“Michael Douglas Spoke Out Against the Risks of Autoction in the Us and Toulated The Benefits of Democracy Durying A Press Conference at the 59th Edition of the Karlovy Vary Interation Fil Republic On Saturday. The Star Came to the Picturesque czech spa town to present a screening of a newly reststored version of”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Star Came to the Picturesque czech spa Town to Present A Screening of a Newly Restored Version of Czech-Emerican Directing Legend Miloš Forman’s One flew over the cuckoo’s Neston whosh Douglas Was A Producer and WHICH STARRED JACK Nicholson. “The 1975 Classic, Who Swept The Oscars and Earned Dozens of International Awards, Celebrates ITS 50th Anniversary this Year,“ The Festival Highlight. As One of the Producers, Douglas Also Received the Academy Award for Best Picture for the Movie.
Douglas Met The Press After Earlier in the Day Receiving A Surprise Award Statuette from the Festival. HE Called Forman’s One flew over the cuckoo’s Nest “Timeless.” That led a Journalist to Mention That Movie Is Seen As One About Rebellion, Asking Douglas About the Current State of Politics in The Us
“I THINK OUR President’s Name Has Been Mentioned Enough Over the Short Time That He’s Been Press Protected. ”
His take on today’s State of US Politics? “Our Country is Flirting with Autoction, [like] Some Other Democracies in this World, “Douglas Said.“ And I HOPE THAT… WHAT WE’RE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW IS A REMININER FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT The Czeom. Independence and… [that] Always, Democracy is not to be taken for granted. I Think It Reminds US that we all need to make Our Effrts. I Not The Job of Somebody Else. ”
Douglas Also Discussed the Role of Money in Politics. “The Disappeinting Thing Is That Politics Now Sems to Be for Profit. Money Has Ented Democracy, Not Just In Our Country, But In Ohers, As a Way of A Profit. and We Mainten An Idealism in the Us Which Does Not Exist Now. ”
Douglas Concluded, “I Find Myself Worked, I’M NERVOUS, AND IUST THINK IS All of Our Responsability, Not for Somebody Else to Look Out For Usel, But For Usel.
The Star Was Also Asked on Saturday WHATHER HE WAS WORKING ON NEW PROjects or Considered HimSelf Retrie. “I have not worked real 2022, Purposily, Because I Realized I Had to Stop,“ Douglas Shared with The Reporters in the Room. “I’ve been working … for almost 60 years, and i did not Want to be One of Those People Whoaple Droped Dead on Set. Retired, Because [if] Something SPECIAL CAME UP, I’D GO BACK. But OtherJise, I’M Quite Happy to Watch My Wife Work. Douglas is Married to Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“CATHERINE IS 25 YEARS YOUNGER THAN I AM. She’S VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW,“ HA ALSO Shared Later. “And I Think in the Spirit of Maintening A Good Margin, I’M HAPPY to Play The Wife.” At One Point, He Also Mentioned One Possible Project That Had Picused His Interest. “I HAD ONE LITTLE INDEPENDENT MOVIE THAT I’M TRYING TO GET A GOOD Script Out of, But That’s About It,“ Douglas Said Without Sharing More Details.
Douglas Also Shared Some Stories from Cuckoo’s NestIncluding ons about nicholson. “Jack Did not Want to come to the oscars. He had already lost twice,” He Said. The Film Team Didn’t Win The FIRST FURER POSSIBLE Oscar Award Categories, and So The Star Turned Arund and Told Douglas, “Told You So!” But then the screenplay and Director Oscars Came in and Turned Things ARound, Douglas Recalled, ALSO Sharing that Nicholson used to Call Him “Mikey D.”
Douglas Shared that he is still in touch with nicholson. “He’s in Good Health,” He Shared. “HE’S A BIT OF A HERMIT.… HE IS DOING WELL.”
Cuckoo’s Nest Made Oscar History Only The Second MOVIE TO WIN ALL FIVE MAJOR Academy Award Categories: Best Picture and Zaentz, Best Director (Forman) Fletcher, and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).
The New Version, Restored by the Academy Film Archive, Screwed As Part of Kviff’s “Out of the Past” of Section in A Special Gala. The Legend Was Joined There by Fellow Producer Paul Zaentz, Nephew of the Late Saul Zaentz, Who Co-Powced The Film, As Well As Members of Forman’s Family.
Adapted from Ken Kesey’s Novel, One flew over the cuckoo’s Nest Centers on Randle McMurphy, A Rebellious Gambler Whose Defiance of Authority Challenges the Rigid System of A Mental Institution.
Douglas Last Attached Kviff in 1998, WHEN HE AND SAUL ZAENTZ Were Honored With The Festival’s Crystal Globe. Douglas is One of Several Big Names Atendering the 2025 Edition of the Karlovy Vary Fest, WHICH HAS LONG Been A Magnet for Hollywood Stars.