When You're Strange

Overview

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.

Directed by Tom DiCillo

Top 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)

J

Jim Ladd

Self (voice)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

B

Bruce Botnick

Self (archive footage/photos)

P

Paul A. Rothchild

Self (archive footage)

Details