Michael Douglas has worked with director James Bridges.
Michael Douglas . After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976 , Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome ( 1979 ) and Romancing the Stone ( 1984 ) . Douglas 's subsequent film roles included : Black Rain ( 1989 ) ; The War of the Roses ( 1989 ) ; Basic Instinct ( 1992 ) ; The American President ( 1995 ) ; The Game ( 1997 ) ; Traffic and Wonder Boys ( 2000 ) ; Solitary Man ( 2009 ) ; and Ant-Man ( 2015 ) . The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges , Mike Gray , and T. S. Cook . It stars Jane Fonda , Jack Lemmon , and Michael Douglas , with Douglas also serving as the film 's producer .