The Doors: No One Here Gets Out Alive - The Doors' Tribute to Jim Morrison

Gordon Forbes III

Overview

"This disc offers a straightforward documentary about Jim Morrison and the Doors. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtracks rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. While the interviews and footage in the main body of the film will thrill Doors enthusiasts, this disc really has very little to interest the average DVD consumer."

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2002
UPC:	0801213001293
Original Release:	1981
Source:	Eagle Rock Ent
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:00:00
Sales rank:	44,232

Special Features

Cuts from: "Five to One," "Back Door Man," "Celebration of the Lizard," "The End," "Moonlight Drive," "Crawlin' Kingsnake," "Unknown Soldier," "People Are Strange," "Light My Fire," "When the Music Is Over"; Full-length performances of: "Touch Me," "The Changeling," L.A. Woman

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

The Doors

Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Gordon Forbes III

Richard Mann

Gordon Forbes III	Screenwriter,Director
Richard Mann	Producer,Screenwriter
Lawrence Smith	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Originally produced in 1981 and released in 1990 on VHS courtesy of Warners, this approximately 60-minute DVD was inspired by Danny Sugarman and Jerry Hopkins' book No One Here Gets Out Alive. With Ben Fong-Torres as script consultant, an appearance by the late Paul Rothchild -- the Doors' longtime producer -- and interviews with Sugarman, Hopkins, and the surviving Doors members (Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robbie Krieger), this is a good overview of highlights of one of America's premier rock bands and the enigmatic figure that was their voice. There are performances from The Smothers Brothers and Ed Sullivan shows, as well as a very cool set of Jim Morrison photo stills over the song "The Changeling," among other delights. The mini film clip of "L.A. Woman" is said to be full-length, but it feels truncated, though that's a minor quibble. The inclusion of footage from Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now for "The End" makes a good impact here -- the Doors translate well to DVD. There's no music to click onto for the "song discography," and at the rate Bright Midnight Records is releasing new/old Doors projects, the list of their previous recordings without an update is a letdown. There are six full chapters to this disc: "Intro," "Starting Out," "Living on the Edge," "The Miami Concert," "From L.A. to Paris," and "End Credits," with a fine outtake of "Touch Me" playing over the credits. The song "The End" is looped for the selection menu to these four "doors" on the root menu. Well put together, the No One Here Gets Out Alive DVD is a good starting point for the casual fan of the Doors. The cool interview in black and white with the voice from the past, Morrison himself, adds that other dimension to this interesting collection of stories and song. ~ Joe Viglione