{"product_id":"untitled-memoir-md-9781538782224","title":"One Helluva Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a “TV actor.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the modern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t exactly a stretch for me.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with his fractured, bi-coastal childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life that has spanned an extraordinary eight decades. \u003ci\u003eOne Helluva Ride\u003c\/i\u003e reveals incredible behind-the-scenes stories featuring a Who’s Who of Hollywood, many of them never revealed before and some outrageously funny, with an unflinching honesty about his sometimes bad-boy life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInitially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star, at age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood and stunned the world when he won his first Oscar for producing the five-time Academy Award-winning classic film \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e. When they told him he would never be anything more than a “TV actor,” he quit the hit series \u003ci\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e to become an international movie star, with a list of classic films that have grossed billions of dollars, winning a second Oscar for his riveting performance as Gordon Gekko in \u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I can’t think about my life without thinking of my movies,” Douglas says, and he recounts his career through twelve of his most iconic films, including \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe China Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRomancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBehind the Candelabra\u003c\/i\u003e.  These movies not only captured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet as Douglas's fame grew, so did his personal struggles. Here, for the first time, he recounts the full, unfiltered story of his turbulent first mar­riage; infidelity and affairs with some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood; his own serious struggle with alcohol, drugs and rehab; the heartbreaking fight to save his son from a dangerous addiction that sent him to prison for years; and his against-all-odds battle with stage IV cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe saw Catherine Zeta Jones on a movie screen and instantly fell for her. Their incredible love story transformed his life and proved all the tabloids wrong, enduring after twenty-five years of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFather, son, husband, actor, producer, brother and friend. This is the real, raw, deeply honest and vulnerable Michael Douglas you don't know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52357514953009,"sku":"9781538782224","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/2420\/2801\/files\/O_dafb3b5d-9101-45aa-af43-6726c2844a29.jpg?v=1777867836","url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/untitled-memoir-md-9781538782224","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}