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The Doors

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7.1/10 • 1.5K

1991-03-012h 20m

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The ceremony is about to begin.

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

Directors
Oliver Stone
Writters
Oliver Stone, Randall Jahnson
Editors
Joe Hutshing

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  1. Val Kilmer

    Val Kilmer

    Jim Morrison

  2. Meg Ryan

    Meg Ryan

    Pamela Courson

  3. Kyle MacLachlan

    Kyle MacLachlan

    Ray Manzarek

  4. Frank Whaley

    Frank Whaley

    Robby Krieger

  5. Kevin Dillon

    Kevin Dillon

    John Densmore

  6. Michael Wincott

    Michael Wincott

    Paul Rothchild

  7. Michael Madsen

    Michael Madsen

    Tom Baker

  8. Josh Evans

    Josh Evans

    Bill Siddons

  9. Dennis Burkley

    Dennis Burkley

    Dog

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talisencrw

Sep 22, 2016

9/10

I KNOW I'm giving way too many stars for this, but I don't care; The Doors were one of my very first favourite groups. I fondly recall, when I was 11, and Elektra Records released 'The Doors' Greatest Hits', and the album-length version of 'Light My Fire' was played all the time on the radio, and I was mesmerized by the instrumental middle of the song, got the album from my parents for Christmas, and started a lifelong love affair with the band. Yes, Jim Morrison is highly overrated. Yes, the movie is an extremely self-indulgent mess and it can be quite incoherent and incohesive. But the Sixties, the L.A. rock scene back then, and especially Morrison's life, were just like that, so it is oh so fitting! I adore the fact that it was Oliver Stone's labour of love (one of thankfully many) and that the surviving members of the band basically had full input. I would take this and 'Talk Radio' (my personal favourite Stone's throw) over a hundred of Stone's politically over-the-top movies any day! When I was 17, I took my life savings and visited, on my own, nine European countries, including France and its capital, Paris. Did I go for the Eiffel Tower, wild romance on Richard Linklater-esque trains, or its outstanding magic and sidewalk cafes? No--train-wise I had to put up with a stupid labour strike, such that an overnight sleeper car from Berne, Switzerland to Paris had to be switched, in the middle of the night, FOUR times, just so they could prove a point. And it was just to see Morrison's grave. I met 20 fantastic people who had made the pilgrimage from all over the world, and it was my first time having red wine and smoking pot. The graffiti and the sculpture of him, in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, were fascinating, as was his life. Would I go through that again? Of course I would. It's Val Kilmer's best work by a mile. The film just oozes charisma and breathes life--just as the band's work must have done back in the day. Worth a purchase and re-watches (I watch it each year on Jim's birthday and accidentally bought it twice), for any fan of 60's music or its culture. A bonafide classic when Stone was actually really something.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$38,000,000.00
Revenue
$34,416,893.00
Keywords
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