The Doors
The Doors is a 1991 American biographical film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Randall Jahnson. It tells the story of the American rock band the Doors and their influence on music and counterculture. It stars Val Kilmer as singer Jim Morrison, Meg Ryan as Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson, Kyle MacLachlan as keyboardist Ray Manzarek, Frank Whaley as lead guitarist Robby Krieger, Kevin Dillon as drummer John Densmore, Billy Idol as Cat and Kathleen Quinlan as journalist Patricia Kennealy.
Plot
In 1949, young Jim Morrison and his family are traveling on a desert highway in New Mexico where they encounter an auto wreck and see 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 Pamela Courson and they fall in love, becoming a couple. He also meets Ray Manzarek for the first time, as well as Robby Krieger and John Densmore, who form the Doors with Morrison.
Cast
- Andrew Lauer
- Annie McEnroe
- Billy Idol
- Charlie Spradling
- Christina Fulton
- Christopher Lawford
- Costas Mandylor
- Crispin Glover
- David Allen Brooks
- Debi Mazar
- Dennis Burkley
- Eric Burdon
- Erik Dellums
- Floyd Red Crow Westerman
- Frank Whaley
- Hawthorne James
- Jack McGee
- Jennifer Rubin
- Jennifer Tilly
- Jerry Sturm
- John Capodice
- John Densmore
- Josh Evans
- Josie Bissett
- Karina Lombard
- Kathleen Quinlan
- Kelly Hu
- Kevin Dillon
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Lisa Edelstein
- Mark Moses
- Meg Ryan
- Michael Madsen
- Michael Wincott
- Mimi Rogers
- Oliver Stone
- Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
- Paul A. Rothchild
- Paul Williams
- Peter Crombie
- Phil Fondacaro
- Richard Rutowski
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Robert LuPone
- Rodney A. Grant
- Sean Stone
- Sky Saxon
- Steve Reevis
- Titus Welliver
- Val Kilmer
- Wes Studi
- Will Jordan
- William Kunstler