The Beach Boys: An American Family

*The Beach Boys: An American Family*
The Beach Boys: An American Family
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kirk Ellis
Directed by	Jeff Bleckner
Starring	Kevin Dunn; Fred Weller; Alley Mills; Nick Stabile; Matt Letscher; Emmanuelle Vaugier;
Music by	Gary Griffin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Neil Meron; Craig Zadan; John Stamos;
Producers	John Whitman; Alan Boyd; David Mace;
Cinematography	Brian J. Reynolds
Editors	Geoffrey Rowland; Bryan M. Horne;
Running time	175 minutes
Production companies	Storyline Entertainment; Columbia TriStar Television;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 27 –; February 28, 2000

The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 American miniseries written by Kirk Ellis and directed by Jeff Bleckner. It is a dramatization of the early years of The Beach Boys, from their formation in the early 1960s to their peak of popularity as musical innovators, through their late-1960s decline (and Brian Wilson's beginning battle with mental illness), to their re-emergence in 1974 as a nostalgia and "goodtime" act.