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Stars, drugs and death: Rock'r'Roll circus is out

Today on Culture, we transport you back to the late 1960s, and the iconic Paris nightclub the Rock’n’Roll Circus. For three action-packed years the club became famous for the celebrities that changed their plans to pass through its doors… And it’s there –not in his bathtub- that Jim Morrison died… according to the club’s founder Sam Bernett. He tells Catherine Nicholson about HIS version of the Doors’ singer’s death, and more, in today’s Culture show.

Slideshow: Behind the scenes
19/05/2009 - CULTURE

Guns and vengeance, the latest Johnnie To...

In this edition: Johnny Hollyday becomes To's hitman and Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi's returns to the Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year with 'No One Knows About the Persian Cats'.
18/05/2009 - CULTURE

John Keats and Fanny Brawne's romance by Jane Campion

In this edition: Bright Star by Jane Campion, Taking Woodstock by Ang Lee and an closer look at the Millenium Party on the croisette.
18/05/2009 - CULTURE

Juliette Binoche to promote African cinema

In this edition: interview with Juliette Binoche and "Air Doll" - a Japanese movie by Hirokazu Kore-Eda. The story of an inflatable air doll that magically comes to life one day.
14/05/2009 - CULTURE

Festival takes off with animated movie "Up"

In this edition: meet Peter Docter, director of "Up", a closer look at the juries and an interview with Olivier Pere, head of the Directors' Fortnight.

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