The Doors (1991) DVD / Directed by Oliver Stone / Starring: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan / Biographical film about the 1960–1970s rock band

UPC 5996051090181

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: French 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, Romanian  

Total Runtime: 135 minutes

English Summary:

The Doors is a 1991 American biographical film about the 1960–1970s rock band of the same name, which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison. It was directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Val Kilmer as Morrison and Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson (Morrison's companion). The film features Kyle MacLachlan as keyboardist Ray Manzarek, Frank Whaley as guitarist Robby Krieger, Kevin Dillon as drummer John Densmore, and Kathleen Quinlan as journalist Patricia Kennealy.

The film portrays Morrison as a larger-than-life icon of 1960s rock and roll and counterculture, including portrayals of Morrison's recreational drug use, free love, hippie lifestyle, alcoholism, interest in hallucinogenic drugs as entheogens, and, particularly, his growing obsession with death, presented as threads which weave in and out of the film.

Upon release, the film received mixed reviews and was not well received by Morrison's bandmates, close friends and family, due to its controversial depiction of Morrison. In addition, the film's cinematography, screenwriting and direction were criticized.^{[citation needed]} Despite the film's box office failure, grossing only $34 million worldwide against its $38 million production budget, the film became a sleeper hit and a cult film.

The film opens during the recording of Jim's poem "An American Prayer" and quickly moves to a childhood memory of his family driving along a desert highway in 1949, where a young Jim sees an elderly Native American dying by the roadside. In 1965, Jim arrives in California and is assimilated into the Venice Beach culture. During his tenure studying at UCLA, he meets his future girlfriend Pamela Courson. He also meets Ray Manzarek for the first time, as well as Robby Krieger and John Densmore, all of whom would found the Doors with Morrison.

Jim convinces his bandmates to travel to Death Valley and experience the effects of psychedelic drugs. Returning to Los Angeles, they play several shows at the famous nightclub Whisky a Go Go and develop a rabid fanbase. Jim's onstage antics and occasionally improvised lyrics raise the anger of club owners; however, the band's popularity continues to expand. At one point, the Doors are invited to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, only to be told by one of the producers that they must change the lyric "girl we couldn't get much higher" in the song "Light My Fire". Despite this, Morrison performs the original lyric during the live broadcast and the band is never invited to perform on the show again.

Hungarian Summary:

A The Doors és zenéje legenda. A film elementáris erővel, zenében és képekben mutatja be a valóság küszöbének átlépését, az áttörést a „másik oldalra”. Kábítószeres látomások, eksztatikus, botrányos színpadi fellépések, rituális szeretkezések, a tudatos és tudattalan határainak elmosódása - mindez csak egy valakinek a személyiségén átlényegítve volt lehetséges, a zenekar költő-énekesén, akit úgy hívtak: Jim Morrison...

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