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	The Doors (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film portrays Morrison as the larger-than-life icon of 1960s rock and roll, counterculture, and the drug-using free love hippie lifestyle.
		The film's soundtrack contains over two dozen of The Doors' songs; in the film, original recordings of the band are seamlessly combined with convincing vocal performances by Kilmer himself.
		The settings for the film, particularly the concert sequences, are depicted somewhat realistically and in mostly chronological order, although the crowd scenes contain many blatant exaggerations, such as portrayals of nudity that did not occur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Doors_(film) (987 words)

	‘The Doors’ (R)
		The film is an absurdity -- muddled, self-serious, alienating, a stone drag.
		Stone makes a brief appearance in the film, as a bearded university film professor, and that's essentially what he is, a lecturer in hipster drag.
		With "The Doors," the director appears to be living vicariously through his hero; he wants to be Morrison, to be the Morrison of filmmakers, to ring the alarms and snap us out of our bourgeois comas.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thedoorsrhinson_a0a9d8.htm (961 words)

	The Doors News
		Just like the Doors song, these are some "Strange Days" for the feuding survivors of the 1960s rock band, who are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their first album while waging a protracted legal battle.
		The Los Angeles venue THE DOORS put on the rock map in the 1960s is set to open its doors for fans of the group to mark its induction into the Rock + Roll Hall Of Fame.
		Legendary rock group The Doors will be feted Nov. 8 on West Hollywood, CA's Sunset Strip, the kickoff for a planned yearlong celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the group's founding.
	www.topix.net /movies/the-doors (754 words)

	Doors: The Doors Are Open DVD
		THE DOORS were the innovators of angst-ridden music, stripping down the basic components of rock (sex ‘n drugs, flower-power, and other fun stuff) in favor of deep, dark compositions with political overtones.
		Sure, THE DOORS and the legions of bands who followed them may not be fun or upbeat, but there is something about the dark nature of their music which compels us to listen.
		This timeless THE DOORS set was filmed for a theatrical presentation and ultimately saw the light of day in 1991 as director John Sheppard’s post-humus documentary and concert film, THE DOORS ARE OPEN.
	www.dvdcult.com /mus_DoorsOpen.htm (967 words)

	FILM SENSIBILITY SET THE DOORS APART by Bruce Harris 1991 As a joke I once asked Jim Morrison ...
		He was certainly not a "music fan" in the common manner of the 60': each new Beatles album was not a revelation for him; the Jefferson Airplane did not carry the message of his day; the stylistic experiments of the Byrds did not move him.
		The influence of theater and film on the Doors set them apart from their contemporaries.
		He spoke lines and created theater, but the true drama of the Doors lay in the suspense created by his self-destructive tendencies, evolving at last into a sort of living theater for the dying.
	brandicootjr.tripod.com /film.htm (817 words)

	The Doors
		The Doors' music was of sufficient quality to impress the LA crowd and Arthur Lee of the "Love" record label recommended that Jac Holzman, head of Elektra Records, should witness the small-scale performances while he had the chance.
		The Doors are somewhat of an anomaly in the rock pantheon.
		The new Doors line-up also included founding members, guitarist Robbie Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek along with drummer Stewart Copeland of the Police, filling in for John Densmore, who was suffering from tinnitus.
	www.classicbands.com /doors.html (1040 words)

	The Doors - Biography - AOL Music
		The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger.
		Their first effort was so stellar, in fact, that the Doors were hard-pressed to match it, and although their next few albums contained a wealth of first-rate material, the group also began running up against the limitations of their recklessly disturbing visions.
		In 1969, Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure during a concert in Miami, an incident that nearly derailed the band.
	music.aol.com /artist/the-doors/4119/biography (502 words)

	DVD Review - The Doors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Of course, attention about the film was still quite keen and he was asked to voice his feelings about the movie.
		Kennealy is the most vocal about her objections to the film, primarily how it depicts her.
		A filmed introduction by Stone at the beginning of the section provides a brief outline of all the deletions and the wrestling every director goes through about what to leave in and take out.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_doors.shtml (1073 words)

	The Official Site of Ray Manzarek - Film - The Doors Collection
		Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl during the Fourth of July weekend, 1968, The Doors perform their most critically-acclaimed music before an SRO crowd.
		Unlike other Doors material, this once-thought lost concert was captured by a four-camera crew with 16-track audio (mixed for the first time using digital technology) resulting in a production which enables fans both old and new to experience the actual sights and sounds of this immortal group on stage.
		Doors collector Kerry Humpherys presents a rare glimpse of over 100 collectibles and Doors personal artifacts, from rare international singles, vintage sheet music, promotional posters, and the first editions of Morrison's legendary books.
	www.raymanzarek.us /doorscollection.html (434 words)

	The Doors Memorabilia Market: Video - Page 1 - THE DOORS / RELATED VIDEOS
		Filmed in September 1968 at the Roadhouse in London's Chalk Farm.
		Public television provided the only alternative for The Doors to present themselves in an uncensored environment, and the result is an arresting of a mature band at the peak of it's musical powers.
		Jim Morrison rises from UCLA film school student to the lead singer of The Doors in an odyssey of excess as seen by Oliver Stone.
	www.doors.com /door_mem/video (1409 words)

	Amazon.com: The Doors: DVD: Gretchen Becker,Dennis Burkley,Kendal Deichen,John Densmore,Kevin Dillon,Josh Evans,Rion ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Capturing the carefree mood of the Age of Aquarius, the film charts the meteoric rise of the Doors on the California club circuit (including a memorable scene showing the creation of the hit "Light My Fire"), and chronicles the band's exploits with hallucinogenics and Morrison's battles against charges of public indecency on stage.
		The film explores "The Doors", from their beginnings in Venice Beach, California, where they exploded onto the rock scene,breaking the mold of music in the 60's, to their rise as superstars.
		Morrison's life is the main focus as a senstive poet type dropping out of film school, to becoming the Peyote addicted,culture shocking, philosphical rock idol.The LSD trips, the visions of this genius, his personal life and of course the famous controversial concerts are all told through Stone's unique cinematic magic.
	www.amazon.com /Doors-Val-Kilmer/dp/0784010528 (2243 words)

	Break On Through With 'The Doors' quiz -- free game
		As the title of the film floats across the screen, we hear the first actual Doors song in the movie.
		Early in the film, we see a flashback in which young Jim Morrison witnesses a group of Navajos who have been mortally wounded after a car accident.
		Jim is displeased, to say the least, that The Doors have been asked to change the the line 'girl, we couldn't get much higher' if they want to perform 'Light My Fire' live on television.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=61620 (750 words)

	EI > DVD > The Doors: Special Edition (1991)
		While the film is an overindulgent exercise in excess at times, it is a visually and aurally stunning work.
		Oliver Stone's film "The Doors" is one man's vision of the short but influential career of one of the greatest rock bands of the 60s.
		The film's aural highlight has to be the song "The End." Cutting between a desert scene, to the band playing the song at the famed Whiskey a Go-Go for the first time, the dark anthem builds to a tidal wave of power and emotion that is riveting.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/thedoors.php (794 words)

	The Doors (1991) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This mistitled film -- it is about Jim Morrison, not the band -- has a great look, but suffers from being shallow, pretentious, and overlong.
		Unless that was Stone's intention, the film is failure.
		It is a pity indeed that the film didn't rise to the level of Kilmer's performance.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0101761 (425 words)

	Doors Bio
		The Doors were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek.
		The Doors' first residency was at the London Fog on the Sunset Strip, then later at the Whisky-A-Go-Go.
		Even early on Morrison was a contrverseial frontman as the band was fired from the latter establishment in 1966 after performing a oedipal composition called "The End".
	www.keno.org /classic_rock/the_doors_bio.htm (876 words)

	‘The Doors’ (R)
		With its reeling, rocking and rolling camera, surging and throbbing score, "The Doors" recreates the dizzying highs and shaky, blurry downs.
		The entire film has been lit as if by moon or flame, and Stone uses every trick in the cinematographer's book in the extended concert scenes.
		Stone himself appears in an early scene, as a film school professor screening an overwrought Morrison opus that combines dancing bears, masturbation and Nazism.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thedoorsrbrown_a0adc3.htm (356 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on The Doors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Doors and the network around the conference have been critical for to be able to define my professional identity as a designer/researcher who is doing value decisions and is not...
		The Doors recorded several classic songs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "Break On Through (to the Other Side)," "Roadhouse Blues," "L.A. Woman," "The End," "The Crystal Ship," "Riders On The Storm" and "Light My Fire," a number one hit, which is still probably their best-known song.
		The Doors were unusual among rock groups in that they did not use a bass guitarist in concert, with Manzarek playing the bass lines on an Fender electric keyboard bass, an offshoot of the well-known Fender electric piano.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/the_doors (2803 words)

	The Doors (1991) - Channel 4 Film review
		The Doors is an earnest biopic that charts lead singer Jim Morrison's introspective self-destruction, fuelled by a monumental drug problem and mindbending idol status.
		His vocal impersonation of the Lizard King (who died in 1971, aged just 27) is remarkable and he wears a pair of leather breeks better than most.
		The Hours somehow changed my perception of myself and those around me. The film has such a sad (yet marvellous) ending that you can't help but think about your own life.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102896 (252 words)

	THE DOORS
		While the film captures the wild life of this poet turned rock star, it fails miserably in generating a coherent or complex vision of the man himself.
		Stone is clearly in love with the idea of being a rock God, caring very little for portraying Morrison as a real person with needs and thoughts outside of the musical arena.
		Morrison’s ideas were clearly outside the norm, even for the time, while he was in film school and eventually found the proper outlet for his poetic ramblings as a singer/songwriter.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsD/f_doors.html (335 words)

	The Doors - 1000 Great Guitar Sites on the Web
		one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals, with drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger.
		In 1969, he was arrested for indecent exposure during a concert in Miami, an incident that nearly derailed the band.
		Morrison was buried in the Poets' Corner of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
	www.guitarsite.com /doors.htm (648 words)

	The Doors The Movie
		An Oliver Stone film seems to always be a magnet for controversy or, at the least, varying opinion - and "The Doors" was no different.
		Stone's look at the life of the classic rock band either is regarded as a wonderfully done look at the band and 60's music or a dark, inaccurate look at a singer whose career ends in a haze of drugs.
		Many Doors fans were incensed by the movie because it did not show the "real" facts of Morrison's life.
	www.geocities.com /seaswept1/themovie.html (523 words)

	Various Artists: Stoned Immaculate -- The Music of the Doors - PopMatters Music Review
		One of the definitive rock bands of the sixties, the L.A.-based Doors exploded onto the charts with their self-titled debut album in 1967, which included "Light My Fire", the number one single during the Summer of Love.
		In July 1971, Doors lead singer and songwriter Jim Morrison died, his radical and controversial lifestyle rocketing him into fame and just as quickly extinguishing his life.
		And for what may be the best treat for a Doors or blues fan, the three remaining Doors join with Bo Diddley on "Love Her Madly", reminding everyone that, at their core, the Doors are truly one of the great blues bands of all time.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/various/various-stonedimmaculate.shtml (1063 words)

	The Doors mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Continuity: During the Miami gig directly after Jim exposes himself and mayhem breaks out, it is as clear as daylight that the stage collapses and all of the speakers, band equipment, etc is rendered useless.
		History also tells us that Scheff was on stage with the band from about 1969 until the Doors stopped performing, and played on their last two albums.
		Factual error: Early in the film, before they were signed to a record deal the Doors were playing small clubs around L.A. in 1966.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film1727 (599 words)

	EUFS: The Doors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The story of The Doors is essentially the story of Jim Morrison (a truly astonishing turn by would-be rock god Val Kilmer).
		The surrounding characters are all eclipsed by Kilmer's slinky, pouting Lizard King (watch for dazzlingly authentic renditions of several Doors' songs) but there are other excellent performances to watch for.
		Kyle MacLachlan is superb as keyboard genius Ray Manzarek and Kevin Dillon excels as drummer John Densmore, the first member to realise that the man leading them to stardom may not be quite all there.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/the_doors.html (264 words)

	The Doors - Movie Review
		Ten years after its initial release, I found The Doors a lot like I remembered: a long, pretentious, and meandering -- yet dutiful -- retelling of Jim Morrison's life (and which ultimately had far more to do with him than the band he fronted).
		But it's mainly Jim's self destruction via drugs, alcohol, and scandalous behavior (antics that ultimately forced him to flee to Paris to escape an obscenity conviction) that is the focus of the film (much like the Lenny Bruce biopic Lenny), and that relatively shallow effort is hard to sustain over nearly 2 1/2 hours.
		Shot with Stone's characteristic, psychedelic style, the film is a memorable one thanks to Val Kilmer's inspired portrayal of Morrison, not to mention nude from of hundreds of Hollywood actresses -- notably the prudish Meg Ryan and Kathleen Quinlan.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/thedoors (313 words)

	The Doors Review
		If we can trust Oliver Stone's new biographical film, THE DOORS, life for Jim Morrison was like being trapped for months at a time in the party from hell.
		Many of them are on the sound track of THE DOORS, which combines Morrison's original vocals and new vocals by Val Kilmer so seamlessly that there is never, not even for a moment, the sensation that Kilmer is not singing everything we hear.
		The last hour of the film, in particular, is a dirge of wretched excess, of drunken would-be orgies and obnoxious behavior, of concerts in which the audiences waited for hours for the spectacle of Morrison stumbling onstage to fake a few songs or, notoriously, to expose himself.
	www.milams.com /doors/dreview.htm (1076 words)

	ABC airs film on Sept. 11, but makes changes after Clinton criticism (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Another scene in the movie that depicted a team of CIA operatives poised outside of bin Laden's fortress in Afghanistan, ready to attack, was substantially shortened from the original.
		The critics' version contained a note in the opening credits that the film is "based on the 9/11 commission report.'' That was omitted Sunday.
		John Lehman, another Republican commission member, said on the ABC News show that he's told the film is equally harsh on the administrations of President Bush and his father.
	www.startribune.com.cob-web.org:8888 /459/story/668900.html (773 words)

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