Michael Douglas

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q119798: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Starman, which Starman with Katey Rich credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: It's My Turn (1980); Romancing the Stone (1984); Fatal Attraction (1987); Wall Street (1987); Black Rain (1989); The War of the Roses (1989); Basic Instinct (1992); The American President (1995); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Game (1997); Wonder Boys (2000); Haywire (2011); Behind the Candelabra (2013); A Chorus Line; A Perfect Murder; Ant-Man (franchise); Coma; Disclosure; Don't Say a Word; Falling Down; It Runs in the Family; Money Never Sleeps; The China Syndrome; The In-Laws; The Jewel of the Nile; The Sentinel; Traffic. Count them as producer (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Romancing the Stone (1984): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. theme (persona turn) · them, directly: Romancing the Stone ⇒ Michael Douglas (the host's read). Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through The Jewel of the Nile, which they acted in: Romancing the Stone ⇒ The Jewel of the Nile (the host's read). Jewel of the Nile is the sequel.
    “The sequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

A Christmas Carol (2009): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: A Christmas Carol ⇒ The Game (the maker said so: reading Fincher's quotes in the dossier JJ put together). Fincher's own framing, as quoted in the dossier, is that The Game is A Christmas Carol and Nick is Scrooge.
    “it's a Christmas carol.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Dial M for Murder: 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through A Perfect Murder, which they acted in: Dial M for Murder ⇒ A Perfect Murder (the host's read). One host asks about the original, Dial M for Murder, being shot in 3D, in connection with A Perfect Murder.
    “Dialing for murder was shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:26:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Crichton: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · through Disclosure, which they acted in: Michael Crichton ⇒ Disclosure (the host's read). The hosts note Disclosure is a Crichton book adaptation.
    “I forgot that's a crate.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Wall Street (1987): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Money Never Sleeps, which they acted in: Wall Street ⇒ Money Never Sleeps (the host's read). Wall Street is followed by Money Never Sleeps.
    “but then, of course, money never slept”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:28:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Babygirl (2024): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Basic Instinct (1992), which they acted in: Basic Instinct ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Body of Evidence (1993): 1 line

  1. theme (genre copy) · through Basic Instinct (1992), which they acted in: Basic Instinct ⇒ Body of Evidence (the host's read). Mid-90s sexy noir all followed Basic Instinct; Madonna's version was a spoof-level bust.
    “That was literally like a basic instinct spoof.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:22:30 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

Color of Night (1994): 1 line

  1. theme (genre copy) · through Basic Instinct (1992), which they acted in: Basic Instinct ⇒ Color of Night (the host's read). Bruce Willis's Color of Night was another Basic Instinct era noir with a famous full-frontal moment.
    “Everyone, remember Bruce Willis did that movie where he showed his penis?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:21:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Domestic Disturbance (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Fatal Attraction (1987), which they acted in: Fatal Attraction ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Domestic Disturbance is the late, bad entry in the 'from hell' thriller cycle that began with Fatal Attraction.
    “We had this really good run that starts with fatal fatal attraction into the 80s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they acted in: The War of the Roses ⇒ Game of Thrones (the host's read). The actual historical Wars of the Roses was a big inspiration for Game of Thrones.
    “Big inspiration for Game of Thrones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Douglas: 1 line, within their own work

  1. theme (persona turn) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they acted in: Romancing the Stone ⇒ Michael Douglas (the host's read). Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Money Never Sleeps: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Wall Street (1987), which they acted in: Wall Street ⇒ Money Never Sleeps (the host's read). Wall Street is followed by Money Never Sleeps.
    “but then, of course, money never slept”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:28:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Problem Child: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they acted in: The War of the Roses ⇒ Problem Child (the maker said so: the writer's own account on the show). They had pitched Problem Child to be a grown-up dark comedy like The War of the Roses.
    “talked about the War of the Roses”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:14:24 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Succession (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (looks like) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: The Game ⇒ Succession (the host's read). Jokes that the opening home-movie footage is ripped off by Succession.
    “ripped it right off”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:35:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Jewel of the Nile: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they acted in: Romancing the Stone ⇒ The Jewel of the Nile (the host's read). Jewel of the Nile is the sequel.
    “The sequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

  1. people (casting origin) · through Haywire (2011), which they acted in: Haywire ⇒ The Killer (the maker said so: the Q and A at the screening). Fincher cited Haywire, with Prometheus, as the Fassbender movies that made him cast him.
    “He said it was Prometheus and Haywire, which makes sense.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 1:17:06 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

The West Wing (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The American President (1995), which they acted in: The American President ⇒ The West Wing (TV series) (the host's read). The film is a test case for the West Wing, sharing actors like Martin Sheen and ideals.
    “it is a lot of ways a test case for the West Wing”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:02:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Wall Street (1987), which they acted in: Wall Street ⇒ Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (the host's read). Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a long-awaited legacy sequel to an Oscar-winning 80s drama.
    “a much minded sequel, long-awaited, a legacy sequel of sorts, to a Oscar winning 80s drama.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:46:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (7) everyone in producing

Acting (46) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (10)

  1. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner's onscreen chemistry in the Romancing the Stone era is called Han Solo and Leia level.
    “their chemistry is on some Han Solo Princess Leia type shit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:26 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s and seemed headed for 20 movies together; Roses was the last.
    “Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:05:46 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Michael Douglas → The American President. For the younger speaker the first Michael Douglas movie was The American President, which made his dark turns a shock.
    “the 1st Michael Douglas movie I saw was the American president.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:06:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Michael Douglas → Basic Instinct. Douglas discovered a dark streak with Basic Instinct, a genre he excels in.
    “And and then he discovered basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Michael Douglas → Fatal Attraction. Douglas's hit run from 87 includes Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Black Rain, Roses, Basic Instinct and more.
    “And then from 87 on when he rips off Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Black Rain, War of the Roses, shining through.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:14:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Turner films were Douglas's only comedy work, and he was good at it.
    “This and like only the stuff he did with Kathleen Turner was the comedy stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Michael Douglas → Ant-Man (franchise). Michael Douglas's later comedy lives in the MCU as Hank Pym.
    “before Michael Douglas Comedy awaits in the MCU.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:58 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Danny DeVito → Michael Douglas. DeVito was a big 80s star who was always the third wheel with Douglas and Turner, and was doing the Schwarzenegger movies.
    “He's always the 3rd wheel with these 2”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:18:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Ryan Gosling → Michael Douglas. Barbie made the speaker wonder whether Gosling might have a weird 2020s Michael Douglas career.
    “if he could have just had this weird 2020s version of a Michael Douglas career as he hit his 40s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:38:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Adrian Lyne → Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas was king of the erotic thriller for a decade and Adrian Lyne helped define it.
    “Adrian Lyme was the guy who helped define that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:31 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Michael Douglas. Ford never plays the Basic Instinct cop; Douglas built a career on that kind of role.
    “But Carrison Ford's never going to be the cop in basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:59:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → Harrison Ford. Douglas was a peak A-list 80s star alongside Costner, Ford, Denzel and Cruise.
    “Douglas is at his peak.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:48 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The War of the Roses. Douglas's producer background gave him a spot-on commercial taste that produced rewatchable classics.
    “Michael Douglas, because he thought, like, a producer and had this whole producer background”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The Game. Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.
    “I think Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (permanent producer credit): Michael Douglas → Face/Off. Douglas keeps a producer credit on Face/Off because he was once going to do it with Harrison Ford.
    “has a fucking producer credit on face off”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:55:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Bill read a 91 Premiere interview in which Turner said a fourth Douglas film was discussed.
    “So they did three, but they probably could have done seven.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:37:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (producer rescue): Michael Douglas → Fletch. After eight years of studio rejection, Michael Douglas got it over the finish line as producer.
    “Michael Douglas. Was the one who got it over the finish line as a producer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:11 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. people (frequent collaborator): Michael Douglas → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh likes to use Douglas a lot.
    “Soderberg likes to use them a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:29:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (persona): Michael Douglas → Romancing the Stone. In 1984 Douglas excelled at cads and slimeballs, so he would not have worked as the gentle alien.
    “the guy excelled at CAD and slime ball.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:41:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Eddie Murphy → Michael Douglas. Like Michael Douglas, Eddie trusts the movie to be on his side, which lets him take risks.
    “he trusts his comedy enough to know that he doesn't have to win all the time”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. theme (persona turn): Romancing the Stone → Michael Douglas. Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (developed): Michael Douglas → Starman. Douglas shepherded the project at Columbia though he is not credited as a main producer.
    “This is a Michael Douglas project, even though he's not credited”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:25:19 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (hairdresser): Carrie Smith → Michael Douglas. Smith's two main stars are Michael Douglas and Keanu Reeves.
    “her 2 are Michael Douglas and Keanu.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:14:08 · Brendan Hines (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (produced): Michael Douglas → One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Douglas produced it.
    “the big one is Cougar's Nest, obviously”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (father and son): Michael Douglas → Kirk Douglas. Michael basically fired his own father from Cuckoo's Nest.
    “He basically fires his own dad from being in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Misery → Michael Douglas. Douglas had the same demons and the genius IQ.
    “Michael Douglas would have crushed it too, because he would have had the same demons.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:35:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas would have been a great cameo as Steven, though he wouldn't have agreed to the beating.
    “I think Michael Douglas would have been a great cameo”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:28 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Michael Douglas: Young Douglas's wig is the worst of the movie; it looks like they lost the wig and grabbed one from a store.
    “I mean, young Michael Douglas's wig.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:52:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Michael Douglas: Hank Pym in the Ant-Man movies is where the speakers send you for Douglas comedy and baseball-cap Douglas.
    “If you want to see him wear a baseball cap, I'll refer you once again to his work as Hank Pim.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:13:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Michael Douglas: Douglas was 53 when he made the film, playing a man about to turn 48.
    “Okay. He was 53.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:03 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Michael Douglas: His star ascension came late; he spent years producing and getting bigger stars to play the bigger roles, and basically fired his own dad from Cuckoo's Nest.
    “He basically fires his own dad from being in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Michael Douglas: A Paramount executive at a Fatal Attraction test screening told him he cheats on his wife in one scene and the audience is back in his court the next.
    “we will watch you, cheat on your wife, and the next scene, the audience is like back in your court.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)