The Doors

film by Stone [1991]

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discussed in biography

  • Oliver Stone
    In Oliver Stone

    Kennedy, and The Doors, a stylish account of the rise and fall of the titular American rock band. For JFK Stone used actual footage of from the Zapruder film as well as recreated scenes in a way that some say added to the conspiracy furor surrounding the…

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Morrison

  • Jim Morrison with the Doors
    In Jim Morrison: Legacy

    …the motion picture screen as The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Val Kilmer as Morrison and Meg Ryan as Courson. The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts and Lyrics was published in 2021 and features a foreword by novelist Tom Robbins and a prologue by Morrison’s…

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portrayal of The Doors

  • Jim Morrison with the Doors
    In the Doors: Legacy and honors

    …sell in the millions, and The Doors, a 1991 movie directed by Oliver Stone and starring Val Kilmer as Morrison, was a critical and popular success. The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2007.…

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Ryan

  • Meg Ryan
    In Meg Ryan: Reign as rom-com queen of the 1990s

    … (Val Kilmer) in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991); a woman whose family was killed when she was a child in the thriller Flesh and Bone (1993); a helicopter pilot in the war drama Courage Under Fire (1996); and a sex worker in Hurlyburly (1998). She also lent her voice to…

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