's a real pro! His choice of venue was also great as the acoustics were super! the crowd was dancing and having a great time! personally, i dig "smile'cd alot! cheers,-Jim