Michael Douglas is one of the most well-known actors in Hollywood. Having gained prominence with his role in the ABC series The Streets of San Francisco, the actor went on to star in several movies and series. After acquiring the rights to the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest from his father, he produced the eponymous film and won his first Academy Award for it as well.
Michael Douglas as a younger Hank Pym in Avengers: Endgame
The Basic Instinct actor refused to work with one actress, none other than 1987’s Black Widow star Debra Winger. In a recent interview, he revealed why he refused to star with the actress in one of his most successful movies.
Debra Winger Bit Michael Douglas’ Arm as a Joke
Michael Douglas starred alongside Kathleen Turner in the 1984 action-adventure rom-com Romancing the Stone. The movie was a commercial hit with a worldwide gross of $115 million,...
Michael Douglas as a younger Hank Pym in Avengers: Endgame
The Basic Instinct actor refused to work with one actress, none other than 1987’s Black Widow star Debra Winger. In a recent interview, he revealed why he refused to star with the actress in one of his most successful movies.
Debra Winger Bit Michael Douglas’ Arm as a Joke
Michael Douglas starred alongside Kathleen Turner in the 1984 action-adventure rom-com Romancing the Stone. The movie was a commercial hit with a worldwide gross of $115 million,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
Moviegoers have been flocking to see their favorite romantic couples on the silver screen since the early days of cinema from John Gilbert and Greta Garbo, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and more recently Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. But none of those partnerships have endured nearly four decades. Until now.
Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner first starred together in Robert Zemeckis’ romantic 1984 comedy adventure “Romancing the Stone,” which was the eighth-highest grossing film of the year, winning the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical and Turner winning the Globe for actress in the same category. Penned by the late Diane Thomas, “Romancing” cast Turner as plain Jane romance novelist Joan Wilder, who shares her apartment with her cat. After she get a frantic call from her sister who has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers in Columbia,...
Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner first starred together in Robert Zemeckis’ romantic 1984 comedy adventure “Romancing the Stone,” which was the eighth-highest grossing film of the year, winning the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical and Turner winning the Globe for actress in the same category. Penned by the late Diane Thomas, “Romancing” cast Turner as plain Jane romance novelist Joan Wilder, who shares her apartment with her cat. After she get a frantic call from her sister who has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers in Columbia,...
- 6/9/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
“Romancing the Stone” looks like a fun adventure romp onscreen, but making the Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner movie that turns 35 this week was no stroll through the jungle. There were alligators, mud and plenty of back-and-forth with the studio — not to mention a tragedy after it opened.
The romantic comedy adventure opened March 30, 1984 and ended up as the eighth-highest grossing film of the year. It won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical, and Turner took home the Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical.
Following in the footsteps of blockbuster “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Romancing the Stone” was a real game changer career-wise for star-producer Douglas, who became an even more popular leading man; Turner, who proved she was more than a femme fatale; and Douglas’ friend Danny DeVito, who became a bankable actor and director.
Director Robert Zemeckis went on to become one of Hollywood’s major filmmakers,...
The romantic comedy adventure opened March 30, 1984 and ended up as the eighth-highest grossing film of the year. It won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical, and Turner took home the Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical.
Following in the footsteps of blockbuster “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Romancing the Stone” was a real game changer career-wise for star-producer Douglas, who became an even more popular leading man; Turner, who proved she was more than a femme fatale; and Douglas’ friend Danny DeVito, who became a bankable actor and director.
Director Robert Zemeckis went on to become one of Hollywood’s major filmmakers,...
- 3/30/2019
- by Susan King
- Variety Film + TV
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