The man who brought us 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (I couldn't find any version of the scene that worked on embed sorry!)
Spartacus
and The Vikings (which doesn't get a piece of media). Also his son Micheal Douglas star of Wall Street and Fatal Attraction but on this board maybe hes just that one guy from ant man.
I mostly wanted to make this thread because I watched two Kirk Douglas movies this year that I had never seen before: Paths of Glory and Ace in the Hole (sometimes known as The Big Carnival) and they both catapulted to some of my favorite movies I've ever seen. I figured I'd share some thoughts and encourage all of you to go and watch them!
Paths of Glory is a WWI movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Kirk Douglas is a Colonel who has to command his troops to press forward in an attack, and it doesn't go well, so then he finds himself having to defend them in a court martial for cowardice. Every part of it is amazing and I can't really over praise it in my mind. It feels so modern and more relevant than ever. When I was watching it I kept thinking of some parts of The Wire. Well it turns out it's one of David Simon's favorite movies (some mild spoilers) and he watched it with some detectives in his journalism days. All the detectives watched and identified which characters were which bosses in their department. It reminded me of plenty of my bosses in life. If you want to watch a movie about what feels like a large lumbering unstoppable institution that chews people up and spits them out while also being an anti-war film, I don't think you can do much better.
Ace in the Hole is about a journalist who desperately wants to leave his middle of nowhere newspaper and then stumbles upon his big break. In order to capitalize it he turns a life or death situation into a literal circus. Apparently the movie bombed when it first came out and most people thought it was unrealistic, that journalists couldn't be that petty and removed. Chasing money and fame over the actual story or sensationalizing. I think even just ten minutes of any cable news today would blow anyone away who thought that back then. Again has aged remarkably. But don't take my word for it, here you can see what Spike Lee thinks of it (with some mild spoilers).
So there you have it. I think he was a good actor who made some good movies! Fun fact it was required in his contract that he always had to have one scene where he didn't wear a shirt.
You can also have this classic SCTV sketch with a good impression of him.
