With a singer who had never sung, a guitarist who had only been playing for six months, and a composer who made it to number one with the first song he ever wrote, an instant legend was born. The Doors where an instant success and Jim Morrison quickly became a demigod. Narrated by Johnny Depp, the documentary includes footage of a drunken and tripping Morrison who made a habit of appearing in such a state in the studio and onstage, to the great annoyance of the other band members. Most of this footage was shot by Paul Ferrara, a friend of Morrison from the UCLA Film School, and it is interspersed with news excerpts that capture the era in which the band was performing. The story ends abruptly when Jim Morrison dies at age 27 in a bathtub in Paris.