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10 unusual facts about Michael douglas


Anthony Peckham

Eleven years later, in 2001, the Michael Douglas thriller Don't Say A Word, Peckham's second screenplay to reach production, premiered.

Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria

Much of what was his property now belongs to Michael Douglas, most notably the Moorish style palace 'S'Estaca' that Ludwig converted from a ruined old manor house.

Behind the Candelabra

Director Steven Soderbergh first spoke with Michael Douglas about the idea of doing a Liberace film during the production of Traffic (2000), but had trouble figuring out an angle for it that would differentiate it from a traditional biopic.

Diane Thomas

She was working as a waitress while writing scripts and then had the opportunity to pitch the script for Romancing the Stone to customer Michael Douglas who then bought, produced, and starred in the film with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.

Douglas v Hello! Ltd

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones agreed a deal with OK! Magazine which would give the company exclusivity over their wedding which took place in 2000 at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

Hail, Hero!

For his performance, Michael Douglas was nominated for Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.

Mark Critch

He is most famous for his road pieces on the show, in which he has accosted celebrities such as John Kerry, Michael Douglas, Alec Baldwin, former Canadian Prime minister Paul Martin, Howard Dean, Avril Lavigne, Hillary Clinton and many more.

No Income No Asset

The term was also popularized in the 2010 US film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps by the character Gordon Gekko played by Michael Douglas.

Summertree

In 1970 twenty-year-old Jerry (Michael Douglas) returns to his parents Herb (Jack Warden) and Ruth (Barbara Bel Geddes) to let them know that he has dropped out of university to find himself.

The Way You Do the Things You Do

The song was released in 1989 in the major of the European countries (in July 1990 in France), and was featured in the Ridley Scott/Michael Douglas film Black Rain.


Cindy Cowan

During her tenure as president, IEG had successes that included: an Emmy nomination for Rent-A-Kid starring Leslie Neilson; Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice nominations for If These Walls Could Talk; a United Nations Award for Savior starring Dennis Quaid; and Oscar winning Traffic starring Michael Douglas.

DVAS

Michael Douglas was the muse for Black Rain, one of 10 tracks on their latest collection, Macho.

Indira Vizha

This movie is loosely based on the Hollywood movie "Disclosure" starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore.

Malte Herwig

Herwig is also known as an interviewer, whose empathetic but also sometimes confrontational style with stars like Michael Douglas, Charlotte Rampling and Rupert Everett has won acclaim.

Michael Ontkean

Ontkean was not the director's first choice for the film: Arthur Hiller had previously approached Tom Berenger, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, William Hurt and Peter Strauss to play the lead, before finally approaching Ontkean.

Nicholas Bayard Dill

Diana Dill, moved to the USA, becoming an actress, and was married to actor Kirk Douglas, with whom she had two sons, Michael Douglas and Joel Douglas.

One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's is a 2001 American crime comedy film written by Stan Seidel, directed by Harald Zwart, and starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman, Michael Douglas, and Andrew Silverstein.

Stuart Pankin

Although Pankin is well known for comedy roles and game show appearances (e.g., The $100,000 Pyramid), he has sometimes also taken dramatic roles, such as Michael Douglas' friend Jimmy, who attempts to hit on Glenn Close in Adrian Lyne's hit thriller Fatal Attraction.

Susi Graf

She worked as a television producer interviewing numerous film directors such as Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, Terry Gilliam and many more as well as actors like Demi Moore, Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson.

The Century Towers

Those include Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Burt Lancaster, David Janssen, Jack Benny, Sebastian Siegel, Diana Ross, Karen Carpenter who purchased two condos & converted them into her own duplex in 1976, Josh Flagg, Ruth Handler (founder of Mattel), Edith Flagg and Berry Gordy.

The Star Chamber

Judge Hardin (Douglas) is an idealistic Los Angeles jurist who gets frustrated when the technicalities of the law prevent the prosecution of two men who are accused of raping and killing a 10-year-old boy.