AchronologicallookatTheDoors,focusingonleadsinger,JimMorrison(1943-1971),fromtheformationofthebandin1965,it'sfirstgigs,andfirstalbum,toMorrison'sdeath,afteryearsofalcoholanddruguse.Alongthejourney,weseearchivalfootageofrehearsals,performances,andprivatemomentsincludingaMiamiconcertresultinginMorrison'sarrestandtrialforindecency.Hisloveofthespotlight,hisdesiretobeapoet,andhisalcohol-fueledmoodswingsleadtoabackandforthbetweenpublicandprivatedesires,successes,andfailures.Theband'*usicplaysthroughout.