The Cannes Festival has not yet started, but there is already a Palme d'Or! This year, she's an American thriller star who will be honored. Michael Douglas, with his 55 years of career, will receive the Palme d'Or d'honneur to salute his brilliant career and commitment to film. The organizing committee could not miss the opportunity to celebrate this iconic actor and his contribution to the history of cinema.
At 78, Michael Douglas said « honoured to return to the Croisette to open the festival ». Let us discover together the man behind this Golden Palm and the highlights of his career.
No better than he has incarnated in the Hollywood imagination the thrillers, powerful and toxic, chased by their demons. If you've ever seen his films, you can probably imagine Michael Douglas' serious voice in the skin of these dark and complex characters.
Among the highlights of his career were the role of the financial megalomaniac, Gordon Gekko, in the film Wall Street by Oliver Stone, which earned him the Oscar of the best actor in 1988. Later, in 1992, his encounter with Sharon Stone in Paul Verhoeven's film, Basic Instinct, propelled him to the rank of cult actor. Policeman Nick Curran investigating a sordid murder plunges into a toxic relationship with the main suspect, sulfurous Catherine Tramell.
But his career and awards had begun in the early 1970s. On TV, with the series The streets of San Francisco, at the cinema in The Chinese Syndrome, but also as a producer with Vol over a cuckoo nest by Milos Forman, Oscar for Best Film in 1976.
In the early 1980s, successes continued: In pursuit of the green diamond, fatal link or even Free fall. Son of Hollywood's sacred monster, Kirk Douglas, who died in 2020, Michael managed to make a name for himself. And it may be there, for him, the most august of rewards.
We look forward to seeing Michael Douglas tread the red carpet in Cannes and celebrate his legendary career. Hopefully he will have prepared his most beautiful smile and show us his talents as an outstanding actor for the pleasure of his fans and admirers. In any case, we are sure that the photographers of the festival will be at the meeting to immortalize this exceptional moment.
Exclusive interview: Michael Douglas confides
Michael Douglas confides in his family life, his political struggles, his cancer. credit video Youtube PureTVoff
The TOP 10 of the Films with Michael Douglas
