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  1. 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.

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      One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey...

  2. 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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    • Milos Forman
    • 1975-11-19
  3. Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman. It premiered on Broadway in 1963 with Kirk Douglas in the leading role. Kirk then bought the film rights and tried to generate interest from most major studios, however he didn’t succeed.

  4. Sep 16, 2024 · One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest , American dramatic film, released in 1975, that was based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. 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 ...

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  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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  8. Feb 2, 2003 · One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. 129 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1975. Roger Ebert. February 2, 2003. 7 min read. There is a curiously extended closeup of Jack Nicholson about four-fifths of the way through “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”. We notice it because it lingers noticeably.

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