One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher


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One of the key movies of the 1970s, when exciting, groundbreaking, personal films were still being made in Hollywood, Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest emphasized the humanistic story at the heart of Ken Kesey's more hallucinogenic novel. Jack Nicholson was born to play the part of Randle Patrick McMurphy, the rebellious inmate of a psychiatric hospital who fights back against the authorities' cold attitudes of institutional superiority, as personified by Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). It's the classic antiestablishment tale of one man asserting his individuality in the face of a repressive, conformist system--and it works on every level. Forman populates his film with memorably eccentric faces, and gets such freshly detailed and spontaneous work from his ensemble that the picture sometimes feels like a documentary. Unlike a lot of films pitched at the "youth culture" of the 1970s, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest really hasn't dated a bit, because the qualities of human nature that Forman captures--playfulness, courage, inspiration, pride, stubbornness--are universal and timeless. The film swept the Academy Awards for 1976, winning in all the major categories (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay) for the first time since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1931.

Synopsis
An award-winning cinematic adaptation of Ken Kesey's celebrated novel that captures the rebellious and anarchic energy of the 1960s . A mental patient bucks the rigid administrative system at the asylum where he's incarcerated -- and pays a high price for his nonconformity. McMurphy, who's seemingly just a misdiagnosed free spirit, invigorates the previously zombified patients with his independent ways. But the authoritarian staff cannot accept such behavior, and they'll do whatever it takes to bring him down.
Video Description
A free-spirited convict scams his way into a mental ward where he battles a manipulative nurse and inspires her browbeaten patients. A heroic struggle of personality against an institution of mindless conformity, this powerful film is based on Ken Kesey's classic novel. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Supporting Actor--Brad Dourif. Academy Awards: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Jack Nicholson, Best Actress--Louise Fletcher, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
Video Annotation
On November 3, 1963 the stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel was brought to Broadway, starring Kirk Douglas as McMurphy; Gene Wilder also appeared in the show. Film debut for actor Brad Dourif. Color by DeLuxe. Co-produced by Fantasy Films. The film had an approximate budget of $3 million. Additional cast: Delos V. Smith Jr. (Scanlon), Mimi Sarkisian (Nurse Pilbow), and Nathan George (Attendant Washington).

 

 

 

 

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