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Michael Douglas to Be Celebrated at Italy’s Taormina Film Festival Where Restored ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Copy Will Screen (EXCLUSIVE)

Michael Douglas will be celebrated by Italy's Taormina Film Festival where a freshly restored of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' will screen.

Douglas who, at age 31, in collaboration with Saul Zaentz, produced the Miloš Forman-directed drama starring Jack Nicholson that in 1975 swept all the major Oscar categories – winning best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay – will be making the trek to the Sicilian sea resort. As previously announced, Taormina’s upcoming edition will also be attended by Martin Scorsese who will honored with a career prize and a screening of a restored copy of his 1976 classic “Taxi Driver” in the open-air ancient Greek amphitheater. Taormina has also previously announced that Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for her role in “The Holdovers,” will preside over this year’s jury while John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” is set as the out-of-competition opening film with director Len Wiseman and actor Norman Reedus in tow.

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