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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Douglas, Michael
1944. Michael was born on September 25th, 1944. He also shares his birthday with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their very good friend, Barbara Walters.
Catherine Zeta-Jones . He met Catherine Zeta-Jones at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998, began dating in March 1999 and got engaged on New Year's Eve 1999. They were married on 18th November 2000.
Kirk. His middle name comes from his famous father, Kirk Douglas.
Dylan Michael. Dylan Michael was born on 8th August about 6 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre near Beverly Hills. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21 and a half inches.
1976. Although he didn't play a role in the movie, he was one of the producers of it. Michael also won a Golden Globe award for this movie as well.
UN Messenger of Peace. The UN (United Nations) Messenger of Peace group focuses worldwide attention on nuclear disarmament and human rights.
January 23. Joel was born on January 23rd, 1947. September 25th is his birthday, December 9th is their father's birthday and January 22nd is their mother's birthday.
his father. Issur Danielovitch Demsky (aka Kirk Douglas) is a born Jew. His father's name is Jacob Danielovitchand his mother Channa were both from Russia. They came to America in 1912.
Cameron. Cameron Morrell was born on December 13th, 1978. They married in November 1977, and divorced in June 2000.
Michael Crichton. Good movie that didn't do that well. With Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland (and Dennis Miller). Ezsterhas did the script for 'Basic Instinct'.
| Although not a 'Michael Douglas movie', Douglas had a role in 'The China Syndrome'. What was it? | Michael Douglas
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Member of the news team. Very good movie. With Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon.
| Douglas starred in 'The American President'. Who played his political opponent? | Michael Douglas
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Richard Dreyfuss. Extremely pleasant. All of the choices were in the cast (along with Annette Bening). Aaron Sorkin script.
Japan. Not his best movie.
| Douglas had an unusual role in 'Falling Down'. Who was also in the movie? | Michael Douglas
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Tuesday Weld. It was Weld - but as an older woman, rather than as the young beauty of earlier days. Landers was in 'Chorus Line'. Moore was in 'Disclosure'. Griffith was in 'Shining Through'.
Anne Archer. Close was the 'other woman' in the movie. Paltrow was in 'A Perfect Murder'. Turner was in 'Romancing the Stone'.
'Wall Street'. One of his best movies.
World War II. With Melanie Griffith. A bit hokey.
'What I Did For Love'. 'Clowns' is from 'A Little Night Music'. 'Memory' is from 'Cats'. 'Music' is from 'Phantom of the Opera'.
'Heroes of Telemark'. The three were 'lesser' movies by Douglas. 'Heroes' stars Kirk Douglas, not Michael.
| Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones share the same birthday (though 25 years apart). What date and month is it? | Michael Douglas
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25th September. Michael was born in 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey and Catherine was born in 1969 in Swansea, Wales. They met in 1998 at a film festival in Deauville, France, got engaged on New Years' Eve 1999 and married at the Plaza Hotel, New York on 18 November 2000.
| In what film did Michael appear with his father, his mother and his son? | Michael Douglas
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It Runs in the Family. This 2003 film followed the problems of Alex Gromberg (Michael) and his relationships with his family - his parents Mitchell and Evelyn (played by his father Kirk Douglas and his mother Diana Douglas) and his son Asher (played by his son Cameron Douglas).
| What was the name of the President played by Michael in 'The American President'? | Michael Douglas
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Andrew Shepherd. The film is a comedy-drama about the widowed President Andrew Shepherd who falls in love with political lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), giving his rivals and the media the opportunity to attack his presidency. A J MacInerny was played by Martin Sheen who then went on to play President Josiah Bartlet in 'The West Wing'; Lewis Rothschild was played by Michael J Fox and Leon Kodak was played by David Paymer.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Michael's Oscar in 1976 was for co-producer (with Saul Zaentz) of the film which won the Best Picture Award. His other Oscar was for Best Actor as Gordon Gekko in 'Wall Street'.
| Michael had the same female co-star in 3 films between 1984 and 1989. Who was she? | Michael Douglas
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Kathleen Turner. Kathleen Turner was his co-star in 'Romancing the Stone', 'The Jewel of the Nile' and 'The War of the Roses'. Annette Bening was his co-star in 'The American President', Sharon Stone in 'Basic Instinct' and Gwyneth Paltrow in 'A Perfect Murder'.
The In-laws. Steve Tobias was the CIA operative who dragged conventional podiatrist Jerome Payser (Albert Brooks), the father of his prospective daughter-in-law, into a series of chaotic activities, not least jumping off the tallest building in Chicago when they were strapped together with (fortunately) a parachute!
| Michael's character said 'Greed, for lack of a better word, is good' in which film? | Michael Douglas
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Wall Street. Michael, as Gordon Gekko, was a ruthless Wall Street broker who took the young and naive Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) under his wing. In his speech to the stockholders of Teldar Paper, Gekko explained his philosophy about greed in a way that made it sound logical and even honourable, but in the end it was greed that brought both Gekko and Fox down. It was the role of Gekko that gave Michael his Oscar as Best Actor.
Don't Say a Word. Michael played Dr Nathan Conrad, a psychiatrist, and Sean Bean played Patrick Koster, the leader of a gang of thieves. Koster kidnapped Nathan's daughter in order to force Nathan to get information from a disturbed young woman called Elisabeth, about a jewel which the gang had stolen 10 years earlier.
| Which of Michael's films was directed by Richard Attenborough? | Michael Douglas
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A Chorus Line. Michael played Zach, the choreographer, who interviewed the line-up of hopeful chorus members. It was panned by the critics and was not one of Michael's or Attenborough's best films.
| Which magazine did Michael and Catherine Zeta Jones sue in 2003? | Michael Douglas
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Hello!. They had signed a $1.8 million deal with Okay! magazine to print photos of their wedding. Hello! scooped the photos and published them 3 days earlier than Okay! magazine. When Michael and Catherine sued for £835,000 they were awarded just £24,000 by the judge who said that Hello! had only breached their 'commercial confidence' despite Michael and Catherine's claim of 'emotional distress'.
Cast a Giant Shadow. Michael played a jeep driver (uncredited) in this film in 1966. He was an assistant film editor or gopher for the other films.
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