Down on Us
| Down on Us | |
|---|---|
 Teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Larry Buchanan |
| Produced by |
Murray M. Kaplan Larry Buchanan |
| Written by | Larry Buchanan |
| Starring |
Gregory Allen Chatman as Jimi Hendrix Riba Meryl as Janis Joplin Bryan Wolf as Jim Morrison |
| Music by |
Jeffrey Dann David Shorey |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Josef von Sternberg |
| Edited by | Larry Randolph |
| Distributed by | Omni Leisure International |
Release dates | 1984 |
Running time | 117 min minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Down on Us is a low budget 1984 movie about the United States government's plot to assassinate 1960's rock stars, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix, using an elite force of killers. It is sometimes known as Beyond the Doors.
The movie does not use any of the original songs of the artists portrayed due to high royalty fees. Instead, they used songs written to sound like the originals.
Tag Line
The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.
External links
- Down on Us at the Internet Movie Database
- Review of Down On Us aka Beyond The Doors at Manor on Movies
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