One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Synopsis
With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he encounters a motley crew of mostly voluntary inmates, including cowed mama's boy Billy (Brad Dourif) and silent Native American Chief Bromden (Will Sampson), presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). Ratched and McMurphy recognize that each is the other's worst enemy: an authority figure who equates sanity with correct behavior, and a misfit who is charismatic enough to dismantle the system simply by living as he pleases. McMurphy proceeds to instigate group insurrections large and small, ranging from a restorative basketball game to an unfettered afternoon boat trip and a tragic after-hours party with hookers and booze. Nurse Ratched, however, has the machinery of power on her side to ensure that McMurphy will not defeat her. Still, McMurphy's message to live free or die is ultimately not lost on one inmate, revealing that escape is still possible even from the most oppressive conditions. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dean R. Brooks	Dr. John Spivey
Scatman Crothers	Turkle Crothers
Danny DeVito	Martini
Brad Dourif	Billy Bibbit
William Duell	Sefelt
Louise Fletcher	Nurse Mildred Ratched
Nathan George	Attandant Washington
Christopher Lloyd	Taber
Louisa Moritz	Rose
William Redfield	Harding
Will Sampson	Chief Bromden
Marya Small	Candy
Jack Nicholson	Randle Patrick McMurphy
Vincent Schiavelli	Frederickson
Delos V. Smith	Scanlon
Mimi Sarkisian	Nurse Pilbow

Production Crew

Edwin O'Donovan	Art Director
Martin Fink	Associate Producer
Ken Kesey	Book Author
Jane Feinberg	Casting
Mike Fenton	Casting
Bill Butler	Cinematographer
Haskell Wexler	Cinematographer
William A. Fraker	Cinematographer
Jack Nitzsche	Composer (Music Score)
Aggie Guerard Rodgers	Costume Designer
Milos Forman	Director
Lynzee Klingman	Editor
Richard Chew	Editor
Sheldon Kahn	Editor
Irby Smith	First Assistant Director
Fred Phillips	Makeup
Dale Wasserman	Play Author
Michael Douglas	Producer
Saul Zaentz	Producer
Paul Sylbert	Production Designer
Bo Goldman	Screenwriter
Lawrence Hauben	Screenwriter
Lawrence O. Jost	Sound/Sound Designer
Mark Berger	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Comedy Drama

Awards
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - L.A. Film Critics Association
1975 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1975 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1975 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1975 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1975 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1976 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1976 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1977 - Best Film - PEO
1977 - Best Film - People's Choice Awards
1977 - Best Picture - People's Choice Awards
1992 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute

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