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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.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey published in 1962. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital , the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind, including a critique of psychiatry [3] and a tribute to individualistic principles.
Nov 19, 1975 · 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.
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, American dramatic film (1975) that was based on a novel by Ken Kesey and starred 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.
Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher are worthy adversaries in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with Miloš Forman's more grounded and morally ambiguous approach to Ken Kesey's...
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A rabble-rousing prisoner transfers to a psychiatric ward thinking it'll be better than hard labor — until he tangles with the controlling Nurse Ratched. Watch trailers & learn more.
Overview. A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward. Miloš Forman. Ken Kesey. Bo Goldman. Lawrence Hauben. Written by on February 25, 2021.
A feisty misfit sent to mental hospital inspires his fellow patients to assert them,to the chagrin of the strong-willed head nurse,who is more dangerous than any of the inmates. 12,348 IMDb 8.7 2 h 13 min 1975. X-Ray R. Drama · Philosophical · Cerebral · Eerie. Available to rent or buy.
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.
