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I Am Spartacus. Kirk Douglas 100 Today.


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one flew over the cuckoos nest

that's jack Nicholason Larry pal =).atb dc
kirk was the original RP McMurphy and he owned the film rightsattachicon.gif526873888.jpg

Nice bit of info that Larry ;-)

 

Larry is correct, (notice I did not say right) Kirk was in a Broadway play before the film came out.

 

"Actor Kirk Douglas - who had originated the role of McMurphy in the 1963-64 Broadway stage version of the Ken Kesey novel—had purchased the film rights to the story and tried for a decade to bring it to the big screen, but was unable to find a studio willing to make it with him. Eventually, he gave the rights to his son Michael Douglas, who succeeded in getting the film produced - but the elder Douglas, by then nearly 60, was considered too old for the McMurphy role, which ultimately went to 38-year old Jack Nicholson."

 

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