When You're Strange
“A film about The Doors”
2010•1h 26m•7.3•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Tom DiCillo
Writer
Tom DiCillo
Languages
English
Studio
Strange Pictures
Cast
Johnny Depp
Narrator (voice)
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
John Densmore
Self (archive footage)
Ray Manzarek
Self (archive footage)
Robby Krieger
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Courson
Self (archive footage)
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Jim Ladd
Self (voice)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Strange Pictures
Company
Wolf Entertainment
Producer
John Beug
Producer
Jeff Jampol
Producer
Tom DiCillo
Producer
Dick Wolf
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