When You're Strange

2009
R
1h 26m

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7.6/10

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John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, and The Doors in When You're Strange (2009)

A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.

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A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

10K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Self
(archive footage)

Robby Krieger

Self
(archive footage)

Ray Manzarek

Self
(archive footage)

Jim Morrison

Self
(archive footage)

Pamela Courson

Self
(archive footage)
(as Pam Courson)

The Doors

Themselves
(archive footage)

Murray Goodman

Self - Judge
(archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix

Self
(archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self
(archive footage)
(as Lyndon Johnson)

Jim Ladd

Self
(voice)

George S. Morrison

Self - Jim's Father
(as Admiral George S. Morrison)

Anne Morrison-Chewning

Self - Jim's Sister

Paul A. Rothchild

Self
(archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Janis Joplin

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Tom DiCillo
Writer
- Tom DiCillo
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Trivia
For the first time in the band's history unprecedented access was granted, regarding the previously unseen footage of Jim Morrison.

Goofs
A mock newspaper clipping announces both that Sharon Tate and her friends have been found murdered and that Charles Manson and his "Family" are suspected. Manson and the "Family" were not identified as the Tate killers until December 1969, more than four months after the murders happened.

Quotes
Jim Morrison: The music can't help but reflecting things that are happening around you

Connections
Edited from Feast of Friends (1969)

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Featured review

8/10

Well done...

I'm a big fan of The Doors and pretty much knew the story before watching this film. And yet I found Johnny Depp to be a very convincing narrator (usually I find narrators to be quite annoying in documentaries!), and the film was quite fluid and easy to watch. Some really cool footage as well! For anyone who's interested, Oliver Stone's 1992 film The Doors is a good and fairly accurate non-documentary worth watching, if you haven't seen it already.