# R.I.P. Kirk Douglas **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [February 6, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414 "2020-02-06T08:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamiewednesday](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/jamiewednesday/32/295768_2.png) [@Jamiewednesday](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Jamiewednesday)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/1 "2020-02-06T08:15:13Z")
…Who has died aged 103. One of his most famous roles of course was in the film Spartacus, which had some basis on original events. I say ‘some’ as I like to think that in reality the infamous post battle scene went something like this: “I bring a message from your master, Marcus Licinius Crassus, commander of ltaly. By command of His Most Merciful Excellency, your lives are to be spared. Slaves you were and slaves you remain. But the terrible penalty of CRUCIFICTION…has been set aside on the single condition that you identify the body or the living person ofthe slave called Spartacus.” ‘…’ “IT’S HIM!” “Yes, that’s Spartacus, the one right in the middle, at the front of the army” “Yeah, there he is, he’s stood next to pretty boy over there, the one with the funny nose, squinty eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![Antz](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/antz/32/25766_2.png) [@Antz](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Antz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/2 "2020-02-06T08:23:26Z")
true legend and a dynasty - my favorite film Paths of Glory ---
**Author:** ![Gazza](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/gazza/32/149_2.png) [@Gazza](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Gazza)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/3 "2020-02-06T08:25:15Z")
Great actor, good innings, RIP. ---
**Author:** ![TOBYJUG](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/tobyjug/32/478979_2.png) [@TOBYJUG](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/TOBYJUG)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/4 "2020-02-06T08:30:25Z")
![A82E4F67-0689-4B7A-AE86-565597E72CBB-1912-000002A6B7AB73E3](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/7/87b80d38af7acf94b5a6dab12ae09225fc862b12.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/alley_cat/32/7330_2.png) [@Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Alley_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/5 "2020-02-06T09:30:12Z")
I’m Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Babaluma](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/babaluma/32/78079_2.png) [@Babaluma](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Babaluma)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/6 "2020-02-06T13:39:03Z")
The climactic scene in Spartacus was, of course, a reference to the infamous Hollywood blacklist of leftist actors, directors, scriptwriters etc. that Issur Danielovitch, as executive producer, was instrumental in breaking by ensuring those on the blacklist worked on the film. ---
**Author:** ![TheKevster](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/thekevster/32/191922_2.png) [@TheKevster](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/TheKevster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/7 "2020-02-06T13:58:10Z")
_Spartacus_ is great, but there was much more to Douglas than that… let’s not forget some of his other great roles: _Ace In The Hole, The Bad & The Beautiful_ and, perhaps best of all, _Paths Of Glory_. And he was pretty good in _The Vikings, Champion, Gunfight at the OK Corral_ (one of eight pictures he made with Burt Lancaster) and _Detective Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Babaluma](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/babaluma/32/78079_2.png) [@Babaluma](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Babaluma)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/8 "2020-02-06T14:06:40Z")
Paths Of Glory- one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. ---
**Author:** ![crispyduck](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/crispyduck/32/50115_2.png) [@crispyduck](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/crispyduck)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/9 "2020-02-06T18:23:19Z")
There is a really good obit by David Thomson in today’s Grauniad ---
**Author:** ![hifinutt](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@hifinutt](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/hifinutt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/10 "2020-02-06T19:24:29Z")
I guess we will now have a big showing of his films … superb ---
**Author:** ![Camphuw](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/camphuw/32/452543_2.png) [@Camphuw](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Camphuw)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/11 "2020-02-06T20:15:37Z")
Here’s the link … > **[Kirk Douglas obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)** > > One of the greatest Hollywood film stars, loved for his roles in Spartacus, The Vikings and Lust for Life ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/debs/32/218945_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/12 "2020-02-06T22:38:35Z")
What a great actor! Always enjoy his films… A long time ago in the days when i lived with my parents, we watched the film, Paths of Glory, and my Dad explained to me that he got his chin dimple when an enemy bullet bounced off his chin causing it to dent, he was made of hard stuff. Of course i believed my Dad back then, i was only 26 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/alley_cat/32/7330_2.png) [@Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Alley_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/13 "2020-02-06T22:45:19Z")
> [@hifinutt](#): > > I guess we will now have a big showing of his films … superb I’m not so sure we will, but let’s hope so… No doubt iTunes will ‘celebrate’ the actor and try and flog his movies. ---
**Author:** ![m2bfx](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/m2bfx/32/11797_2.png) [@m2bfx](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/m2bfx)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/14 "2020-02-07T10:59:08Z")
I’m Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/alley_cat/32/7330_2.png) [@Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Alley_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/15 "2020-02-07T17:06:56Z")
I can’t honestly remember ever seeing Paths of Glory must view it when I have soem time - Spartacus, Gunfight… and The Vikings I’ve always enjoyed. ---
**Author:** ![crispyduck](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/crispyduck/32/50115_2.png) [@crispyduck](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/crispyduck)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/16 "2020-02-07T17:26:05Z")
Great line from KD in Vikings ‘oh stop shouting. You sound like a moose giving birth to a hedgehog’ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/1X/26b5e4ef7e37d3771c473a6a1f688186c20823ac.png) [@system](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/r-i-p-kirk-douglas/6414/17 "2020-04-07T17:26:05Z")
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