When You're Strange (2010)

A film about The Doors

Movie · Documentary, Music · 1h 26m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released April 9, 2010

Overview

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

Directed by Tom DiCillo

Cast

• Johnny Depp as Narrator (voice)
• Jim Morrison as Self (archive footage)
• John Densmore as Self (archive footage)
• Ray Manzarek as Self (archive footage)
• Robby Krieger as Self (archive footage)
• Pamela Courson as Self (archive footage)
• Janis Joplin as Self (archive footage)
• Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage)
• Jim Ladd as Self (voice)
• John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
• Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)

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