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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, alongside Louise Fletcher as a sadistic nurse.
Nov 19, 1975 · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Directed by Milos Forman. With Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown. In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
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- Drama
- Milos Forman
- 1975-11-19
The movie, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jack Nicholson, was the first film since It Happened One Night (1934) to win the Academy Awards for best picture, director, lead actor, lead actress, and screenplay.
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Synopsis. In 1963 Oregon, Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a recidivist anti-authoritarian criminal serving a short sentence on a prison farm for statutory sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, is transferred to a mental institution for evaluation.
William Redfield. Harding. Michael Berryman. Ellis, tall bald patient. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) gets transferred...
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- Milos Forman
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- Jack Nicholson
Feb 2, 2003 · The film is remembered as a comedy about the inmate revolt led by McMurphy, and the fishing trip, the all-night orgy, and his defiance of Nurse Ratched (Fletcher)--but in fact it is about McMurphy's defeat. One can call it a moral victory, and rejoice in the Chief's escape, but that is small consolation for McMurphy.
Reviews. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Roger Ebert January 01, 1975. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a film so good in so many of its parts that there's a temptation to forgive it when it goes wrong.
