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The Doors

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Original title

The Doors

Year

1991

Running time

135 min.

Country

United States

Director

Oliver Stone

Screenwriter

Randal Jahnson, Oliver Stone. Biopic about: Jim Morrison, The Doors, Pamela Courson

Cast

Music

Olivia Barash. Songs: The Doors

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Producer

Carolco Pictures, Canal+, Ixtlan Corporation, Imagine Entertainment. Distributor: TriStar Pictures

Genre

Drama | Biography. Music. Drugs. 1960s. 1970s

Synopsis

Biopic of the legendary Jim Morrison and his band The Doors, from their beginnings to the singer's death 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 on the beach writing poetry. But soon the Doors' fame begins to spread, with Morrison in the spotlight. As Morrisson's drug use 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 tire of his late arrivals, increasing number of cancellations and drunken recording sessions that require endless retakes. But no one, not even his girlfriend Pamela Courson, could help Morrison as he spirals into a hell of drugs, alcohol, public obscenity and depression, bringing his talent and his music to an untimely end.

Awards: 1991: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Val Kilmer)

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