{"product_id":"one-helluva-ride-michael-douglas","title":"One Helluva Ride - Michael Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a \"TV actor.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with his fractured, bi-coastal childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life that has spanned an extraordinary eight decades. \u003ci\u003eOne Helluva Ride \u003c\/i\u003ereveals 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\n\u003cp\u003eInitially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star, at age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood and stunned the world 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. When they told him he would never be anything more than a \"TV actor,\" he quit the hit series \u003ci\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco \u003c\/i\u003eto 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\n\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, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Behind the Candelabra\u003c\/i\u003e. These movies not only captured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet as Douglas's fame grew, so did his personal struggles. Here, for the first time, 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 a dangerous addiction that sent him to prison for years; and his against-all-odds battle with stage IV cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished October 13, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nice Stack Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45230592655560,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5567\/6360\/files\/OneHelluvaRide.jpg?v=1791679355","url":"https:\/\/nicestackofbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/one-helluva-ride-michael-douglas","provider":"Nice Stack Of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}