Most Popular Van Dyke Parks Trailers
Total trailers found: 65
22 November 1985
A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.
09 January 2005
The inside story of the Beach Boys from their formation in 1961 to the present day (2005).
05 October 2004
This film tells (using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes) the story of how in 1967, while his band The Beach Boys triumphantly toured abroad, Brian Wilson was trying to push the boundaries of conventional pop music with a new follow-up to the Beach Boys' cutting-edge mega-hit, Pet Sounds.
19 December 1994
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s.
01 July 1988
A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always wanted to.
08 February 1986
Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.
13 December 2009
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.
12 December 1980
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive.
15 September 2020
"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle.
09 July 1987
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
05 August 1976
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.
10 August 1990
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work.
15 December 1996
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride.
19 May 1990
Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished.
11 October 1998
In order to save his family, a contractor must construct an ark before a massive flood hits his home town.
21 October 2001
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
04 September 1992
While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including his clothes and a business document worth millions of dollars.
06 October 1978
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico.
02 August 1985
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds.
07 December 1998
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home.
26 April 1956
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.
19 May 2000
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
14 March 2000
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.
01 December 1995
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
05 August 1988
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.
25 December 2003
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
08 October 2010
Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker.
01 November 2019
A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters.
22 April 1988
Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change.
21 May 2024
A celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come.
26 October 2010
The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.
04 September 1994
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
11 July 1986
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort.
03 April 1998
Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma.
23 September 1998
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
02 November 1997
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.
21 December 1988
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.
24 April 2008
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver.
05 August 1976
A live performance from the Beach Boys, featuring their best known songs, including 'Help Me Rhonda' and 'Good Vibrations'.
01 November 2010
A documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th century composer is investigated and reviewed.
01 January 1991
Gus, a former frog prince turned lounge singer, shows up on his friend's doorstep just when Arlo has little time to help him.
15 December 1996
Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power.
01 January 1988
Following a brief statement by Ry Cooder on his thoughts about performing - and improvising - on stage, this concert film depicts Cooder's 1987 live show in Santa Cruz, California, which was part of his "Get Rhythm" world tour.
03 December 1970
An introduction to the world of Ry Cooder and his debut album on Warner Bros. Records. Cooder talks about old movies, trailers and the lay of the land.
01 September 1989
When a poor Fisherman discovers a magic flounder in the sea, he goes home to tell his wife. But, as his wife's greed for the better life comes to the point where she wants to take over the world, the fisherman soon realizes that his wife's greed will get the best of them yet.
01 September 1978
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.
16 November 1986
Get to know the legendary European explorer with an impossible mission in this retelling of the myth of Ponce de Leon (Michael York).
14 January 2002
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase.
15 May 1997
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice.
01 December 2009
In 1974, The Beach Boys were at a low ebb. Their record sales bottoming out and desperate for income, The Beach Boys hit the road.
18 August 2002
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
03 December 2001
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for.
11 September 1982
A spoiled, selfish princess's fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.
22 February 1999
Allison Westlin, a Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer and single mother, investigates a murder with the help of private detective Mario Sparks and INS officer Dan McIvers.
08 September 1983
Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father died?
10 November 1983
A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.
21 April 2002
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson.
13 February 2004
Ociee Nash, a spirited nine-year-old from rural Mississippi, is sent to live with her Aunt Mamie to become a "young lady".
31 May 1995
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.