Two-time Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas will narrate COURAGEOUS , NBC Sports Films' documentary which chronicles media pioneer and sailing maverick Ted Turner's quest to win the 1977 America's Cup. The special will air on Saturday, June 17, at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, immediately following NBC Sports' coverage of Races 1 and 2 of the 2017 America's Cup Match, which will take place on Bermuda's Great Sound.
Douglas is one of the most accomplished actors and producers in American film in the past 50 years. Douglas won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Gordon Gecko in Wall Street, and co-produced One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, which won the 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture. Douglas lobbied to bring the 2017 America's Cup to Bermuda, and has family roots in Bermuda that date back to the 1600s. Courageous, named for the boat that Turner captained, examines his journey to win and defend the America's Cup, and explores his tireless pursuit throughout the decade to build the iconic Turner media and sports EMPIRE which included CNN, TBS, the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, and Goodwill Games. While suspended from running the Braves and working through the infancy and challenges of early cable television with his SuperStation, Turner became fixated with winning the 1977 America's Cup. The unconventional pioneer bet his reputation and image on the victory, and saw GLORY in a 4-year-old boat and a crew that others had written off.Videos