DOORS DOC DEBUTS AT SUNDANCE ON JANUARY 17

When You're Strange, First Feature Documentary About The Doors,
Tells Band's Story Through Vintage Footage, Much Of It Previously Unseen

LOS ANGELES -- Wolf Films/Strange Pictures, in association with Rhino
Entertainment, is pleased to announce that WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE, the first
feature documentary about The Doors, will premiere at the Sundance Film
Festival on January 17 at 9 p.m., with additional screenings throughout the
week.

Award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo's riveting film uncovers
historic, previously unseen footage from the illustrious rock quartet and
provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and
legacy.

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists ­ drummer John Densmore,
guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and singer Jim Morrison
­ made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands.
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE is the first feature documentary to tell their story.
Using footage shot between their formation in 1966 and Morrison's death in
1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where
Manzarek and Morrison met and began writing songs, to the stages of
sold-out arenas.

Taking its title from the cabaret-tinged Doors hit "People Are Strange,"
the film chronicles the creation of The Doors' six landmark studio albums
in just five years, as well as their electrifying live performances.  Rare
cinéma vérité footage offers an intimate glimpse into their musical
collaboration ­ and their offstage lives.

"The Doors' music is the rock equivalent to film. It has great drama, sex,
poetry, and mystery. Their music is for all those who've ever felt the cool
chill of isolation and oddness in themselves; which in effect is all of
us," says filmmaker DiCillo.

"Remember the phrase 'If you remember the '60s, you weren't there?' In '66
I was a sophomore in college. I don't remember that, but I do remember the
first time I heard The Doors that year," says producer Dick Wolf. "I'm
still listening 42 years later and so is my 15-year old son. The Doors will
be remembered, and listened to, as long as people have ears."

The soundtrack to WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE, featuring classic studio and live
tracks from The Doors, will also be released in Summer 2009 from Rhino
Entertainment.

Additional credits for WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE include producers Wolf, John
Beug, Jeff Jampol, and Peter Jankowski.
 

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