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When You're Strange

20101h 26mDocumentary · Music
directed by Tom DiCillo

“A film about The Doors”

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7.3 / 10
228 votes
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7.6 / 10
10,365 votes
Metacritic
55 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
60%

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Synopsis

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.

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)