MOVIE TRAILER: LOVE & MERCY

Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical film directed by Bill Pohlad about musician and songwriter Brian Wilsonof the Beach Boys. The film, deriving its title from the 1988 song by Wilson, is presented in a parallel narrative covering two specific time periods of Wilson's life: the 1960s and the 1980s. Actors Paul Dano and John Cusack depict the young and old Brian Wilson, respectively, with Elizabeth Banks as Wilson's second wife, Melinda, and Paul Giamatti aspsychotherapist Dr. Eugene Landy. Watch the trailer...

SYNOPSIS

In the 1960s, young songwriter and recording savant Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) finds himself in the midst of extraordinary success after scoring numerous hit records with the Beach Boys. Following a panic attack, he resigns from concert touring and ventures into the studio intent on creating "the greatest album ever made", Pet Sounds. Meanwhile, his grip on reality slowly loosens once his recent psychedelic experiences give rise to scattered voices in his head. Later, in the 1980s, a now-middle-aged Wilson (John Cusack) is shown to be a broken, confused man under the pharmacological and legal thrall of therapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). After meeting Cadillac saleswoman Melinda Ledbetter (Elizabeth Banks), she is determined to save Wilson from Landy's manipulation

CAST

•  John Cusack as Brian Wilson–Future

•  Paul Dano as Brian Wilson–Past

•  Elizabeth Banks as Melinda Ledbetter Wilson

•  Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eugene Landy

•  Erin Darke as Marilyn Wilson

•  Brett Davern as Carl Wilson

•  Kenny Wormald as Dennis Wilson

•  Jake Abel as Mike Love

•  Graham Rogers as Al Jardine

•  Bill Camp as Murry Wilson

•  Max Schneider as Van Dyke Parks

•  Mark Linett as Chuck Britz

•  Johnny Sneed as Hal Blaine

•  Teresa Cowles as Carol Kaye

•  Jonathan Slavin as Phil Spector

RELEASE DATE

June 5, 2015.