Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
It won’t be ignored! Fatal Attraction debuted in theaters more than three decades ago, but the critically acclaimed film remains a fan favorite.The erotic thriller — which began as the 1979 short Diversion — was fleshed out into a full-fledged screenplay by writer-director James Dearden.
The story follows Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), a married New York lawyer, as he enters into a seemingly no-strings-attached affair with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) while wife Beth (Anne Archer) and daughter Ellen (Ellen Hamilton Latzen) are out of town.
However, when Alex becomes increasingly obsessed with Dan, the relationship takes a dangerous turn.Upon its release, Fatal Attraction was an instant box office hit, spending eight weeks at No.
1 and becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1987 behind Three Men and a Baby. The film earned more than $157 million domestically and went on to nab six Acadamy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing.Over time, however, the psychological thriller has faced backlash for its portrayal of mental health.
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