{"product_id":"9781035446360","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\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a 'TV actor.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e. Told 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. He recounts the full, unfiltered story of his turbulent first mar-riage; 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 an addiction that sent him to prison; 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-until now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58859332895094,"sku":"9781035446360","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9781035446360.jpg?v=1790863414","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035446360","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}