I hope I'm not "double dipping". If this has been presented before I don't remember it. The video is interesting, although inaccurate in dealing with the Manson inference.
New Film to Chronicle the Relationship Between Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and Charles Manson
News Sep 08 2014
Last year, a long-in-the-works biopic about Dennis Wilson was put on hold, but a creepy chapter in the late Beach Boys drummer's life will be coming to the silver screen in the form of the upcoming film Bigger Than the Beatles.
The flick depicts the connection between Wilson and notorious criminal Charles Manson. In the late '60s, Wilson became associated with Manson and his infamous Family, and he helped Manson to make some headway in the music industry. This happened the year before the murders of 1969.
Directed by Vaughn Juares, this historical dramatization follows the 2009 short film LIE, which covered the same story. Here's the synopsis of Bigger Than the Beatles:
The story of Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and how he found an intense singer/songwriter who he introduced to Hollywood. This musician was sure that one day he's be a household name. That musician did find fame, but not for his music... because that musician was Charles Manson.
The film is set to star Joseph Andrew Schneider as Wilson and Douglas Bennett as Manson. It's due out on February 10, according to IMDB.
The Dennis and Charlie story was previously touched on in the 2000 TV movie Beach Boys: An American Family.
9 comments:
I just don't know how I feel about any of this....
Thanx for the post, this film looks like it might be "interesting", but I don't expect it is an "historically accurate" depiction.
I'm not sure, but I don't think "Leghorn" (Jenifer Gentry) was with Manson when they were at Dennis Wilson's. I've read she didn't join until after the Barker arrests. She was certainly there by the time of the Hendrickson films, but I don't think he started filming until just after the Barker raids.
I don't know if Candice Bergen ever met Manson or was present at any of the recordings, I haven't read Bergen's book. I suppose it's possible though.
Ahhh Pristash! Supppp? LOL.
Sunset, the film is interesting, but not accurate. At least not totally.
I read Candice's book and she never met Manson at a recording session.
Also, as far as I know, Manson didn't introduce Tex to Dennis. Tex met Manson at Dennis' house when he went there after meeting Dennis hitchhiking.
Also, as we all know, Squeaky didn't have a long brown hair.
Katie! Good post, and good points too. Yeah, let's have a film like this come out with these scenes and see what Murphy Brown has to say about CM coming on to her....
Starship, LOL!
Hey wouldn't it be great if Brian Davis could get Candice on SCR for an interview! Now that would ROCK!
p.s., I miss the back of your head....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-FLq9Dw74
This is the movie trailer - it doesn't mention or feature the murders at all, the movie is primarily about the music and what happened before the murders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-FLq9Dw74
This is the trailer to the "Bigger Than the Beatles" movie. It's all about the music and doesn't address the murders.
It's important to remember that this is a FICTIONAL movie only based on real events, so the people, timing, etc., are often shifted around to fit the story. ;)
That what you call "poetic licence" which basically means "a distortion to fit the director's agenda !"
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