The Doors(1991) Today

The band's residency at the Whisky a Go Go and their explosion into the mainstream counterculture.

Morrison meets Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach; they form the band, taking their name from Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception . The Doors(1991)

Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson, and Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek. Budget: $32 million. Runtime: 2 hours and 21 minutes (141 minutes). The band's residency at the Whisky a Go

R (for heavy drug use, pervasive language, and nudity). Plot Overview Budget: $32 million

The film follows Jim Morrison's journey from a film student at UCLA in 1965 to his death in a Paris bathtub at age 27 in 1971. Key narrative phases include:

Val Kilmer's portrayal is widely considered the film's greatest strength. To prepare, he lived as Morrison for a year, learning his gait and mannerisms. The Doors (1991)