Rock Poet: Jim Morrison (2010)

  • NR
  • 07/18/2010 (US)
  • Documentary

Overview

Jim Morrison considered himself first a Poet, and subsequently a Rock Star and sex symbol. “ROCK POET” tells his story. He was far more than the hell-raiser, infamous for his arrest in Miami for exposing himself on stage, another rock casualty- dead by the age of just 27. “Classic Artists” meets with legendary Beat Poets Michael Horovitz, Michael McClure, Pete Brown of “Cream” fame, about the movement and what it meant to the burgeoning tide of Rock and Roll, more specifically, to Jim Morrison, and finds the admiration and respect for his talent as a poet and writer amongst his Beat Poet predecessors and also contemporaries to be unquestionable. This film includes revelations from those that were present in the final days and final hours of Jim Morrison, including an eye witness . A vigorously captivating insight of a time in rock history , a time in the life of the man, both rock star and poet.

Jon Brewer

Director

Cast

Oliver Stone's headshot

Oliver Stone

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Danny Sugarman's headshot

Danny Sugarman

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Duke Special's headshot

Duke Special

Self
David Crosby's headshot

David Crosby

Self
James Cushing's headshot

James Cushing

Self
Henry Diltz's headshot

Henry Diltz

Self
Ray Manzarek's headshot

Ray Manzarek

Self
Michael McClure's headshot

Michael McClure

Self

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