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The Doors
1990
Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as a UCLA film student in the .. Read more
| Starring | Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley |
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| Director | Oliver Stone |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Doors
Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as a UCLA film student in the early 1960s to his death in a Paris hotel in 1971. In the early days of the group's formation, Morrison is at his most benign; he's just a guy hanging out at the beach writing poetry. But as the Doors' fame begins to spread--with Morrison as the focus of attention--his drug consumption and erratic behavior increase exponentially. The rest of the band--Ray Manzarek (Kyle McLachalan), John Densmore (Kevin Dillon), and Robby Krieger (Frank Whaley)--begins to grow tired of his late arrivals, the increasing number of cancellations, and the drunken recording sessions requiring infinite retakes. But no one can help Morrison as he spirals downward into an inferno of drugs, alcohol, public obscenity, and depression. Kilmer gives an excellent performance, including a frighteningly accurate imitation of Morrison's singing. Stone's intimate familiarity with SoCal in the 1960s also provides the film with a high degree of surface verisimilitude.
| Starring | Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin Dillon, Mimi Rogers, Michael Wincott |
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| Director | Oliver Stone |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1990 To Rent: DVD: 17 Feb 2003 Blu-ray: 18 Apr 2011 |
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Oliver Stones hallucinatory psychodrama biopic of rock god/poet Jim Morrison goes further than most cinematic memoirs of artists in confronting its subject's destructive impulses while glorifying his creative energy
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The adolescent idol
I've forgotten why I ever liked this movie. In fact I've forgotten why I ever liked Jim Morrison
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- 01 May 2005 at 11:25
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the music
A biopic about jim morrison and the doors, from the beginning of his carrer to his untimely death, I like this film more for the music than the film content and... read more »
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Essentially boring
Same old story - beautiful young man discovers music, fame, fortune and drugs and goes to the bad. I didn't feel as if this film added anything to the mix. ... read more »
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The Doors
The dialogue in the film is minimal, it mainly consists of music and performances. It isn't really a story of The Doors, it more tells the story of Jim ... read more »
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Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as ...
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