5. The Doors (Oliver Stone, 1991)
The Subject Jim Morrison, lead singer of rock band The Doors.
The Story (According To The Film) Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer), attends film school at the University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and begins to integrate with the local Venice Beach culture. He forms a band with a group of other individuals, calling themselves The Doors. After experimentation with psychedelic drugs, the group become popular during the counterculture movement of the 1960s, but Morrison becomes increasingly erratic as his drug use and alcohol consumption skyrockets, leading to a number of sociopathic episodes. He begins to miss recording sessions and shows, drawing the ire of his bandmates as he becomes involved in a sexual relationship with a journalist involved in witchcraft before being found dead in a Paris bathtub at the age of 27.
The Lies Surviving members of the band have been extremely critical of Stones portrayal of their former bandmate, themselves and other people in their lives, with criticisms including the following: The somewhat psychotic depiction of Morrison. Though those around him have previously stated that Morrison was prone to rages, scenes such as him putting somebody in a closet and setting it on fire are entirely fictional. Similarly, the alcohol consumption by the screen version of Morrison is said to be excessive in comparison to reality, The composition of several individuals into the character of Patricia Kennealy, Morrisons wife, who even director Oliver Stone later admitted shouldve been given a fictitious name in the film to avoid insult.