The photographer was actually a man, Joel Brodsky. In the film, the New Haven concert is a sold-out show, in a beautiful theater with a balcony. In real life, the show was at the New Haven Arena, a broken-down hockey rink with no balcony.
Though Oliver Stone was more than up to the task of making a movie about The Doors, Ray Manzarak was not happy with how the band turned out in the final movie. If there were to be an actual authentic movie on the psychedelic rock legends, chances are it would need to be X-rated.
The surviving members of The Doors claim that Val Kilmer did such a good job playing and singing as Jim Morrison that they could not distinguish his voice from the real Jim Morrison. Closeup shots use Val Kilmer's voice, long distance shots use Jim Morrison's voice.
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What age would Jim Morrison be today?
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) will forever be twenty-seven, as he was on the day he died. On December 8, 2019 he would have been seventy-six.
His father, George Morrison, a Navy rear admiral and veteran of three wars, was mystified by the long-haired poet in leather pants. He urged him to abandon music, citing “a complete lack of talent.” The rebuke shattered their relationship.
Who was supposed to play Jim Morrison in The Doors?
“He was really, really, really gung-ho on getting that Doors movie made. But believe it or not, his first choice for Jim was not Val Kilmer. It was John Travolta.”
On July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors, died in a bathtub at the age of 27. The official cause of death was heart failure, but most firsthand reports say that he died from a heroin overdose.
When asked on X for his thoughts on The Doors, he didn't hold back as he not only attacked the singer but went in on the whole group. He said they “Basically sucked … guitar and drums pretty ok … keyboard was awful ..his bass with left hand was abysmal, horrible …
for his part, Robert Plant,despises Morrison's behavior and insults The Doors talent, in the end, if we compare them artistically in general,for me,Plant is on second rate,an honest individual,but ultimately mediocre.
He said he, the time he spent him around Morrison, was very unhappy and he did not like Morrison, he thought Morrison was an obnoxious drunk, so. Ray Manzarek: Gee, that's odd coming from David 'cause he's really an obnoxious guy too. I know David's he really an obnoxious guy.
Jim Morrison did not have any biological children. However, he did have a close relationship with his longtime partner Pamela Courson. After Morrison's death in 1971, Courson claimed to be pregnant with his child, but unfortunately, she also passed away just a few years later under tragic circumstances.
With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison's poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture.
The Doors is entertaining for the most part but the gem is Kilmer's performance of the rock legend who passed away before his time. Content collapsed. Oliver Stone's The Doors is a grandiose, highly kinetic, film that flourishes in its own excess.
Morrison was later arrested in 1970 for allegedly exposing himself at a Florida concert, though the charges were posthumously dropped decades later. In an attempt to get his life back in order, Morrison took time off from the Doors in the spring of 1971 and moved to Paris with Courson.
Kilmer admitted that he wasn't a massive fan of The Doors, other than their big hits, so he spent his time preparing for the role by listening to their back catalogue. “Getting into the music was a lot of fun,” he said. “I wasn't familiar with a lot of it that wasn't on the radio, so that's what I did in preparation.
It was the first album released by the band following the death of lead singer Jim Morrison in July 1971 with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger sharing lead vocals. Tracks for the album had begun before Morrison's death and the band hoped that Morrison would return from Paris to finish them.
While Val Kilmer seemed like perfect casting to play The Doors frontman Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors, he was far from the first choice for the role.
Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors, passed away at the age of 74. Earlier in the year, the rocker had been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer.
Early in 1974 Morrison's will was executed as per his wishes, and Courson inherited his entire estate shortly before her own death in April of the same year. Friend Diane Gardner is quoted as saying in the book Break on Through by Riordan and Prochnicky: Pam was one of the funniest people I ever met.
Even after death, Morrison's music lived on and he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Jim Morrison had a height of 5'11” (1.80 m).
