Love & Mercy (2015)

May 29, 2015 (US) • Drama, Music, History • 120m

Overview

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.

Director

Bill Pohlad

Writers

Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner

Top Billed

Paul Dano

Keywords

rock 'n' roll musician therapist biography recording studio car salesman last will and testament nervous breakdown songwriter pop music music recording recluse music rehearsal southern california psychotherapist 1980s 1960s legal guardian music industry musical journey music producer unexpected romance surf music controlled environment comforting

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Top Billed Cast

Paul Dano

Brian Wilson 1960s

John Cusack

Brian Wilson 1980s

Elizabeth Banks

Melinda Ledbetter

Paul Giamatti

Dr. Eugene Landy

Jake Abel

Mike Love

Kenny Wormald

Dennis Wilson

Brett Davern

Carl Wilson

Graham Rogers

Al Jardine

Erin Darke

Marilyn Wilson

Bill Camp

Murry Wilson

Joanna Going

Audree Wilson

Nick Gehlfuss

Bruce Johnston

Mark Linett

Chuck Britz

Johnny Sneed

Hal Blaine

Gary Griffin

Al De Lory

Teresa Cowles

Carol Kaye

Vince Meghrouni

Woodwind / Brass Player

Jeff Meacham

Tony Asher

Max Schneider

Van Dyke Parks

Diana Maria Riva

Gloria

Erik Eidem

Doug

Dylan Kenin

Rob

Carolyn Stotesbery

Sarah

Fred Cross

Cadillac Colleague

Tyson Ritter

Hipster #1

Jeff Galfer

Hipster #2

Morgan Phillips

Evan

Wayne Bastrup

Process Server

Oliver Pohlad

Young Brian

Christopher Reccardi

Wrecking Crew Musician

Robert Matsuda

Wrecking Crew Musician

Willie Aron

Wrecking Crew Musician

Larry Greenfield

Wrecking Crew Musician

Rob Laufer

Wrecking Crew Musician

Michele Forest

Wrecking Crew Musician

Cameron Stone

Wrecking Crew Musician

David Crozier

Wrecking Crew Musician

John Krovoza

Wrecking Crew Musician

John Petring

Wrecking Crew Musician

Alan Busteed

Wrecking Crew Musician

Carl Byron

Wrecking Crew Musician

Todd Jaeger

Wrecking Crew Musician

Jim Laspesa

Wrecking Crew Musician

Hani Abaza

Dancer

Tricia Davern

Dancer

Misha Hamilton

Dancer

Erica Jenkins

Dancer

Ragon Miller

Dancer

Haylee Roderick

Dancer

Brian Wilson

Self (Archive Footage)

Dee Wallace

Rosemary (uncredited)

Jonathan Slavin

Phil Spector (uncredited)

Tonja Kahlens

Brenda (uncredited)

Crew

Bill Pohlad

Director

Oren Moverman

Screenplay

Robert D. Yeoman

Director of Photography

Tim Rigby

Stunts

Kenny Wormald

Choreographer

Rene Defrancesch

Utility Sound

Thomas Patrick Smith

First Assistant Director

Cyndra Dunn

Hair Department Head

Paul Ford

Set Dresser

Doug Price

Second Assistant Camera

Henry Tirl

Steadicam Operator

Zoe Hay

Key Makeup Artist

Casey Hotchkiss

"B" Camera Operator

Will Blount

Property Master

Cheryl Gould Strang

Leadman

Richard Boyle

Best Boy Grip

Amina Allean Dieye

Set Dressing Buyer

Anthony Simonaitis

Special Effects Coordinator

Rick Hicks

Marine Coordinator

Ann Ruark

Unit Production Manager

Robert E. Kay

Second Assistant Director

Nick Infield

First Assistant Camera

Robert Jackson

Boom Operator

Bruce Carothers

Grip

William McDevitt

Grip

Alan Frazier

Electrician

Matthew Thomas Moles

Key Rigging Grip

Ellen Lampl

Graphic Designer

Annalisa Adams

Assistant Costume Designer

Caroline Patterson

Costumer

Gerry Robert Byrne

Post Production Supervisor

Michael Kennedy

Electrician

Candice Muriedas

Art Department Coordinator

Alessandro Bertolazzi

Makeup Department Head

Martin Samuel

Hair Department Head

Richard J. Bell

Greensman

Diana Ulzheimer

Camera Loader

Joseph Dianda

Key Grip

Blake Nabavi

Assistant Production Coordinator

Noah Thomson

Second Assistant Camera

Chris Haarhoff

Steadicam Operator

Kevin J. Lang

Rigging Gaffer

Alex G. Scott

Production Supervisor

Danny Vick

Costumer

Karen Zanki

Hairstylist

Jim Stubblefield

Property Master

Dave DeGaetano

Construction Coordinator

Julien Pougnier

Assistant Art Director

Rolf John Keppler

Makeup Artist

Lauren Upshaw

Hairstylist

Jerry D. Knight

Electrician

Cliff Berns

Painter

Boyd Wilson

Location Manager

Oliver Ponce

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Dustin VonLossberg

Grip

John Vecchio

Gaffer

Craig Molsberry

Best Boy Electric

Bradley Rubin

Assistant Art Director

Gregory Byrne

Set Dresser

Andrew Max Cahn

Art Direction

John Wells

Producer

Keith P. Cunningham

Production Design

Eugene Gearty

Sound Designer

Scott Peterson

Script Supervisor

Edward Tise

Sound mixer

Kerry Barden

Casting

Maggie Martin

Set Decoration

Jim Lefkowitz

Executive Producer

Nicholas Renbeck

Supervising Sound Editor

Atticus Ross

Original Music Composer

Chris Jenkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Erin Sahlstrom

Production Coordinator

Claire Rudnick Polstein

Producer

Paul Schnee

Casting

Oren Moverman

Executive Producer

Eugene Gearty

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Danny Glicker

Costume Design

Bill Pohlad

Producer

Ann Ruark

Executive Producer

Charlene Amateau

Costume Supervisor

Dino Jonsäter

Editor

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

Nicholas Renbeck

Music Editor

Jim Small

Assistant Location Manager

Heidi Moneymaker

Stunts

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

Stunts

Sam Patton

Production Assistant

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Steven Visscher

Foley Editor

Jeff Dashnaw

Stunt Coordinator

Jeff Dashnaw

Second Unit Director

Teddy Blanks

Title Designer

Michael A. Lerner

Writer

Brian Wilson

Songs

Scott Bennett

Songs

Reviews

badelf

⭐ 7/10

March 26, 2025

A really interesting love story. A really interesting story of mental illness. And somehow, it misses its potential like an underachiever. I loved the sound track though.