{"product_id":"one-helluva-ride-by-michael-douglas-signed-hardback","title":"One Helluva Ride, by Michael Douglas - Signed Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a \"TV actor.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Helluva Ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals incredible behind-the-scenes stories, many of them never revealed before and some outrageously funny, with an unflinching honesty about his sometimes bad-boy life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInitially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star, at age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood when he won his first Oscar for producing the five-time Academy Award-winning classic film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Told he would never be anything more than a \"TV actor,\" he quit the hit series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe China Syndrome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRomancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBehind the Candelabra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. These movies not only captured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67899303297253,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1721\/0879\/files\/Douglas-One-Helluva-Ride-1.jpg?v=1793114356","url":"https:\/\/saltsmillshop.co.uk\/products\/one-helluva-ride-by-michael-douglas-signed-hardback","provider":"Salts Mill Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}