On August 4, Roadside Sights will launch Dreamin’ Wild, a brand new film that tells the story of Donnie & Joe Emerson, who launched the album Dreamin’ Wild to little fanfare 1979, however discovered acclaim in 2012 by means of a Gentle within the Attic reissue. The movie stars Casey Affleck as Donnie Emerson and Walton Goggins as Joe, and Zooey Deschanel performs Donnie’s spouse, Nancy. Watch the brand new trailer for the film beneath (through Folks).
Within the Dreamin’ Wild trailer, Donnie and Nancy are struggling to keep up a recording studio enterprise. Out of the blue, the Emerson brothers study that Gentle within the Attic desires to showcase Dreamin’ Wild, which ends up in press and live performance alternatives. Matt Sullivan—the Gentle within the Attic founder and co-owner performed by Chris Messina—even reads a part of Pitchfork’s overview of the reissue (“throughout its best moments—to twist a Brian Wilson phrase—[Dreamin’ Wild] is a godlike symphony to teenhood”).