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The Last Days Of Jim Morrison: A Feature Film Coming To A Theater New You

April 16, 2010 5:39 pm

Another Jim Morrison film? Wasn't the Oliver Stone awesome-disaster and the recent rather forgettable Tom DiCillo documentary enough?Was there a renaissance of shamanistic buffoons dressed in painted-on leather...

Review: ‘When You’re Strange’ Is Pretty Ordinary

Rodrigo Perez

April 9, 2010 2:16 pm

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While not a sugarcoating hagiography, and more a matter-of-fact, told through the eyes flashback of the band using rare, extemporaneous footage (no new band interviews are utilized), Tom DiCillo's "When You're ...

Doors Doc, ‘When You’re Strange’ Hits Theaters April 9; Soundtrack Arrives March 30

Rodrigo Perez

February 16, 2010 3:18 pm

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"When You're Strange," the Tom DiCillo-directed documentary about Jim Morrison and the Doors that premiered at Sundance 2009, finally has a release date. Narrated by Johnny Depp (after disastrous first screenin...

Poster & Trailer: The Doors Documentary, ‘When You’re Strange’

Rodrigo Perez

March 18, 2009 1:01 pm

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Thirty years after the death of Jim Morrison and the subsequent end of the band, The Doors are a testament to the notion that musicians live on through their music long after the curtain closes.Director Tom Dic...

Johnny Depp To Narrate Doors Documentary

Rodrigo Perez

February 9, 2009 2:10 pm

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One thing seemed abundantly clear after Tom DiCillo's Sundance premiere of his Doors documentary, "When You're Strange": the narration sucked.Or at least to discerning, but cranky critic Jeffrey Wells it did. H...

Sundance Doors Doc ‘When You’re Strange’ Needs Work?

Rodrigo Perez

January 16, 2009 8:15 pm

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The ever cranky, but very discerning Jeffrey Wells just saw a "viewing booth*" screening of the new Tom DiCillo's documentary on '60s acid rock group, The Doors, called "When You're Strange" (*on a laptop in a ...

Even Ray Manzarek Thought Oliver Stone’s ‘The Doors’ Sucked Ass Too

Rodrigo Perez

May 28, 2008 1:12 pm

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With The Doors 41st anniversary on the horizon, Ray Manzarek, the brainy curator of the groovy and psychedelic L.A. rock band from the late '60s, has announced that plans for an untitled documentary that will ...

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