{"product_id":"9781538788073","title":"One Helluva Ride","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a “TV actor.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life\nfor the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003e“I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the\nmodern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t\nexactly a stretch for me.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eBeginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with\nhis superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and\nuncensored account of a remarkable life. One Helluva Ride reveals incredible\nbehind-the-scenes stories featuring a Who’s Who of Hollywood, many of them\nnever revealed before and some outrageously funny, with an unflinching honesty\nabout his sometimes bad-boy life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eInitially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star,\nat age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood when he won his first Oscar for\nproducing the five-time Academy Award-winning classic film One Flew Over the\nCuckoo's Nest. Told he would never be more than a “TV actor,” he quit the hit\nseries The Streets of San Francisco to become an international movie star, with\na list of classic films that have grossed billions of dollars, winning a second\nOscar for his riveting performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003e“I can’t think about my life without thinking of my movies,” Douglas\nsays, and he recounts his career through twelve of his most iconic films,\nincluding One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The China Syndrome, Romancing the\nStone, Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses,\nBasic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic and Behind the\nCandelabra.  These movies not only\ncaptured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eYet as Douglas's fame grew, so did his personal struggles. He recounts\nthe full, unfiltered story of his turbulent first mar­riage; infidelity and\naffairs with some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood; his own serious\nstruggle with alcohol, drugs and rehab; the heartbreaking fight to save his son\nfrom an addiction that sent him to prison; and his against-all-odds battle with\nstage IV cancer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eHe saw Catherine Zeta Jones on a movie screen and instantly fell for\nher. Their incredible love story transformed his life and proved all the\ntabloids wrong, enduring after twenty-five years of marriage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:\" arial en-sg\u003eFather, son, husband, actor, producer, brother and friend. This is the\nreal, raw, deeply honest and vulnerable Michael Douglas you didn't know―until\nnow.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53367413571895,"sku":"EB_PA0300_H04-01_DHS","price":109.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/862f2781-7233-4dc5-9b15-9fd69f20fc7a_746241ac-b3b2-4d86-88bb-ccef572420c0.jpg?v=1794321191","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9781538788073","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}