When You're Strange (2010)
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
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Johnny Depp as Narrator (voice) |
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Jim Morrison as Self (archive footage) |
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John Densmore as Self (archive footage) |
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Ray Manzarek as Self (archive footage) |
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Robby Krieger as Self (archive footage) |
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Pamela Courson as Self (archive footage) |
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Janis Joplin as Self (archive footage) |
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Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage) |
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Jim Ladd as Self (voice) |
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John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) |
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Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
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Ed Sullivan as Self (archive footage) |
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Elvis Presley as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Manson as Self (archive footage) |
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Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage) |
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Bruce Botnick as Self (archive footage/photos) |
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Paul A. Rothchild as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Tom DiCillo | Director |
| Production | John Beug | Producer |
| Production | Jeff Jampol | Producer |
| Editing | Kevin Krasny | Editor |
| Crew | Tom DiCillo | Additional Music |
| Production | Tim Deluca | Supervising Producer |
| Sound | Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Tom DiCillo | Producer |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Cory Lashever | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Jeffrey Kaplan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andy Koyama | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Dick Wolf | Producer |
| Editing | Micky Blythe | Editor |
| Production | Bill Guttentag | Executive Producer |
| Sound | John Densmore | Music Producer |
| Sound | Robby Krieger | Music Producer |
| Sound | Ray Manzarek | Music Producer |
| Sound | Bill Meadows | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jeffrey Kaplan | Dialogue Editor |
| Writing | Tom DiCillo | Writer |
| Sound | Paul A. Rothchild | Music Producer |
| Sound | Bruce Botnick | Music Producer |
| Sound | The Doors | Music |
| Production | John Branca | Executive Producer |