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Michael Douglas
Born 25 Sept 1944, in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Wise words: "I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work."
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Michael Douglas - news / articles
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Douglas to be honoured with theatre award -
15 December 2011
-Veteran actor Michael Douglas is set to be honoured for his career achievements by bosses at his former theatre company in Connecticut.-The Wall Street star will be handed the prestigious Monte Cristo Award by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in recognition of his glit
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Douglas lands dad's award at Santa Barbara Film Festival -
15 October 2011
-Michael Douglas embraced his father Kirk as he received the film honour named after his movie legend dad at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California on Thursday.-The Wall Street icon was named the recipient of the 2011 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellenc
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Douglas moving on from health battle with golf games -
29 September 2011
-Michael Douglas is looking forward to participating in a golf tournament in Scotland this week (begs26Sep11) following his "eventful" cancer battle.-The Wall Street icon spent six months fighting throat cancer last year (10), undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy tre
Michael Douglas - what members say
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Feel-Good at its best. 5 April 2004
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26 April 2004
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Edge of the seat thriller 15 August 2011
Michael Douglas - filmography
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas
Director: Peter Hyams
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In this remake of Fritz Lang's classic noir thriller, Michael Douglas stars as high-profile district attorney Mark Hunter, who in the wake of his professional success has set his sights on the position of governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious young reporter CJ Nicholas (Jesse ..read more »
 
59%
from 846 members
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Lion And The Mouse - The Story Of Americ...
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Michael Douglas
Director: Lucinda Spurling
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The Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America and Bermuda, narrated by Michael Douglas, is a series of three hour-long documentary films that tell the story of Bermuda’s role in American history, and the conflicts and characters that shaped the relationship between the little Atlantic island and the ..read more »
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from 6 members
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Trumbo
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Director: Peter Askin
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"Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
56%
from 42 members
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Dinosaurs Alive - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Michael Douglas
Director: David Clark, Bayley Silleck
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Dinosaurs Alive is a global adventure of science and discovery -featuring the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous "reincarnated" life-sized for the giant IMAX screen. Audiences will journey with some of the world's preeminent paleontologists as they uncover ..read more »
47%
from 67 members
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King of California
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Douglas, Michael Doulgas
Director: Mike Cahill
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Michael Douglas gives a bravura performance in writer-director Mike Cahill's feature-length debut, KING OF CALIFORNIA. Douglas stars as Charlie, a troubled musician who has just been released from a mental hospital. He returns home to live with his 16-year-old daughter, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood), ..read more »
61%
from 3,502 members
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You, Me And Dupree - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Seth Rogen, Owen Wilson, Michael Douglas
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
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Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) and Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) have been friends forever. But everything changes when Carl marries Molly Thompson (Kate Hudson) and best man Dupree becomes the third wheel. Free-spirited Dupree's antics suddenly seem juvenile and Carl has to decide where his loyalty lies-..read more »
58%
from 184 members
Not available for rental
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You, Me And Dupree
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Michael Douglas, Kate Hudson
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
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Carl and Molly have found the one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed newly wedded world: Dupree. A slacker with the soul of a poet, Dupree just can't seem to catch a break from The Man. When he takes a week off to go be the best-man at Carl and Molly's wedding in Hawaii, Dupree gets ..read more »
60%
from 42,406 members
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The Sentinel - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Eva Longoria, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: Clark Johnson
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Special Agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is convinced that a Neo-Nazi aryan disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Bellentine. He is relieved of his duties, but ..read more »
62%
from 2,124 members
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The Sentinel
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Eva Longoria, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: Clark Johnson
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Special Agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is convinced that a Neo-Nazi aryan disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Bellentine. He is relieved of his duties, but ..read more »
62%
from 38,043 members
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It Runs In The Family
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Rory Culkin
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Three generations of Hollywood's Douglas clan star in this family comedy that mirrors the ups and downs of the famous family's real lives. Following in the footsteps of ON GOLDEN POND Michael Douglas and his father Kirk Douglas appear onscreen together as a dysfunctional father and son struggling ..read more »
47%
from 1,070 member
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The In-Laws
(2003)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen
Director: Andrew Fleming
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Watch now: Unavailable
Michael Douglas plays Steve Tobias the undercover CIA agent and Candice Bergen plays his ex-wife in this remake of the Peter Falk original from 1979. Tobias is a Bond-style plane-stealing bullet-dodging agent, whose son (Ryan Reynolds, VAN WILDER PARTY LIAISON) hopes his wedding to stress-free ..read more »
58%
from 2,624 members
Not currently released
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One Night At McCool's
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser
Director: Harald Zwart
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The title refers to the night when three men, Randy (Matt Dillon), his cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) and Detective Dehling (John Goodman), all meet Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) at a bar called McCool's. Actually, they don't so much meet her as fall under her spell when they first lay eyes on her. In her ..read more »
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from 1,869 member
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Don't Say A Word
(2001)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy
Director: Gary Fleder
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When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager (Brittany Murphy) with a secret stuck deep in a blocked memory. The Conrads are the prototypical happy ..read more »
63%
from 6,113 members
Not currently released
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Traffic
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Catherine Zeta Jones
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless ..read more »
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from 18,869 members
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One Day In September
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Michael Douglas
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 ..read more »
66%
from 3,531 members
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A Perfect Murder
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Andrew Davis
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Emily Bradford (Paltrow) is a society daughter married to the successful Steven Taylor (Douglas). Heiress to a huge family fortune, Emily is due to inherit a one hundred million dollar trust fund much to the delight of her conniving husband. An adulterous transgression by Emily with the even more ..read more »
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from 3,396 members
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The Game - HD
(1997)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger
Director: David Fincher
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For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual ..read more »
71%
from 528 members
Not currently released
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The Game
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger
Director: David Fincher
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Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven (1995) with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton, a ..read more »
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from 12,038 members
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The Game - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger
Director: David Fincher
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For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual ..read more »
77%
from 155 members
Not available for rental
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The American President
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Director: Rob Reiner
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Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is a handsome, youthful widower raising a teenage daughter. He also just happens to be the president of the United States of America, and a very popular one at that. Unfortunately, he's also quite lonely, and the life of a president leaves little time for dating. ..read more »
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from 5,737 members
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Disclosure
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland
Director: Barry Levinson
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A thriller based around power, sex, ambition and corporate intrigue. An executive working for Digicom finds himself fighting for his career and his marriage when his female boss, a former lover, charges him with sexual harassment. Based on a book by Michael Crichton.
58%
from 4,374 members
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Falling Down
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Director: Joel Schumacher
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A laid-off defence worker, kept from seeing his child on her birthday by a restraining order, looks at the landscape of moral decay in Los Angeles on one hot, congested day and, after being mugged, snaps. What follows is his bitter and pathetic mission of justice, vengeance and vindication that ..read more »
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from 12,786 members
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Falling Down - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Director: Joel Schumacher
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A laid-off defense worker, kept from seeing his child on her birthday by a restraining order, looks at the landscape of moral decay in Los Angeles on one hot, congested day and, after being mugged, snaps. What follows is his bitter and pathetic mission of justice, vengeance and vindication that ..read more »
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from 1,995 member
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Basic Instinct
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Director: Paul Verhoeven
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This cold, stylish erotic-thriller grossed over $100 million at the box-office despite vigorous protests at its depiction of gays and women. The shocking opening sequence features a graphic sexual encounter involving a rock-star bound with a white Hermes scarf by an unidentified blond woman. ..read more »
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from 11,984 members
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Basic Instinct - HD
(1992)
Starring: Dennis Arndt, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Michael Douglas
Director: Paul Verhoeven
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This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a ..read more »
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from 357 members
Not currently released
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Shining Through
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith
Director: David Seltzer
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In 1940, a half-Irish, half-Jewish woman from Queens (Melanie Griffith) takes a posh secretarial job for an attorney who turns out to be a US government spy (Michael Douglas). Despite her lower-class status, the two become lovers, and the lawyer reluctantly allows her to go to Berlin to spy on a ..read more »
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from 469 members
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War Of The Roses
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito
Director: Danny De Vito
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Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, respectively) were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business. They had a great house, great art, great cars, and great kids. But when she sues for divorce, this black comedy ..read more »
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from 4,517 members
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Black Rain
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
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from 3,538 members
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Black Rain - Blu-ray
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
64%
from 784 members
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Black Rain - HD
(1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
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from 295 members
Not currently released
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Wall Street
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
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from 8,104 members
Not currently released
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Fatal Attraction
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
Director: Adrian Lyne
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While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put ..read more »
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from 7,475 members
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Wall Street - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
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from 2,557 members
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A Chorus Line
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Audrey Landers, Vicki Frederick
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Based on the popular Broadway show, CHORUS LINE is the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in the program. The film, starring Michael Douglas, includes such song hits as "What I Did for Love;" "Dance 10, Looks 3;" and "Surprise, Surprise."
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from 1,767 member
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The Jewel Of The Nile
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito
Director: Lewis Teague
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An action-packed sequel to the popular Romancing the Stone. Novelist Joan Wilder and her adventurous boyfriend Jack Colton are sailing in the Mediterranean, when the writer is asked to ghost the biography of Eastern potentate Omar. The lovers become embroiled in another crazy escapade, in search of ..read more »
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from 4,884 members
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The Star Chamber
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Peter Hyams
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A judge frustrated by the lenient legal system joins a secret group of judges who have set up their own court which operates outside the scope of the law. When verdicts are reached on two men who are later discovered to be innocent, serious ethical questions arise in this taut and interesting thriller.
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from 272 members
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The China Syndrome
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
Director: James Bridges
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This gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power carried an extra jolt when a real-life accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania occurred just weeks after the film opened. Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) is a TV reporter trying to advance from fluff pieces to harder ..read more »
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from 2,237 members
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Running
(1979)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
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Mike Andropolis is a failure, law school drop-out and jack-of-all-trades, and is about to lose his house and family. In desperation he decides to train for the Olympic Marathon in a last ditch attempt at winning back his family and his self-respect.
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from 79 members
Not currently released
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Shattered Silence
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley
Director: Philip Leacock
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An atmospheric, made-for-TV movie, SHATTERED SILENCE (aka WHEN MICHAEL CALLS) stars Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley and a young Michael Douglas. Helen (Ashley) is a divorced single mother, still trying to cope with the mental breakdown of her sister and the subsequent death of her nephew many years ..read more »
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from 8 members
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Hail Hero!
(1969)
Starring: Michael Douglas
Director: David Miller
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The generation gap is more than just long hair, loud music, or a misunderstanding of ideals between father and son. It is a void from which a new force must emerge, a new hero!
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from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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The Big Sky
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Steve Geray
Director: Howard Hawks
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Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men up the Missouri River to get a large haul of furs from friendly Blackfoot Indians. The problem is that they have to get through hostile Indian territory first and they find that they have ..read more »
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from 40 members
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