Kirk Douglas he has focused on renewing his spiritual and religious life. He lives with his second wife (of years), Anne Buydens, a producer. Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky () in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Bryna "Bertha" (née Sanglel; 1884–1958) and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch (c. 1884–1950; citations regarding his exact year of birth differ). His parents were Jewish emigrants from Chavusy, Mogilev Region, in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), and the family spoke Yiddish at home. His father's brother, who emigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky, which Douglas's family adopted in the United States. Douglas grew up as Izzy
Dark Star (film) Jein, and animation was done by Bob Greenberg. Cobb drew the original design for the "Dark Star" ship on a napkin while eating at the International House of Pancakes. The completed film premiered on March 30, 1974 at Filmex, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, for which Carpenter described the film as ""Waiting for Godot" in outer space." Harris sold the film to Bryanston Pictures, who released it to fifty theatres on January 16, 1975. Following the success of "Alien" and "Halloween", "Dark Star" was re-released June 1979 by the Atlantic Releasing Corporation as "...from the author of 'Alien' &