For the first time in the band's history unprecedented access was granted, regarding the previously unseen footage of Jim Morrison.
Director Tom DiCillio said critics frequently complained about the use of "recreated scenes and body doubles." The scenes referred to are, in fact, authentic but rarely seen footage of Jim Morrison taken from the film negative for Morrison's film HWY.
The movie's narrator, Johnny Depp, also starred in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)" and "Dark Shadows (2012)" which both revolve around music.