Using vintage clips and the frank insights of Brian's friends and colleagues, writer/producer/director David Leaf (a long-time 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. 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 candour, 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.

Features

Disc 1:

1. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: BRIAN WILSON AND THE STORY OF SMILE
2. THEATRICAL TRAILER (BONUS MATERIAL)
3. INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

Disc 2:

1. OUR PRAYER / GEE (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
2. HEROES AND VILLIANS (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
3. ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
4. BARNYARD (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
5. OLD MASTER PAINTER / YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
6. CABIN ESSENCE (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
7. WONDERFUL (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
8. SONG FOR CHILDREN (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
9. CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
10. SURF'S UP (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
11. I'M IN GREAT SHAPE / I WANNA BE AROUND / WORKSHOP (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
12. VEGA-TABLES (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
13. ON A HOLIDAY (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
14. WIND CHIMES (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
15. MRS. O'LEARY'S COW (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
16. IN BLUE HAWAII (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
17. GOOD VIBRATIONS (THE SMILE CONCERT IN LA, CA)
18. BRIAN WILSON PHOTO GALLERY (OUTTAKE)
19. BRIAN WILSON AT THE PIANO (OUTTAKE)
20. THE RECORDING OF BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS SMILE FEATURETTE (OUTTAKE)
21. HEROES AND VILLIANS (FAN (BY JUSTIN COLE)