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When You're Strange

When You're Strange

A film about The Doors

2010•1h 26m•7.3/10
DocumentaryMusic

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7.3/10(223)

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.

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Strange Pictures, Wolf Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Narrator (voice)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)

John Densmore

John Densmore

Self (archive footage)

Ray Manzarek

Ray Manzarek

Self (archive footage)

Robby Krieger

Robby Krieger

Self (archive footage)

Jim Ladd

Self (voice)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage)

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate

Self (archive photo)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Botnick

Self (archive footage/photos)

Paul A. Rothchild

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

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