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Bill Pohlad Returns to Directing with 'Love & Mercy'

Bill Pohlad has spent the past decade producing award-winners like Brokeback Mountain and 12 Years a Slave. With Love & Mercy, a unique Brian Wilson bio-pic, he comes back to directing after a 24 year hiatus.

By Kim Masters • Dec 5, 2015 • 29m Listen

Love & Mercy director Bill Pohlad made a bold choice with his Brian Wilson bio-pic: he cast both Paul Dano and John Cusack to play the legendary Beach Boys co-founder at different points in his life. He tells us why he went with that approach and why this was the movie that pulled him back to directing after many years of producing.

Photo: Bill Pohlad on the set of Love & Mercy (Francois Duhamel)

Kim Masters
partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”
Kaitlin Parker
Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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Bill Pohlad Returns to Directing with 'Love & Mercy'

Bill Pohlad has spent the past decade producing award-winners like Brokeback Mountain and 12 Years a Slave. With Love & Mercy, a unique Brian Wilson bio-pic, he comes back to directing after a 24 year hiatus.

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The Business

Bill Pohlad Returns to Directing with 'Love & Mercy'

Bill Pohlad has spent the past decade producing award-winners like Brokeback Mountain and 12 Years a Slave. With Love & Mercy, a unique Brian Wilson bio-pic, he comes back to directing after a 24 year hiatus.

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