Michael Douglas — Actor (46)
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It's My Turn (1980)
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Claudia Weill actor: Jill Clayburgh / Michael Douglas …
other title: Amarti a New York / C'est ma chance …
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
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Oliver Stone actor: Michael Douglas / Shia LaBeouf …
other title: Wall Street - Il denaro non dorme mai / Wall Street: O Dinheiro Nunca Dorme …
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
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The Green Fog (2018)
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Guy Maddin / Galen Johnson … actor: Chuck Norris / Michael Douglas
A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California, where the magic was created; but also a challenge: how to pay homage to a masterpiece without using its footage; how to do it simply by gathering images from various sources, all of them haunted by the curse of a mysterious green fog that seems to cause irrepressible vertigo…
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Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
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Robert Scheerer actor: Michael Douglas / Lee Purcell …
other title: Adam a las 6 de la madrugada
A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
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The Day After Peace (2009)
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Jeremy Gilley actor: Jeremy Gilley / Jude Law …
Against all the odds an individual manages to create an annual global 'Peace Day'; but can he inspire an actual ceasefire and silence the cynics by proving the day can actually save lives?
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Get Bruce! (1999)
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Andrew J. Kuehn actor: Whoopi Goldberg / Bette Midler …
other title: Get Bruce - Mit der Lizenz zum Lachen / Get Bruce
Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to Presidents. We meet his mom and see photos of his childhood; in Chicago, he writes for the Tribune and then heads West. Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Bette Midler talk with him and to the camera about working with Bruce, and we also watch Bruce help others prepare for Liz Taylor's 60th, Bill Clinton's 50th, and an AIDS awards banquet where the hirsute, rotund Vilanch lets his emotions show.
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A Chorus Line (1985)
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Richard Attenborough actor: Michael Douglas / Alyson Reed …
other title: Chorus Line / A chorus line
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.
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When Michael Calls (1972)
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Philip Leacock actor: Ben Gazzara / Elizabeth Ashley …
other title: Silêncio Mortal / Nightfall - Anrufe aus dem Jenseits …
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
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Summertree (1971)
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Anthony Newley actor: Michael Douglas / Jack Warden …
Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is drafted into the Army, just as things begin to go well for him. He decision to flee to Canada sparks off conflict with his parents, ending in the film's conclusion - in Vietnam.
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Hail, Hero! (1969)
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David Miller actor: Arthur Kennedy / Teresa Wright …
other title: ¡Hail, héroe!
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
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One Day in September (1999)
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Kevin Macdonald actor: Michael Douglas / Ankie Spitzer …
other title: Un giorno a settembre / Ein Tag im September …
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli revenge operation 'Wrath of God.' The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various officials detailing exactly how the police, lacking an anti-terrorist squad and turning down help from the Israelis, botched the operation.
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The Drivetime (1995)
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Antero Alli actor: Michael Taylor Donovan / Michael Douglas …
A bemused time-traveling librarian named Flux from the serenity of 2023 to the chaos of Seattle in 1999, where he uncovers video footage from a riot that triggered the city's collapse. Society's obsession with communications technology has created the near-extinction of conversation. People communicate via e-mail and videofax; the film's few face-to-face encounters have a sourish, sitcom-type sting.
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Wonder Boys (2000)
Wonder Boys
Curtis Hanson actor: Michael Douglas / Katie Holmes …
other title: Wonder Boys - Prodígios / Die WonderBoys …
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
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Trumbo (2007)
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Peter Askin actor: Joan Allen / Michael Douglas …
other title: Trumbo y la lista negra
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
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Franklin (2024)
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actor: Michael Douglas / Noah Jupe …
other title: Benjamin Franklin
In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France—with the fate of American independence hanging in the balance.
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
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Stanley Nelson actor: Carl Hart / Koe Rodriguez …
other title: Crack: Kokain, Korruption und Konspiration / Crack : Cocaïne, corruption et conspiration …
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.