Kirk douglas, original name issur danielovitch, also called izzy demsky, born december 9, 1916, amsterdam, new york, u. Kirk douglas full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Cleftchinned, steelyeyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being the ragmans son the name of his. Saturn 3 is a 1980 british science fiction film produced and directed by stanley donen, and starring farrah fawcett, kirk douglas and harvey keitel. Kirk douglas active 1946 20 born dec 9, 1916 in amsterdam, new york, united states died feb 5, 2020 genres drama, western, comedy, adventure. A look back at kirk douglas most famous sexual conquests. The top 10 movies starring kirk douglas flickchart.
The final countdown is a 1980 alternate history science fiction film about a modern aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the 1941 attack on pearl harbor. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have been cut off. With kirk douglas, anthony quinn, james donald, pamela brown. Saturn 3 film fiction annee 80 avec kirk douglas, harvey. Kirk douglas, marlene jobert, trevor howard, tom courtenay when a smuggler douglas of russian manuscripts is mistaken for a spy, he finds himself entangled in international intrigue with the real agent s sexy wife jobert.
December 9, 1916 february 5, 2020 was an american actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and writer. Attempting to return to ithaca from the trojan war, ulysses encounters years of numerous adventures and. Nov 29, 2017 the bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Oct 03, 2015 the videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of time and effort to make these videos available for us to enjoy. With his explosive acting style, he became a lead boxoffice star, acting in successful films like champion 1949, young man with a horn 1950.
The final countdown 1980 a good science fictionnavy. Kirk douglas, the legendary actor and film pioneer, has died at the age of 103. It was wilders followup to sunset boulevard, and the two films, taken together, are a scathing indictment of certain aspects of american culture and american life. Because they starred in several films together, audiences believed that lancaster and douglas were something of a team. A look back at kirk douglas biggest roles fox news. After watching this film, it was also quite obvious that this movie influenced some of the more modern science fiction masterpieces like robocop, the 1st matrix and james camerons aliens. Under the leadership of spartacus, they make their way to southern italy. Kirk douglas is an american actor, producer, director, and author from the film industrys golden age, who debuted opposite barbara stanwyck in the film the strange love of martha ivers 1946. In the science fiction drama saturn 3 1980, we got to see kirks backside in action as he was locked in a goofy battle with harvey keitel. The top 50 movies starring kirk douglas flickchart. All kirk douglas movies ranked by tomatometer movie and tv news. See more ideas about farrah fawcett, sci fi movies and kirk douglas. Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from earth and his charge. In 1980, the us navys most powerful warship, the uss nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the pacific.
Ryan revisits the very weird 80s scifi movie, saturn 3. With kirk douglas, james mason, paul lukas, peter lorre. One of the criterion collections recent releases is billy wilders 1951 film ace in the hole, starring kirk douglas in one of his best performances. Here is a quiz about kirk and his legendary movie career. A naturalist, professor pierre aronnax, his assistant, conseil, and a professional whaler, ned land, join an us expedition which attempts to unravel the mystery. Farah fawcetts character it is ridiculously as sweet and innocent, and always screaming and needing to be rescued. R science fiction movie 1980 kirk douglas and farrah fawcett play an astronaut couple who are menaced by an unstable scientist and his monstrous robot. Though a british production made by lew grade s itc entertainment and shot at shepperton studios. Douglas put on the oneman stage show before i forget in 2009. Mar 27, 2020 kirk douglas, original name issur danielovitch, also called izzy demsky, born december 9, 1916, amsterdam, new york, u. Their perfect world is interrupted when benson harvey keitel arrives as saturn goes into eclipse and cuts off communication with the rest of the solar system. Loosely based on the 1966 science fiction novel make room. Apr 12, 2015 the list of adrian messenger is a 1963 american mystery film directed by john huston starring kirk douglas, george c.
The ships captain kirk douglas sends out a patrol and the f14 pilots are shocked to encounter vintage japanese warplanes. Although a hugely popular actor, douglas perhaps felt he was missing out on the real top parts. We laughed over kirk douglas playing the hottie in the movie. Produced by peter vincent douglas and directed by don taylor, the film stars kirk douglas, martin sheen, james farentino. Scifi and fantasy movies with kirk douglas scifan world. Stanley kubrick big trees, the 1952 color digitally remastered version. Feb 15, 2017 watch twenty thousand leagues under the sea 1954. The following is the filmography of american film and stage actor, film producer and author kirk douglas 19162020.
Kirk douglas, laurence olivier, jean simmons, et al. Cleftchinned, steelyeyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being the ragmans son the name of his bestselling 1988 autobiography to become a bona fide superstar, kirk douglas, also known as issur danielovitch demsky, was born on december 9, 1916 in amsterdam, new york. Scott, burt lancaster, robert mitchum, frank sinatra, tony curtis, dana. With kirk douglas, martin sheen, katharine ross, james farentino. The rebellious thracian spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to gladiator trainer batiatus. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in the strange love of martha ivers 1946 with barbara stanwyck. His popular films include out of the past 1947, champion 1949, ace in the hole 1951, the bad and the beautiful 1952, 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954, lust for life 1956, paths of glory 1957, gunfight at the o. He appeared in the 1980 science fiction timetravel film the final countdown. Overview v filmography v other appearances v awards v. Gene siskel gave the film oneandahalf stars out of four and called it a silly detective yarn, full of juvenile hollywood images. Though a british production made by lew grade s itc entertainment and shot at shepperton studios, the film has an american. With farrah fawcett, kirk douglas, harvey keitel, ed bishop.
Life achievement award winner 1999 showest convention, usa. Kirk douglas was an american actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and writer. Kirk played the title role in the tv movie amos 1985, and played william jennings bryan in the 1988 television adaptation of the stage play inherit the wind. To say that scifi thriller saturn 3 was a troubled picture is putting it mildly. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when. Kirk douglas, laraine day, keenan wynn writerdirector. Thats the premise of the final countdown, a 1980 science fiction film starring kirk douglas, martin sheen, james farentino, charles durning, and katharine ross.
I also remember thinking at the time that the movie was actually pretty good. A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near hawaii, just hours before the japanese attack on pearl harbor. Adam kirk douglas and alex farrah fawcett are two scientists stationed deep beneath the barren surface of saturns third moon, titan. A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the nautilus, commanded by captain nemo. Over the course of five decades, actors burt lancaster and kirk douglas made several movies together. The list of adrian messenger kirk douglas george c. As midge kelly in champion, he set a new standard in realism in.
The final countdown is a 1980 alternate history science fiction war film about a modern nuclearpowered super aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the infamous december 7, 1941 attack on pearl harbor. The final countdown 1980 a good science fictionnavy movie about time travel, starring martin sheen and kirk douglas. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. The disneybacked liveaction adaptation of jules vernes sciencefiction novel served as an opportunity for. Fantasyscience fiction film kirk douglas, james mason, paul lukas, peter lorre directed by richard fleischer produced by walt disney. Adam kirk douglas and alex farrah fawcett are two scientists stationed deep beneath the. Faroeste a caravana da morte 1955 com kirk douglas dublado. Sailors have returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal a giant whale with a long horn which sinks their ships. He starred in the science fiction, adventure film 20,000 leagues under the sea, which was shot in negril and the bahamas. Charles martin a romance novelist recruits an aspiring writer as his latest of many secretaries. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in the strange love of martha ivers with barbara stanwyck. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. Known for such films as ace in the hole 1951, paths of glory 1957 and spartacus 1960, douglas had one of his biggest successes in 1955 with the science fiction film 20,000 leagues under the sea. I laughed with my daughter to watch this obviously low budget movie, and we chuckled at it not being highdef.
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea 1954 movie kirk. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. In 2003, hollywood legend kirk douglas appeared with his son michael douglas in the motion picture it runs in the family. Kirk douglas, one of the great hollywood leading men whose offscreen life was nearly as colorful as his onscreen exploits in movies like spartacus and champion, has died, according to his son, actor michael douglas. Wait til you see the giant snow shovel scoop the police use to round up rowdies. Produced by peter vincent douglas with director, producer, actor and troma entertainment founder lloyd kaufman and directed by don taylor. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. In this film, kirk douglas stars as the hero from the odyssey, homers classic greek epic. One of the greatest stars of hollywood, kirk douglas, has passed away at 103 years old. List of science fiction films of the 1980s wikipedia. Kirk douglas, ralph meeker, adolphe menjou antiwar film basedon20thcenturyliterature drama find this movie on. The list of adrian messenger is a 1963 american mystery film directed by john huston starring kirk douglas, george c. It wasnt until 1946, after serving in the united states navy during world war ii and enjoying a subsequent stage career, that hollywood legend kirk douglas, then 30 years old, first stepped in front of a camera for the strange love of martha ivers.
The screenplay was written by martin amis, from a story by john barry. Renowned ladies man kirk douglas wasnt prepared to dish on his sexual exploits during his appearance on the dick cavett show in 1971 to hawk his latest movie, a. The life of brilliant but tortured artist vincent van gogh. Director stanley donens scifi film saturn 3 stars kirk douglas and farrah fawcett as scientists living on saturns third moon. He appeared in the 1980 sciencefiction timetravel film the final countdown. Kirk douglas and farrah fawcett play an astronaut couple who are menaced by an unstable scientist and his monstrous robot. A list of science fiction films released in the 1980s. Faroeste a caravana da morte 1955 com kirk douglas. On the surface, saturn 3 sounds like a perfectly reasonable recipe for an intense scifi horror flick.
Ordering the final countdown august 1980 in 1980, the us navys most powerful warship, the uss nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the pacific. Saturn award nominee 1981 best actor the final countdown 1980 american cinema foundation, usa. The scene where he is first booted up and filled with cyberblood is just vivid and stunning. Kirk douglas award for excellence in film winner 2007 screen actors guild awards. Roger ebert gave the film three stars out of four, calling it a good, solid science fiction movie, and a little more. Produced by peter vincent douglas with director, producer, actor and troma entertainment founder lloyd kaufman and directed by don taylor the film contains an ensemble. The top 20 movies starring kirk douglas flickchart. Feb 06, 2020 kirk douglas, one of the great hollywood leading men whose offscreen life was nearly as colorful as his onscreen exploits in movies like spartacus and champion, has died, according to his son, actor michael douglas.
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