88Comrade2000 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hollywood Legend Kirk Douglas Dies at 103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I am Spartacus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Some of his early films are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 RIP Kirk Douglas. While he’s more known for the Spartacus line, he really kicked ass in Paths of Glory. One of the best films ever made IMO. It was an amazing role and he played it perfectly. IIRC, I think that was the film that really started his career. If you ever get a chance, you should watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TradeTheBeal! Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 The man was doing his own stunts at 61 years old. RIP legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Sooooo.........Catherine Zeta-Jones is back on the market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 minute ago, TheGreatBuzz said: Sooooo.........Catherine Zeta-Jones is back on the market? Not unless he took his son Michael with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Just now, The Evil Genius said: Not unless he took his son Michael with him. Hahaha....opps. Michael has looked like death for so long, I just assumed it was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 a good time, if dated, is the political thriller from the 50's/60's he starred in with a great ensemble cast----seven days in may good book too he really was a talented actor, lots of meaty roles, and certainly prolific---liked his lighter stuff too...lot of fun westerns of the day, like war wagon with john wayne i stayed out of two i think recent "i'm dead" threads...neil peart was one...just wears on me sometimes...every now and then i'll think of how much of an amputation it will feel like if i'm alive when the last beatle dies... rip mr. hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, The Sisko said: RIP Kirk Douglas. While he’s more known for the Spartacus line, he really kicked ass in Paths of Glory. One of the best films ever made IMO. It was an amazing role and he played it perfectly. IIRC, I think that was the film that really started his career. If you ever get a chance, you should watch it. Yep, one of my favorites that I always recommend. That movie always gets an emotional response out of me - anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 He found love, success, wealth, family, fame, and stayed in the game beyond 100 years old. That's as close to winning as mortal existence allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 i remembered this to add (also plug two more movies---"champion" and "lonely are the brave") https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kirk-douglas-helped-end-hollywood-blacklist-he-wasn-t-alone-n1131256 Quote Kirk Douglas helped end the Hollywood blacklist, but he wasn't alone. He and director Otto Preminger gave barred screenwriter Dalton Trumbo credit for their respective 1960 movies, "Spartacus" and "Exodus." Douglas worked to have the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo credited for the 1960 film "Spartacus," in which Douglas starred. Trumbo was a member of the Hollywood Ten, a group of writers and directors cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Trumbo was involved in two films that year, "Spartacus," which came out in October, and "Exodus," directed by Preminger and released in December. Preminger told The New York Times in January 1960 that Trumbo was involved in his movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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