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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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Release Date:
26 February 1976 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
If he's crazy, what does that make you?
Plot:
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another 28 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(63 articles)
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Bww Interviews: Kaye Ayers-Sowell, A Life in the Theatre
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User Comments:
Best film of its era
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Berryman | ... | Ellis | |
| Peter Brocco | ... | Col. Matterson | |
| Dean R. Brooks | ... | Dr. Spivey | |
| Alonzo Brown | ... | Miller | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Turkle | |
| Mwako Cumbuka | ... | Warren | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Martini | |
| William Duell | ... | Jim Sefelt | |
| Josip Elic | ... | Bancini | |
| Lan Fendors | ... | Nurse Itsu | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Nurse Ratched | |
| Nathan George | ... | Washington | |
| Ken Kenny | ... | Beans Garfield | |
| Mel Lambert | ... | Harbor Master | |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Charley Cheswick |
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Runtime:
133 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14+ (Quebec) (re-rating) |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) (original rating) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Iceland:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Spain:13 |
South Korea:15 (DVD rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Canada:14A (video rating) |
USA:Approved |
France:-12 (re-rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Austria:12 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1976) |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 (re-rating) |
West Germany:16 (original rating)
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This was the second film to win the grand slam of the Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Milos Forman), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. The first was It Happened One Night (1934), four decades earlier.
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Goofs:
Continuity: After McMurphy, Harding drinks the medicine with his right hand. In the next shot he is finishing to drink with his left hand and holding a newspaper with the right hand.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Attendant Warren: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Attendant Washington: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Mr. Washington.
Miller: Morning.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Nurse Pilbow: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Attendant Washington: Morning, Bancini.
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Attendant Warren: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Attendant Washington: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Mr. Washington.
Miller: Morning.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Nurse Pilbow: Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched: Good morning.
Attendant Washington: Morning, Bancini.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Agent Cody Banks (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Jingle Bells
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A Note Regarding SpoilersHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
What does the title mean?
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Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a landmark (one of the few I might add) in cinema. Pretty much everything in this film is at or close to perfection. And rightfully so, it became only the 2nd (1 in 3 films in history along with It Happened One Night and Silence of the Lambs) film to win the top five Oscars- Best Picture, Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Director (Forman), and Screenplay (Bo Goldman).
The story (based on Ken Kessey's astounding, though not too similar, novel) focuses on a rowdy misfit named Randle Patrick McMurphy (Nicholson) who is put in a mental hospital with other people (some voluntarily in) who are not all there. Some of these guys include Danny DeVito (in his first role), Christopher Lloyd, Brad Dourif (in his Oscar nominated role) and the never forgettable Will Sampson who played the Chief. The film, It's actors and scenes will always be terrific achievements in cinema and is one of my favorites.