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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
Cast & Crew. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Full Cast & Crew. 84 Metascore. 1975. 2 hr 13 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Best Picture winner stars Best Actor...
- Milos Forman
- Louise Fletcher gave a powerhouse performance as Nurse Ratched. Louise Fletcher won an Oscar for her portrayal of the villainous Nurse Ratched, and her performance is so iconic that the character's been synonymous with sadistic authority figures ever since.
- R.P. McMurphy became one of Jack Nicholson's greatest characters. His role as antihero R.P. McMurphy won Jack Nicholson his first of three Oscars, but he'd already been toiling in Hollywood for years by that point.
- Will Sampson loomed large in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as 'Chief' Bromden. Ken Kesey's original novel was narrated not by McMurphy but by another patient — the silent Chief.
- Brad Dourif broke our hearts as Billy Bibbit. Billy Bibbit is a shy young man who's survived multiple suicide attempts but is tragically undone by Ratched's psychological warfare.
Bo Goldman. Screenplay. Lawrence Hauben. Screenplay. Dale Wasserman. Theatre Play. 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.
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.
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Lily Tomlin was originally cast as Nurse Ratched. Tomlin left the film to replace Louise Fletcher in Robert Altman‘s “ Nashville“ after Fletcher withdrew from the film to act in “ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“. The two actresses switched their roles in the two films.
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