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Additional Information about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Movie description
Milos Foreman's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, based on the novel by
Ken Kesey and the play by Dale Wasserman, presents a biting and
ultimately tragic satire about mental institutions and the human
spirit. A disturbing, witty, and electrifying drama, the film won the
1975 Academy Award for Best Picture. R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a
misbehaved con who shirks authority, finds himself in an asylum after
faking insanity to get out of work detail in prison. The vivacious
troublemaker soon finds himself in a worse kind of prison--one
presided over by the repressed, terrifyingly quiet Nurse Ratched
(Louise Fletcher), whose set of rules and regulations are meant to
suppress patients' psychotic outbursts, and their spirits. It's not
long before McMurphy is reaching out to his new inmates, trying
desperately to bring life to an otherwise dead atmosphere. To Ratched,
however, Nicholson's free spirit is as dangerous as a schizophrenic
impulse. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is brilliantly acted by an
ensemble that includes Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Vincent
Schiavelli, and Danny DeVito.
Credits
Producer: Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz
Cast: Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny De Vito, Dean R. Brooks,
Jack Nicholson, Louisa Moritz, Louise Fletcher, Marya Small, Michael
Berryman, Mwako Cumbuka, Nathan George, Paul Lambert, Peter Brocco,
Scatman Crothers, Sydney Lassick, Ted Markland, Vincent Schiavelli,
Will Sampson, William Duell, William Redfield
Details
Edition: Standard and letterbox
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Audio:
Widescreen - 1.85:1
Full Frame - 1.33:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
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Production Notes
Theatrical release: November 20, 1975.
Filmed on location at the Oregon State Mental Hospital in Salem,
Oregon.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is number 20 on the American Film
Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST was added to the Library of Congress
National Film Registry in 1993.
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.)
The film marked the debut of actor Brad Dourif.
Estimated budget: $4.4 million.
The production was aided by the labor of inmates of the institution
where they were filming.
Danny De Vito and Christopher Lloyd, who played two of the patients,
later worked closely together on the television show Taxi, which also
featured guest appearances by Vincent Schiavelli, another inmate in
CUCKOO'S NEST. All three actors also appeared in Forman's MAN ON THE
MOON.
Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, and Burt Reynolds were all considered for
the role that ultimately went to Jack Nicholson. Kirk Douglas,
producer Michael Douglas's father, had played McMurphy onstage and was
interested in the part for the film; Douglas told Newsday in January
2001, "I think my dad was disappointed that I hadn't given him the
role."
Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Ellen Burstyn, Angela Lansbury, and
Geraldine Page were all offered the role that ultimately went to
Louise Fletcher.
The film played in theaters in Sweden for 11 consecutive years.
Editorial reviews
"...[A] masterpiece..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (09/23/1999)
"...Nicholson's performance is one of the high points in a long career
of enviable rebels..."
Chicago Bulletin - Roger Ebert (02/02/2003)
"...[Nicholson's] flamboyant performance is balanced perfectly by
superb character turns from Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd and Danny
DeVito..."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (12/01/2002)
"Nicholson's manic and slightly corrosive charm motors this study of
one roistering inmate's effect on an entire mental institution."
Premiere - Premiere Staff (04/01/2004)
"Milos Forman's masterpiece."
Total Film - Daniel Webb (03/01/2004)
Awards
1975 Academy Awards, Best Actor: Jack Nicholson
1975 Academy Awards, Best Actress: Louise Fletcher
1975 Academy Awards, Best Director: Milos Forman
1975 Academy Awards, Best Picture
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