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When You're Strange: A Film about The Doors [Blu-ray] | ![When You're Strange: A Film about The Doors [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-2oI8x39L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Tom Dicillo
Actor: The Doors
Studio: Eagle Rock Entertainment
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Rating:  39 reviews
Format: Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 801213336296
UPC: 801213336296
EAN: 0801213336296
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: June 29, 2010
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Product Description
Examines the lives of the members of the Doors from 1966-1971 with concert footage and interviews.
Amazon.com
Of course that's Johnny Depp narrating When You're Strange, the 2010 documentary about the Doors: who else but Hollywood's biggest fan of counterculture history? The film's other prominent attraction is the treasure trove of heretofore unscreened footage from the band's heyday, including backstage material, film-school stuff, and a curious project shot by (and starring) Jim Morrison after the group had broken through. That color footage, which When You're Strange returns to throughout its running time, has a bearded, zonked Morrison driving through the Southwest desert, on the road to who knows where. For fans, this footage is fascinating to watch, although the actual narrative of the band's rise and flameout will be very familiar if you already know the story. And even for newbies, the breathless, grandiloquent nature of writer-director Tom DiCillo's approach will likely be a bit off-putting. Made with the participation of band members Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, and John Densmore, the movie adopts a general air of sadness about Morrison's substance abuse, noting that a band intervention led to but one week of sobriety for their lead singer/shaman. It's not all gloom: footage of Morrison wading through a pre-concert crowd catches some of the giddy promise of his unpredictability, which seems so in tune with the era. Those fresh glimpses of an icon make this film worth seeing, even if you've traveled down this road before. --Robert Horton
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 Compelling, Disturbing, Strange August 30, 2010
WatsonCrick (Elburn, Illinois)
I loved The Doors music but hadn't previously seen the footage. I was riveted and moved by both the story and its presentation. After watching, I needed an hour to settle down before I could sleep.
Better than I thought August 20, 2010
Lovblad (Geneva, Switzerland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even if you do not like the Doors very much, this is kind of a well-done documentary on a historically important band. I mainly though they were a bunch of hippies (which they are if you consider this DVD) but overall here the format chosen makes one forget that and does carry over some of the excitement they seemed to generate at oen time. While certainly they are in some ways over-rated as a band, they had some interesting sides, mainly in thier somewhat over-exposed frontman. The comments by Johnny Depp are quite nice and sober.
Ah-mazing!! August 17, 2010
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This is the best film I've seen about The Doors. There is plenty of old video that I was just in awe of..It's a really beautiful film and I could watch it every day!!
 ?? August 11, 2010
Joe Kuether (Wisconsin,USA)
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
Since I do not own a blue ray DVD player,I could not view this item.I also did not recieve a refund for the DVD and the postage to send it back..hopefully I will see it in the future.
When You're Strange August 4, 2010
Txjack (Central Texas)
I first saw this on my local PBS station and enjoyed it. I now have it on DVD and the it has a few snippets of nudity and profanity that the TV version cut.
If you are a Doors fan and have read much about them, you won't find out a tremendous amount of new information. What is nice, though, is the footage in the film that you may not have seen before. There is some great footage of Jim Morrison from a movie he put together (HWY). That footage alone is worth the price of admission. It looks like it was shot yesterday. It's that good, and yes . . . that IS the real Jim Morrison, not a recreation.
Aside from those scenes there's not much new, but I did like the film and it held my attention to the very end. It has a good narration by Johnny Depp, and, let's face it . . . it's The Doors in all their glory.
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