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The Doors (1991)

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Product Details: The Doors (1991)

Edition:DVD
MPAA Rating:R
Release Date:12/12/2006
UPC:012236194446
Directed by:Oliver Stone
Featuring:Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, See all cast

Synopsis: The Doors (1991)

Covers the period from 1965-1971; Produced and released in 1991.

Val Kilmer stars as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's electrifying profile of the Doors, which takes the group from its inception to its demise with the death of the "Lizard King" in a Paris hotel room in 1971. In the early days of the group's formation, Morrison is at his most benign; he's just a guy hanging...
Covers the period from 1965-1971; Produced and released in 1991.

Val Kilmer stars as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's electrifying profile of the Doors, which takes the group from its inception to its demise with the death of the "Lizard King" in a Paris hotel room 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 soon the Doors' fame begins to spread--with Morrison as the focus of attention. Capable of an eerily correct vocal imitation of Morrison, Kilmer makes manifest the talent and charisma, as well as the confusion and despair, of the complex man who was the focal point of the group. As Morrisson's 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, bringing the music to an untimely close.

Stone's intimate familiarity with SoCal in the 1960s provides the film with a high degree of surface verisimilitude, though the film is as much a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music as it is a cautionary tale about the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse.
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Features: The Doors (1991)

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS 6.1 - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Interviews: Oliver Stone - Director
Documentary: THE ROAD TO EXCESS
Featurette:
1. The Doors in LA
2. Jim Morrison: An American Poet in Paris
Interactive Features:
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  • Overall:

    A Shame This Movie Was Even Made

    By Shroom  May 21, 2002 | 1 out of 1 found this The Doors (1991) review helpful

    As a huge Doors fan I thought this movie was a complete and utter joke! Val Kilmner was awful, the directing was awful, the script was awful, everything about this movie was inaccurate, fabricated, cheesey and sensationalized.If you want to know more... about Morrison's life, read the books.This movie is easily Oliver's Stone's all-time worst.Nobody can be Jim Morrison except Jim Morrison, same goes for Elvis.Every time I saw Kilmner as Morrison in this movie all I could think of was "Top Gun," it's almost sacreligious.It was a nightmare to see this in the theatre, I promise to never watch this movie again! Ever! Read more Less

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    "Did You Have A Good Life When You Died?

    By Mike Roberts  Mar 4, 2001 | 1 out of 1 found this The Doors (1991) review helpful

    In a 1991 interview with Bob Costas, Oliver Stone said of Jim Morrison "I loved the man."You'd never know it from watching "The Doors".The Jim Morrison is the film is a portrayed as a willful, self-indulgent, destructive boor.If there was another sof...ter, sensitive side to Morrison (as those who knew him claim there was),it's not evident in the movie.But as with all of Stone's films, there are things in "The Doors" that make it worth seeing.The concert recreations are magnificent (Stone used 30,000 extras), the cinematogorpahy (by the always remarkable Robert Richardson) is incredible (there is a breathtaking tracking shot of the desert during the opening sequence, done with the haunting "Riders On The Storm" in the background, and Stone gets a great performance out of Val Kilmer).Watching "The Doors" is like being locked in a room for 2 1/2 hours with a loudmouth, obnoxious drunk.This new 2 disc DVD edition is beautifully done...the second disc includes a series of extended/deleted scenes (some of which, if included in the theatrical release, would have made it a much better film) and a terrific documentary, "Road To Excess," which includes a lot of behind the scenes footage and interviews with the cast members and directors.Oliver Stone is one of the few Hollywood directors that has the courage and the clout totake on big themes and make exciting, energetic movies about them (Vietnam, Salvador, the Kennedy assassination).It just might be that Jim Morrison just isn't a large enough subject for a movie.Morrison, in a poem, asked "did you have a good life when you died...enough to make a movie out of?"Using "The Doors" as a yardstick, the answer would have to be: not in your case, Jim. Read more Less

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