Pannónia Movie Ltd. will be showing the film about the legendary band with some extra new content for just two days in three Budapest cinemas.
Written and directed by Tom DiCillo, When You’re Strange, a documentary that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Music Film category at the 2011 Grammys, will be screened on the big screen by Hungarian audiences on December 4th and 6th. The original running time, which was not even an hour and a half, will be supplemented with footage from a recent performance, so an approx. 100-minute The Doors experience awaits fans.
This time, Cinema MOM will be left out of the Pannónia multiplexes, only the other three cinemas will show the concert documentary with Hungarian subtitles, as follows:
GoBuda Cinema: December 4, 6 p.m. and December 6, 11 a.m.
Lurdy Cinema: December 4, 7 p.m. and December 6, 1 p.m.
Pólus Cinema: December 4, 7.30 p.m. and December 6, 3 p.m.
The chemistry of four artists made them one of America’s most influential bands. With rare recordings from their formation in 1965 until Jim Morrison’s death in 1971, When You’re Strange follows the band’s career with narration by Johnny Depp, providing insight into the revolutionary impact of their work. To mark their 60th anniversary, the film will be screened in 4K for the first time in cinemas and a new recording of the song “Riders on the Storm” will be presented, including performances by John Densmore and Robby Krieger.
They did this with special guests as part of their Playing For Change collaboration, which aims to perform the compositions included in the initiative in exotic locations around the world. John and Robby will also be present for the occasion with an exclusive introduction, and their invited companions included more than 20 musicians and dancers from 8 countries, including the legendary Willie Nelson’s sons, Lukas and Micah; Rami Jaffee, from the Foo Fighters, and folk singer Sierra Ferrell. With the song, the surviving members wanted to pay tribute not only to Morrison, but also to the memory of keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who passed away in 2013.
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