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- Milos Forman. The Czech Director fled his country shortly after the Russians invaded, and struggled to find work. After seeing some of his earlier films, Douglas wanted him and no one else to direct the picture.
- Jack Nicholson. Breathtaking best describes the performance of Nicholson in this film, and though he has been remarkable since, often, never again was he this brilliant.
- Louise Fletcher. Finding the perfect tone to portray this monster, she played Nurse Ratched as though she believed what she was doing to these men was for their greater good.
- Michael Douglas. Nothing happens without Douglas. He was the driving force behind the film, believing in the production before there was anything to believe in.
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. But it does go wrong, insisting on making larger points than its story really should carry, so that at the end, the human qualities of the characters get lost in the significance of it all.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film [4] 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 the domineering head nurse.
Sep 20, 2020 · Ken Kesey's 1962 novel is arguably the best version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, trumping the critically acclaimed 1975 film adaptation.
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Feb 2, 2003 · Is “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” not a great film because it is manipulative, or is it great because it is so superbly manipulative? I can see it through either filter. It remains enduringly popular as an anti-establishment parable, but achieves its success by deliberately choosing to use the mental patients as comic caricatures.
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 surrealistic...
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest swept the main Oscar categories, it won for Best Picture, Best Director for Milos Forman, Best Actor for Jack Nicholson, Best Actress for Louise Fletcher and Best Adapted Screenplay to Lawrence Hauban and Bo Goldman.