{"product_id":"one-helluva-ride-the-explosive-memoir-from-the-academy-award-winning-actor-and-hollywood-legend-9781035446377","title":"One Helluva Ride: The explosive memoir from the Academy Award-winning actor and Hollywood legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gifted artist dismissed as just a \"TV actor.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe saw Catherine Zeta Jones on a movie screen and instantly fell for her. Their incredible love story transformed his life and proved all the tabloids wrong, enduring after twe\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781035446377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Headline Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x4(W)660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 660\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Douglas \u003c\/b\u003eis a legendary actor and producer with over sixty celebrated years of film, television, and production experience. Throughout his career he has received two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was honored with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, two Honorary Cesars in 1998 and 2016, a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2010, a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2004, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018. Douglas has also served for twenty-seven years as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShane Salerno \u003c\/b\u003eis a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, film producer and the co-screenwriter of A\u003ci\u003evatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsh, Armageddon and Savages\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Through his company, The Story Factory, he has been principally involved in more than thirty \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. He has known Michael Douglas for twenty-five years.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Fleming Jr \u003c\/b\u003eis Editor at Large for Deadline after serving a decade as Co-Editor in Chief. He spent 20 years at \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e as a film reporter.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Michael Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50837516484825,"sku":"9781035446377","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781035446377.jpg?v=1793105063","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/one-helluva-ride-the-explosive-memoir-from-the-academy-award-winning-actor-and-hollywood-legend-9781035446377","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}