When You're Strange

Release Date: April 9th, 2010
Director: Tom DiCillo
Writer: Tom DiCillo
Starring: John Densmore, Johnny Depp, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek,Jim Morrison
Studio: Abramorama
Genre: Documentary, Musical
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

“When You're Strange” is a musical documentary, describing the story of the legendary rock band “The Doors”. The film is directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp.
The filmmakers uncover the history of the famous American band and highlight its main events, including its formation in 1965, the debut on the American rock stage and further creative working from the very beginning up to our days.
“The Doors” was originally a good mixture of four brilliant musicians, each of whom had played a great role in creating a new and perspective era of rock music.
The singer Jim Morrison and keyboardist Ray Manzarek first met each other at UCLA's film school, and this meeting became the event of great importance and the starting point of the band. Later drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger joined the musicians to play the music, which made a revolution in the world of rock. The creative work of “The Doors” became very popular and influential within the United States and abroad soon.
“When You're Strange” is the first documentary in the cinema world, touching upon this band and its history. Going into details on the band members and their activities, the film is good provided by original tracks and live performance of “The Doors”. The documentary will be a real godsend for rock music fans.


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