Michael Douglas to be guest of honor at the 50th Deauville Festival

In 1998 he met his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, there.
“Everyone says that the Deauville Festival is special, but few people can say like me that it changed their lives.”

As every year since the creation of this category, the Deauville American Film Festival wants to honor a strong personality from the cinema of the United States. In 2011, it was Francis Ford Coppola. Two years ago, Thandie Newton. This year, as if to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of cinema with the Norman city, it is the turn of Michael Douglas to be the guest of honor of the festival. Him, the nepo baby who lived part of his youth in the shadow of his father – Kirk Douglas. The Deauville festival also paid tribute to him in 2020 following his death. For its 50th edition, it is once again the name Douglas, anchored in the history of cinema, which will resonate on the beaches.

Just like his father before him, Michael Douglas is an immense actor and producer. In 1975, he entered Hollywood through the front door by producing the brilliant and winner of six Oscars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – a film that his father dreamed of producing, but never succeeded in doing so. Thus, the son first excelled in production before sparkling in front of the camera. After his triumph in Wall Street by Oliver Stone in 1988 which earned him the Oscar for best actor, the actor has chained the classics, Basic Instinct, The Game, Fatal Liaisoncultivating an image of seducer on screen.

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Recently, as if to tick all the boxes on his acting resume, Michael Douglas tried his hand at superhero films by joining the cast from Ant-Man where he plays the role of Hank Pym. For the first time in his career, he plays on a green screen.

An accomplished, recognized and distinguished actor, his nomination is obvious to the festival organizers who stated on this subject: “The Festival has never ceased to salute the career of the major actor and producer of his generation. He will set foot on Norman soil a fifth time!”

Michael Douglas and the Deauville Festival are in love. In 1998, he met Catherine Zeta-Jones, now his wife, there. The actor declared:

“Everyone says that the Deauville Festival is special, but few people can say like me that it changed their lives.”

Before being the guest of honor at this festival, Michael Douglas received the Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. A double award one year apart.

Far from the big screen that made him famous, it is recently on the small screen that the American has broken through by playing Benjamin Franklin in the eponymous series.

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The Deauville Festival will be held from September 6 to 15. This 50th edition should be marked by the accusations of harassment, sexual assault and humiliation which weigh on its director, Bruno Barde. Seven former collaborators of the latter denounced his inappropriate actions in Mediapart.

To learn more about guest of honor Michael Douglas, the documentary Michael, the prodigal son is available on Canal +.