The Doors [Blu-ray]

Overview

Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960s rock group The Doors. Stone cuts a jagged swath through Morrison's life, starting with a childhood memory where Morrison sees an elderly Indian dying by the roadside. It picks up with Morrison's arrival in California and his assimilation into the Venice Beach culture, followed by his film school days at UCLA; his introduction to his girlfriend Pamela Courson (Meg Ryan); his first encounters with Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan); and the origin of The Doors -- made up of Manzarek, Robby Kreiger (Frank Whaley), and John Densmore (Kevin Dillon). As the fame of The Doors grows, Morrison's obsession with death increases. The band grows weary of Morrison's missed recording sessions and no-shows at concerts. Morrison, meanwhile, sinks deeper into a drug-induced haze, having mystical sexual encounters with Patricia Kennealy (Kathleen Quinlan), an older rock journalist involved with sadomasochism and witchcraft.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/2015
UPC:	0031398215158
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	2:18:00
Sales rank:	15,194

Special Features

Audio commentary with co-writer/director Oliver Stone; "Jim Morrison: An American Poet in Paris" original featurette; Deleted scenes; The Doors In L.A.; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Val Kilmer	Jim Morrison
Meg Ryan	Pamela Couson
Kevin Dillon	John Densmore
Kyle MacLachlan	Ray Manzarek
Frank Whaley	Robby Krieger
Kathleen Quinlan	Patricia Kennealy
Michael Wincott	Paul Rothchild
Michael Madsen	Tom Baker
Josh Evans	Bill Siddons
Dennis Burkley	Dog
Billy Idol	Cat
Crispin Glover	Andy Warhol
Gretchen Becker	Mom
Jerry Sturm	Dad
Sean Stone	Young Jim Morrison,Film Professor,New York Journalist
Debi Mazar	Whiskey Girl
Nick Cassavetes	Actor
John Densmore	Engineer--Last Session
Kendall Deichen	Little Sister
Tim Guinee	Actor
Billy Hopkins	Actor
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	Shaman
Rion Hunter	Indian in Desert
Wes Studi	Indian in Desert
Steve Reevis	Indian in Desert
Bruce MacVittie	UCLA Student
Andrew Lauer	UCLA Student
Harmonica Fats	Blues Singer on Venice Boardwalk
Kelly Hu	Dorothy
John Forristal	Bouncer
John T. Forristal III	Bouncer
Josie Bissett	Robby Krieger's Girlfriend
Fiona	Fog Groupie
Bob Lupone	Music Manager
Paul Rothchild	Music Manager's Sidekick,Music Manager's Sidekick
John Capodice	Jerry
Eric Burdon	Backstage Manager
Nellie Red Owl	Old Crone
Victoria Seeger	Whiskey Girl
Jacqui Bell	Whiskey Girl
Sergio Premoli	Patron at The Whiskey
Mark Moses	Jac Holzman
Frank Military	Bruce Botnick
Deborah Falconer	John Densmore's Girlfriend,John Densmore's Girlfriend
Michele Bronson	New York Groupie
Will Jordan	Ed Sullivan
Sam Whipple	Sullivan's Producer
Charlie Spradling	CBS Girl Backstage
Lisa Edelstein	Makeup Artist
Erik Dellems	Hairdresser at the Sullivan Show
Mimi Rogers	Magazine Photographer
Jennifer Rubin	Edie Sedgwick
Paul Williams	Warhol PR
Kristina Hare	Partygoer
Costas Mandylor	Italian Count
Christina Fulton	Nico
Bernt Kuhlman	Warhol Eurosnob
Claire Stansfield	Warhol Eurosnob
Karina Lombard	Warhol Actress
Christopher Lawford	New York Journalist
Dani Klein	New York Journalist
Laura Esterman	New York Journalist
Deborah Lupard	New York Journalist
Richard B. Rifkin	New York Journalist
Chris Boyle	New York Journalist
Adrian Scott	New York Journalist
Bill Graham	New Haven Concert Promoter
Titus Welliver	Macing Cop
Eagle Eye Cherry	Roadie
David Allen Brooks	Roadie
Danny Sullivan	New Haven Cop
Stanley White	New Haven Cop
Frank Girardeau	Police Lieutenant
Bonnie Bramlett	Bartender
Rodney Grant	Patron at Barney's
Brad Von Beltz	Hippie at Party
James Hawthorne	Chuck Vincent
Csynbidium	Girl in Car
Cristen Weldon	Girl in Car
Patricia Kennealy	Wicca Priestess
Davidson Thomson	High Priest
Hawthorne James	Chuck Vincent
Leonard Crow Dog	Indian at the Outdoor Concert
Carmella Runnels	Indian at the Outdoor Concert
Pride in Peril	Miami Warm-Up Band
Kelly Leach	Birthday Girl
William Kunstler	Miami Attorney
Peter Crombie	Associate Lawyer
Bernard Telsey	Young Man with Pam
Tudor Sherrard	Office Publicist
Jad Mager	Office P.A
Jennifer Tilly	Actor
Richard Rutowski	Actor
Dennis Ott	Actor
Lydia Peterkoch	Actor
Alan Manson	Actor
Jack McGee	Actor
Allan Graf	Actor
Billy Vera	Actor
Keith Reddin	Actor
Annie McEnroe	Actor
Robert LuPone	Music Manager

Technical Credits

Oliver Stone

Randall Jahnson

Oliver Stone	Director,Screenwriter
Nicholas Clainos	Executive Producer,Producer
Bill Graham	Producer
Brian Grazer	Executive Producer,Producer
Sasha Harari	Producer
A. Kitman Ho	Producer
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer,Producer
Randall Jahnson	Screenwriter
Ron Howard	Executive Producer,Producer
Lon Bender	Sound Effects
Guy Carbonneau	Sound Effects
Tim Chau	Sound Effects
Kay Colvin	Sound Effects
Joseph Reidy	Producer
Clayton Townsend	Producer
Michael Owens	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

By 1990, the air from the '60s had nearly cleared, leaving two ways to look at The Doors and its frontman Jim Morrison: As an overly serious showman whose self-aggrandizing navel-gazing embodied the elements that would eventually turn back the progress of the '60s counterculture and whose pretensions overwhelmed his talent; or as a martyr for self-expression deserving of worship. For this biopic, Oliver Stone, a self-professed Doors fan, opts decisively for the second approach and his film seldom benefits from the choice. Choosing to portray excess through excess, Stone's film is a dizzying neo-psychedelic hodgepodge that leaps from one symbolically-charged incident to another, and for those not already enamored of Morrison and The Doors it might easily verge into camp. Leaping on top of a car and declaring oneself the Lizard King might appear heroic to some, but to others it just looks silly. That said, Stone, as always, has made an audaciously stylish, visually compelling film and Val Kilmer does a remarkable Morrison impression, both on stage and off. The same can't be said of Meg Ryan in the role of Morrison's common-law wife. She delivers a shrill, grating performance that reaches a nadir during a Thanksgiving incident involving a charred turkey. Though too uneven to recommend without grave reservations, beyond disastrous holiday dinners, The Doors is worth viewing for isolated moments of brilliance such as a visit to Andy Warhol's Factory, presided over by none other than Crispin Glover as Warhol.

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