Michael Douglas receives AFI award

June 12, 2009 "I'm too young to have a son getting a lifetime achievement award," Kirk, 92, cracked as he rose to lead off the evening of testimonials. Pretending to still be smarting from the fact that his son hadn't cast him in the Oscar-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- which the younger Douglas produced after his father failed to get a film version off the ground -- the elder Douglas concluded with mock outrage and heartfelt sentiment: I'm so proud of my son Michael. Later in the evening, Kiefer Sutherland testified that he felt an immediate kinship with Michael since they both faced the challenge of honoring their fathers while charting their own paths in the family business.

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