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Love & Mercy

Name: Love & Mercy
Director: Bill Pohlad
Genre: Drama, Music, History
Released: 2015
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

2015 · Directed by Bill Pohlad · 120 min · Drama · Music · History · 15 frames

Tagline

The Life, Love and Genius of Brian Wilson

Crew

Screenplay: Oren Moverman
Written by: Michael A. Lerner
Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Edited by: Dino Jonsäter
Music: Atticus Ross
Production design: Keith P. Cunningham
Produced by: John Wells, Claire Rudnick Polstein, Bill Pohlad

Cast

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson 1960s
John Cusack as Brian Wilson 1980s
Elizabeth Banks as Melinda Ledbetter
Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eugene Landy
Jake Abel as Mike Love
Kenny Wormald as Dennis Wilson
Brett Davern as Carl Wilson
Graham Rogers as Al Jardine
Erin Darke as Marilyn Wilson
Bill Camp as Murry Wilson

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: John Wells Productions, River Road Entertainment, Battle Mountain Films
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $28,600,000
Themes: rock 'n' roll, musician, therapist, biography, recording studio, car salesman, last will and testament, nervous breakdown, songwriter, pop music

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