Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman (2012)

  • PG
  • 01/24/2012 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 34m

Overview

“Mr Mojo Risin’” is the story of the making of the Doors’ last album with Jim Morrison “L.A. Woman”. 2011 is the 40th anniversary both of the album’s release and of the death of Jim Morrison and this programme goes into detail of how the album came about, its recording and what was happening to the band at the time. The story is told through new interviews with the three surviving Doors: Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore plus contributions from Jac Holzman, founder of their label Elektra Records, Bill Siddons, who was their manager, Bruce Botnick, engineer and co-producer of the album and others associated with the Doors at this time. The show includes archive footage of the Doors performing both live and in the studio, classic photographs and new musical demonstrations from the Doors.

Martin R. Smith

Director

Cast

Jim Morrison's headshot

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)
Ray Manzarek's headshot

Ray Manzarek

Self
John Densmore's headshot

John Densmore

Self
Robby Krieger's headshot

Robby Krieger

Self
Jim Ladd's headshot

Jim Ladd

Self
Paul A. Rothchild's headshot

Paul A. Rothchild

Self (archive footage)
Michael McClure's headshot

Michael McClure

Self
Jac Holzman's headshot

Jac Holzman

Self

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