Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Foreshadowing Six Years Forward

I happened to catch a New York Post headline that Michael Douglas' son Cameron, was arrested for a large amount of crystal meth with intent to distribute.

A few years ago, I watched "It Runs In the Family", a 2003 film which beyond being an mediocre Michael Douglas-produced vanity project in which he casts five members of his own family, outlining the trials and tribulations of three generations of the "Gromberg" family. It also served as the film breakthrough for Cameron Douglas, who played a disinterested teenage sloucher who eventually is busted for growing marijuana in his apartment.

The movie climaxes with a weepy scene where Cameron Douglas' character walks out sobbing remorsefully into the arms of his father, who has bailed him out. Michael Douglas' character, in turn, clutches his son tightly and while choking back tears says, "We're a family. we're gonna figure this out together."

Not making light of their predicament at all, but how does that scene in the movie not cross Michael and Cameron Douglas' minds given their present circumstances?

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