Rock Poet: Jim Morrison

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Rock Poet: Jim Morrison

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.

Release Date

2010-07-18

Year

2010

Status

Released

Score

7.00

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Cast

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

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Danny Sugarman

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Duke Special

David Crosby

David Crosby

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James Cushing

Henry Diltz

Henry Diltz

Ray Manzarek

Ray Manzarek

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Michael McClure