Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 01/03/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Run Time: 138 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
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.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
