Lets Face It, Kirk Douglas
Lets Face It, Kirk Douglas
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Let's Face It
90 Years of Living, Loving and Learning

Author: Kirk Douglas

Narrator: Jason Alexander

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2008

Synopsis

Kirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and in this engrossing memoir, he offers wonderful tales, favorite jokes, and hardwon insights. As he explores the mixed blessings of growing older, he looks back at his youth and his glamorous life in Hollywood. He tells delightful stories of the making of such films as Spartacus and includes anecdotes about such friends as Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, Ronald Reagan, Fred Astaire, John Wayne, and Johnny Cash. He reveals the secrets that have kept him happily married for more than five decades and talks fondly of times spent with his sons and grandchildren. He reflects upon his Jewish faith and offers strong opinions on everything from racism to corporate greed to Americas foreign affairs. He writes about the need to care more about the world and less about ourselves, as he shares a lifetimes accumulation of wit and wisdom.

About Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas has been a Hollywood legend for more than half a century. His eighty-three films include The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life. In addition, his company, Bryna, has produced such classics as Spartacus, Douglas has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award given by the President, as well as numerous other awards and honors. Currently he serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the State Department and the Legion de Honneur in France. The father of four sons, and grandfather of five, he lives with his wife, Anne, in Beverly Hills.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Wendy on 2009-01-29 18:39:16

It is read by Jason Alexander.

Goodreads review by Jim

I'm being a little generous with the star rating, but I've always had a lot of respect & admiration for Douglas & really liked his other books. This one is rather uneven & repetitive at times, poorly edited. It's very much the reflections of a 90 year old, very similar to listening to my neighbor wh......more

Goodreads review by Don

Douglas is not your average empty headed Hollywood star. This is his ninth book, written when he was 90 years old. (He is still alive at 97 as of this writing.) I do not think anyone ghostwrote this. He finished college and is very well read. In this memoir he contrasts between the young Kirk and th......more

Goodreads review by Pandora

In this book Kirk Douglas reflects on what has learned from life. Unlike The Ragman's Son this is not a chorological biography. It is more a collection of essays on various topics. One painful subject he talks about in this book is the death of his son Eric. I have now read three of Kirk Douglas non......more

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