Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas was a prducer of One Flew Over
The Cuckoo's Nest. Kirk Douglas had bought the rights hoping
to play the lead McMurphy. After passing the production rights
to his son, Michael decided his Dad was too old to play McMurphy
and in the end Jack Nicholson was cast. Apparently Kirk Douglas
was angry with his son for quite a while after that.
Anyway, away from Michael Douglas the producer
to Michael Douglas the actor. Romancing The Stone and Jewel
Of The Nile are excellent entertainment movies, but, in my
opinion, it was Fatal attraction and Wall Street where we
really began to see the depth of Michael's talent. And then
Basic Instinct a massive box-office success where Michael
starred with the georgeous and sexy Sharon Stone. You have
to hand it to Michael Douglas, he has a great nose for potent
scripts, because Disclosure, a movie based on Michael Crichton's
novel, is brilliant. Michael Douglas plays a man subjected
to sexual harassment by his boss, played by Demi Moore. I
love that film and Douglas's and Moore's performances are
excellent. And I must mention Traffic, where Michael Douglas
starred with his wife Catherine Zeta Jones...
Tim Rees
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