Van Dyke Parks

Kendisini bebekken terk eden babasını arayan denizci Temel Reis, bir liman kasabası olan Sweethaven'a yolculuk eder. Pek çok farklı insanla tanışan Temel Reis, Safinaz'a aşık olur. Fakat Safinaz'ın çoktan bir talibi vardır.

Pop müzkte devrim yaratan ve Kaliforniya rüyasını simgeleyen ikonik ve ahenkli müziğin yaratıcısı, nesilleri kendine hayran bırakan efsanevi müzik grubu için bir anma şöleni.

Dünyayı döndürenin para olduğu söylenir. Ama seks paradan önce keşfedilmişti. Los Angeles 1948, özel dedektif Jake Gittes müvekkili Jake Berman'ın karısını zina ile suçlamaktadır. Bu arada Berman karısının aşığını öldürür. Ölen adamın Berman'ın ortağı olduğu ortaya çıkması ve ortada söz konusu bir mirasın bulunması işleri iyice şüpheli hale getirmektedir. Ancak Dedektif Gittes olayı araştırdıkça işlerin daha da karıştığını ve çok önceleri yaşadığı aklından çıkmayan bir olayla da bu olayların ilişkili olduğunu fark eder.

Through modern day interviews, archival footage and vintage audio tapes, this documentary tells the story of the legendary and unfinished 1967 Beach Boys album SMiLE, intended to be the follow-up to their landmark album Pet Sounds, as well as Brian Wilson's ultimate decision to revisit the material 36 years later.

Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan territory where they discover an ancient mystical secret, and each other.

The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.

A spoiled, selfish princess's fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.

Originally aired as an television special, this concert film includes interview segments, comedy sketches, and concert footage from Brian Wilson's 1976 return to the concert stage.

"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To answer it, the film explores how Ludwig van Beethoven's innovations continue to have an impact far beyond the boundaries of classical music, 250 years after his birth.

These archetypal Southern Californians, who transmuted their experiences growing up in suburban Hawthorne into a potent teen iconography orbiting surfing, cars, and girls, tackle the underlying personal and cultural upheavals beneath their discography. Intelligently assembled with over 40 songs dispersed throughout, ENDLESS HARMONY works not just as a rockumentary but as an important historical document of American music.

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is a documentary about the life of Brian Wilson, the musical mastermind and songwriter for the Beach Boys. The film examines the ups and downs of Wilson's life, including the early years of the Beach Boys, his years of substance abuse, and his long road to recovery.

A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.

A documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th century composer is investigated and reviewed.

This film, the first ever to chronicle Lowell George's life, music and career, uses archive footage and interviews of and with Lowell and Little Feat, plus contributions from many of those who knew him best, to visually recount the sometimes ecstatic, other times tragic life and times of this maverick genius.

Peter Case has lived a life of constant change, soaring highs, and soul-crushing lows. This film walks a million miles in the shoes of one of America’s last great troubadours.

Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.

The inside story of the Beach Boys from their formation in 1961 to the present day (2005).

A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters. The footage traces his encounter with music in early childhood to his days in bands Happy End and YMO to his solo activities. It also includes in-depth coverage from recent years of his first overseas performances in London, New York and Los Angeles. In London, he was joined by Yukihiro Takahashi, and when Ryuichi Sakamoto made a surprise appearance onstage, the YMO members were reunited for the first time in five years, a must-see spectacle captured on film. Written by Nikkatsu

1990-91 yıllarında ABC kanalında yayınlanan dizi toplam iki sezon otuz bölüm sürmüştür. Körfez savaşı nedeni ile yayını durdurulmuştur. TV'ye yeniden adaptasyonu sağlanan dizinin senaryosu yine ikili tarafından kaleme alınmış, üretimi ise sahibi oldukları Lynch / Frost Productions şirketi tarafından yapılmaktadır. David Lynch ayrıca yönetmen koltuğunda oturmaktadır. Orjinal seri, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) isimli bir genç kızın öldürülmesi ile başlar ve sonrasında gelişen olaylar üzerine şekillenir. FBI özel ajanı Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) cinayeti çözmek ve katili yakalamak için bu küçük kasabaya gönderilir. Başlangıçta masum görünen kasaba insanlarının derinlerine inildikçe karanlık yönleri ortaya çıkar ve farklı bir yaşam sürdükleri görülür.

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Bonino is an ethnic situation comedy television series starring Ezio Pinza as an Italian-American opera singer trying to rear his six children after the death of their mother. The program aired on live NBC from September 12 to December 26, 1953. Pinza's character is named Babbo Bonino. Character actress Mary Wickes portrayed Martha the housekeeper, a role which she filled over the years in numerous other series. The actors portraying the children were Conrad Janis as eldest son Edward, Lenka Peterson as older daughter Doris, Chet Allen as Jerry; Oliver Andes as Carlo, Gaye Huston as Fancesca, and Van Dyke Parks as Andrew, the youngest. Allen had earlier appeared as Amahl in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1951-1952. Parks, who grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, became a rock-music producer and composer who cowrote with Brian Wilson the Beach Boys' hits "Heroes and Villains" and "Surf's Up".Mike Kellin, who was cast the following year in Celeste Holm's short-lived CBS sitcom Honestly, Celeste!, appeared in the role of Rusty. David Opatoshu, portrayed Walter Rogers, Babbo's agent, who tries to convince him to return to singing. As each episode unfolds, Bonino realizes that his children are more independent than he thought. Pinza sang in each episode.Anthony Eisley, later of ABC's detective series Hawaiian Eye, guest starred in Bonino as John Clinton.