When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors

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  • Opened April 9, 2010 
  • 1 hr 30 min

  • When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy. The film is a riveting account of the band's history and the first feature documentary about them. The film reveals a intimate perspective on the creative chemistry between drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison -- four brilliant artists, who made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between the band's 1965 formation and Morrison's 1971 death, WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
  • Director: Tom DiCillo
  • Genres: Documentary

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

When You're Strange, a documentary history of the Doors directed by Tom DiCillo, is for people like me who can stumble onto the scrappiest Doors video on VH1 at 3 a.m. and sit there, mesmerized. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Offers a worshipful but insightful portrait of the group - centered, of course, on its charismatic front man. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

A sometimes insightful, sometimes absurdly devotional but steadily engaging film. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

The Doors lit rock 'n' roll fires for only 54 months, having formed after Morrison met Manzarek in 1965, when both were UCLA film students. We get a sense of them as bandmates as they hang around backstage or rehearse, garage-band-style. Read full review

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The Doors in "When You're Strange."