«Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas wanted Doctor Zhivago movie rights». the Guardian (på engelsk). 9. november 2020. Besøkt 11. mars 2021. «James Fenwick, a British film historian, has discovered that two of cinema’s most revered film-makers – Hollywood star Kirk Douglas and director Stanley Kubrick – had tried in vain to acquire the movie rights earlier, in the late 1950s.»
