Dean Torrence

Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys

An in-depth look at the tumultuous career of Jan & Dean.

The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony

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assembled with over 40 songs dispersed throughout, ENDLESS HARMONY works not just as a rockumentary but as an important historical document of American music.

The Beach Boys and The Satan

A German documentary that explores the darker side of the Beach Boys, primarily focusing on Brian Wilson and the Pet Sounds album, with detours to the Manson Family.

Jan & Dean - The Friendship Tour

Documentary/Concert film showcasing famous rock duo Jan and Dean during their 1986 Mainland China Tour as part of the first American Rock & Roll Tour in China

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

Scrooge is visited by a girl with a snow globe—which shows him people like Mike Love and Three Dog Night singing Christmas carols—to teach the crotchety old skinflint the True Spirit of Christmas.

Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II

The early years of rock and roll are revisited in a night club setting, with table conversations, old film clips, and stage performances by the stars.

Jan & Dean: On the Run

8 hours in the life of college student teen superstars Jan & Dean! They fly from LA to San Diego to a sold-out show. They visit the zoo, do some skateboarding, then it's off to Washington, DC for another concert. In the end, it's back to school for exams.

The T.A.M.I. Show

Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the screen," "The T.A.M.I. Show" is an unrelenting rock spectacular starring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s. These top recording idols – representing the musical moods of London, Liverpool, Hollywood and Detroit – packed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with 2,600 screaming fans and virtually brought down the house. This is the cinematic record of that electrifying event.

Surf Scene

Unaired pilot featuring lots of surfing along with Jan & Deans style of comedy.