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  • On this date in 1964 {Mar. 7th} "Dead Man's Curve" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peaked at #8 and spent 14 weeks in the Top 100...

    Ranked 28th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1964 chart...

    Inspired by the actual dead man's curve on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA

    The B-side of this record also charted; "The New Girl In School", peaked at #37...

    Used as the title of the 1978 made for TV movie about Jan & Dean...

  • i remember this movie wich was awsome, and i even had a skateboard, and the double album with on record 2 funny sounds and crazy tunes

  • Did it happen like this or was it jazzed up for the movie?

  • @britinabq Well, it's Hollywood! But Jan & Dean did lip sync at this event as a joke. Jan wasn't ready to sing yet. The crowd did not appreciate it. A couple of years later, Jan really sang and got a standing ovation. So it holds a lot of truth if you combine 2 events.

  • @pjsman5252 i have been trying to find this movie for 20 years. loved it when i seen it for the first time. Do you know where i can get it again????

  • @Billyowens187 Billy, you can try ebay or just google the title. It's available on disk and VHS.

  • I was ten when I watch this movie. I had a big crush on Richard Hatch at this time. Remember the show Emergency.

  • Anybody notice the actual Jan Berry in the audience @ 0:04

  • @MR94RB1 Heaven's YES! AND his parents @ 6:20

  • @Maryw7 Never knew that. Thanks for telling me.

  • @MR94RB1 AND MR94RB1, on the place you cited where Jan is...as the camera continues to pan, his parents are shown right behind him then as well...except his mother is a bit hidden...but his father is fully visible, mother to his right. They really start about 6:17 or 6:18 Your welcome! : )

  • Respond to this video... Also, Jan is up and a part of the cheering crowd if you wish to notice in 6:30 or so....you have to look carefully!! : )

  • i cried like a baby at the ending of this ... but I guess I was only 6 at the time... the story stuck with me all those years. great clip sad story

  • I loved this movie. Shame that in real live, they were booed off stage.

  • now i realize this was a movie but im wondering if Bruce Johnston and Mike Love played themselves in it? because if they didnt the similarities are uncanny.

  • @TheBeccalynn90 Yes, it's a TV movie that's the real Bruce and Mike.

  • think amc needs to play this show again been along time since real music was played

  • This is the part I cried like a baby. I would have been grateful just to see Jan ALIVE. Both actors did a first rate job. Rock on Dean. RIP Jan, you are missed.

  • use to work with these guys when I dated "Mark" from the original lineup of Papa Doo Run Run...such california history...shame things ended but the music lives on forever!!!!!

  • Saw this movie back when it first aired it was great

  • When you live the life, you gotta pay the price.

  • I have the VHS Hi-Fi version of this movie and yes, it brings tears to my eyes every time it gets to this part.

  • I saw this decades ago as a kid and just realized that Richard Hatch starred in this! Thought I would have realized this being a fan of the original BSG. Jan & Dean were more my parents generation of music but I had 2 of their albums in my room growing up (a greatest hits and drag city) and listened to them constantly. Great music! Amazing harmonies.

  • Would someone post the entire movie? I haven't seen it in years.

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  • I forgot all about this movie, I remember watching it back then. I've always been a huge fan of Richard Hatch, he is hot! Love Jan & Dean too!

  • Two girls for every boy? A fine policy. Never thought I'd see this bit of classic 70's TV ever again. Thx for posting!

  • IN the song he says my mill is ruin fine whut does that mean and jan and dean are the best

  • @pjsman5252 yes he is. He's too dumb to be stupid.

  • *one very interesting thing: this movie was developed (with the help of Dean Torrence and author Paul Morantz) from a 1974 Rollingstone Mag article. The author (Paul) saw this YouTube....and has put it on his website....he has posted a wonderful section on his site all about Jan & Dean...with a new article he wrote regarding them (PLUS a whole lot of other interesting articles he's written!!) to see: paul morantz . com / jan-dean / (leave out spaces)

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  • You can download the audio-mp3 of this vid at grabaudios doht cohm.

  • This is a great movie about two guys who had it all, then lost it and then got it back.

    It is a story about love and tragedy.

    It is about real music and life.

    It is about Jan & Dean.

    George Vreeland Hill

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill And TRUE friendship and loyalty

  • the guy that plays Jan does some bad acting

  • @eddo1983 You Mean Apollo from Battle Start Galctica "Richard Hatch"

  • The movie was a little more into showing how egotistical Jan was at the height of Jan and Dean's career - it was unfortunate how much he had to go through to become a normal person (and not a rock God.) I say this with love, as my brother used to surf with Dennis Wilson and Dean (when he was available and not doing graphic art work.)

  • I like the way Jan's character bravely sang live, after the tape broke down. Bravo. God bless!

  • This clip is so special...i agree.....but the fact that this was a point that brought about Jan and Dean's Phase II of their career....it's amazing and glorious. I wish that the tv interview Jan and Dean gave on the Mike Douglas show some months after they actually started touring again ....October of 1978...would be posted on here. It's sooo moving and wonderful. Jan talks about his experience....and there aren't any words to describe the admiration it evokes for him....and Dean.

  • When you put your mouse on the thing that lets you move the place in the video, at :02....you see the real Jan...and his parents are right behind him....and then at 6:17, you see his real mom and dad better.

  • @Maryw7 Oh...Jan is the one with the glasses on...you can see him smile.

  • @pjsman5252 I also agree with your statement ,,,,,, noly I have more descrptive terms for people like that!!!!!

  • I loved this movie. I used to have the VHS tape but, lost it last year. I am a big Jan & Dean fan.

  • @ROGER459 YOU..... ARE an idiot!!!!!!

  • Football fans have Brians song.............We have Deadman's Curve.

  • I can't imagine the courage it took for Jan to stay out on that stage. RIP.

  • Ok, Thanks for the info.

  • Thanks for posting. This was such a good movie. Richard Hatch was terrific. Do you know if the movie is available anywhere here? Did it make it to DVD?

  • What a wonderful job Richard & Bruce did.

  • I love this movie!! (smile) I have look everywhere for this movie!! can anybody tell me how can I get this movie?

  • I remember this movie while I was growing up. It was about Jan and Deans life, and Jan had a Very Bad Car accident and couldn't speak very well. This tribute to the both of them in this movie is a classic but was never put out on video.

  • This looks like an interesting movie. Is Brian Wilson in this movie also? After all Brian Wilson wrote Surf City.

  • @tedm1975 No, Brian wasn't in the movie. He and Jan co-wrote Surf City together, but the movie didn't get into much detail on that stuff. It's ashame. I wish it would've showed Jan producing and arranging the songs. It also would've been great if it showed Brian and Jan writing songs together.

  • @pjsman5252 it was more on the auto accident then the music but that was the irony of the situation he couldnt do music in a coma then he made a partial recovery and comeback

  • this should be on a dvd with all the out takes

  • @surferjay1 They coined this style then Beach boys took over.

  • @JAZZSTARish what you mean,i was talking about the dvd,whats deadmans curve to do wuth the beachboys ???

  • now its 15 girls for every boy

  • I remember this movie too and hope it come out on DVD. I also saw Jan & Dean in concert after Jan car accident and they were great concerning what had happen to him.

  • The were singing with a pre-recorded tape and the audience didn’t know why. Nor did they understand why Jan was acting so funny.

  • @gates69 Didnt they read the newspappers back then. The car accident was front page news PLUS it was several years before they tour again, after the accident..was that NOT a clue. I would have been trilled just to see Jan alive, silly me for valueing life over singing no matter how great.

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  • I have a cd of alot of early 60's TV shows with Jan and Dean singing, Most of them were lip-syncing. Most singing acts back then did. Big Deal.........

  • Saw them in 1980 awesome! LOVE THEM FOREVER!

  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - it's time to recognize Jan and Dean. This legendary duo were innovators from Jennie Lee until Jan's accident. Afterward, he continued to be an inspiration to people recovering from brain injuries. CBS - release this movie!!!

  • Does anyone know if this Lip syncing incident actually happened, or was it written for the movie only? Any "Jan and Dean" bio ive ever read never actually mentioned it ever. If it does, is there any video of the incident out there?

  • I use to watch this when i was a kid,really do not remember what age i was but i use to sit in front of the tv and was in awe through out the movie. I use to have the tapes but some peeps stole them :/!!!

  • Um, nutbagbrew, you only saw Dean, as Jan passed away several years ago. I'm glad for all the times I got to see them both perform with Papa Doo Run Run and the Bel Air Bandits at Disneyland and other places in SoCal.

  • Thank you for this clip. I would like to see the whole movie

  • This is the greatest tv movie ever made. The very first bio made about rock stars. i saw this at 14 years old in 1978 and still watch it all the time. God bless Jan & Dean !!!

  • "Dead Man's Curve" is the greatest made-for-TV movie I've ever seen, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. This should have been a theater movie!

  • JAN AND DEAN ARE THE BEST!!!!!

  • Can't imagine being the type in the crowd that would not be moved to tears for the effort and obvious knowledge of the story but instead screaming "entertain me - I deserve to be entertained you bastards."

  • They Belong in the Hall of Fame. You can find the DVD on the internet. I was able to purchase it a few years ago, Found it using a google search.

  • got to see jan & dean at the fair last year , hey i love'm , they are part of californias history and just all around great guys. tragic things happen to people but the real guys keep on going forward-

  • Last year? Jan passed away a few years ago.

  • @WolfgangR5150 no it was last year

  • @nutbagbrew102 Jan passed away in 2004

  • @PAjeannie66 sorry to hear - been out of the loop since iraq - they were the best - thanks for the reply

  • i recorded this movie by accident as the movie was on late night tv listed as missprinted DEAD MANS CURSE and i thought it was a horror movie needless to say i played it the next day [loved it ] and i have now had that vhs tape for over 15 years ,,note .. i must get it put on dvd

  • I remember this movie! WOW!!! Last time I saw it on late late nite tv and they cut the crap out of it! My brother and I used to lyp-synch to them. I was always Dean - boo hoo. Would love to see this uncut! Thanx for sharing. Kudos to Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Bruce Davidson.

  • Why oh why isn't there an official DVD release of this movie??? The original script ran over 3 hours and there are outakes...where are they??? Come on CBS...this a # 1 rated TV movie in 1978 and 1979!!!!!!

  • @ventues97

    As a kid, I loved this movie. Like you, I remember watching this movie on CBS.

  • I do on vhs

  • Oh please could you upload and share with the rest of us? I don't remember ever seeing it except when it originaly aired.

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  • I was lucky to see Jan & Dean the last time they perfomed with the Beach Boys at Foxwoods Casino back in 2000. What a great show it was!!!!

  • I was 6 years old when this movie came out, but I remember it so vividly. I did have the pleasure of seeing Jan & Dean live about ten years ago. What a great comeback story! RIP Jan, you are missed.

  • You can find 20+ year old vhs copies on E-Bay and a DVD on some other sites

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  • I remember hearing in an interview with Dean, that it didn't happen exactly the same way in real life. In reality, they purposely made the tape sound like a record skipping, just as a joke to add a little humor into their show. However, the movie producers felt it was too complicated to explain what really happened so they altered the story slightly. The overall point was still made though. Jan & Dean did lipsynch, the crowd did realize it was lipsynched, and they did boo Jan & Dean. Good scene!

  • This concert was at the Hollywood Palladium in 1973, and J&D were the headliner act of several other surf groups, with the last performer being the great Dick Dale. I recall the tape appearing to "fluctuate" and the crowd did boo, that is true. Jim Rush, the bass player of Papa Doo Run Run, which provided the music for this film, confirmed that the use of the tape was just a gimmick to try and fool the crowd, and to show, in the end, that the boys were back!

  • One of the grearest moments in Rock History!! Jan and Dean continued to perform togethet right up until Jans' death in 2004.

  • I remember that night in 1978 too, please upload as it is not avalible on dvd

  • In a prior scene a man says to jan I can make you bigger than the everly brothers and jan says whos the everly brothers [ that actor pops up in old tv shows like the big valley and the fbi usualy getting killed after one scene ] .

  • This movie was the #1 rated TV movie of the week in February 1978..why isn't out on DVD yet ?????

  • Yea..let's post the whole movie it is A++++

  • Post the whole movie.

  • This was the first and best biography made about rock stars..it introduced me to Jan and Dean at age 13..and have been a fan ever since!!!

  • I've been waiting for this FOEVER..it brings tears to my eyes!!!

  • @ventues97 I would love to see this again, I saw as a kid when it first ran on tv by accident, and loved it! Back then TV had great "made for TV movies"

  • @ventues97 It was so insperational to see him come back and prove them wrong and overcome it.

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