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kirk douglas Archives - Game News https://rb88betting.com/tag/kirk-douglas/ Video Games Reviews & News Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Bad And The Beautiful review https://rb88betting.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-review/ https://rb88betting.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-review/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://rb88betting.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-review/ Rivalling Sunset Boulevard for its caustic take on Hollywood, Vincente Minnelli’s rip-roaring 1952 melodrama charts the fall of a ruthless, all-powerful producer (Kirk Douglas on top form) via flashbacks recalled by a writer (Dick Powell), an actress (Lana Turner) and a director (Barry Sullivan) – all of whom he made, and who now disown him …

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]]> Rivalling Sunset Boulevard for its caustic take on Hollywood, Vincente Minnelli’s rip-roaring 1952 melodrama charts the fall of a ruthless, all-powerful producer (Kirk Douglas on top form) via flashbacks recalled by a writer (Dick Powell), an actress (Lana Turner) and a director (Barry Sullivan) – all of whom he made, and who now disown him when he’s down.

It’s packed with in-jokes and lightly disguised portraits of real-life Tinseltown figures; Douglas’ character is reckoned to be across between David O.Selznick and Vallewton.

But even without a knowledge of the background, this is sharp, cynical fun.

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