Kirk
Douglas agradece a sus hijos y a su esposa, Anne, al recibir el reconocimiento de la
Academia de Hollywood por su trabajo
a lo largo de 50 años. Steven Spielberg
dice de él que no tiene un solo personaje que lo caracterice y que el coraje es
uno de sus principales atributos. Para saber: The Bad and
the Beautiful y en vocabulario: alienate
The Bad and the
Beautiful tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him…
In 1996, Douglas received an Honorary Academy Award for "50 years as a moral and creative
force in the motion picture community." The award was presented by
producer/director Steven Spielberg.
As a result of Douglas's stroke the previous summer,
however, in which he lost most of his speaking ability, his close friends and
family were concerned about whether he should try to speak, or what he should
say. Both his son, Michael, and his
long-time friend, Jack Valenti, urged
him to only say "Thank you", and leave the stage. Douglas agreed. But when standing in
front of the audience, he had second thoughts: "I intended to just say
'thank you,' but I saw 1,000 people, and felt I had to say something more, and
I did." Valenti remembers that
after Douglas held up the Oscar, addressed his sons, and told his
wife how much he loved her, everyone was astonished at his voice's improvement:
