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.| Status: | Released (1975-11-19) |
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| Awards: | Won 5 Oscars. 42 wins & 20 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $108,981,275 |
| Screen: | Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey |
| Productions: | Fantasy Films, United Artists |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 514: Jack Nicholson - Randle Patrick McMurphy
- 1370: Brad Dourif - Billy Bibbit
- 7071: Louise Fletcher - Nurse Mildred Ratched
- 518: Danny DeVito - Martini
- 7072: William Redfield - Dale Harding
- 7077: Scatman Crothers - Orderly Turkle
- 1062: Christopher Lloyd - Max Taber
Crews
- 7065: Lawrence Hauben - Screenplay - Writing
- 7066: Jack Nitzsche - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 3974: Miloš Forman - Director - Directing
- 4181: Bo Goldman - Screenplay - Writing
- 7067: Haskell Wexler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3394: Lynzee Klingman - Editor - Editing
- 7069: Pat Jackson - Sound Editor - Sound
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Reviews
Charles Dance
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**Subject to the silliest of internet theories** There are a lot of movie theories but the silliest of all is this nonsense that is all over the internet claiming that _the Chief killed the unresponsive McMurphy because he thought McMurphy was ignoring him._ These idiots claim ....
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***The spirit of freedom vs. the spirit of legal-ism*** Set in the early 60s, the story involves R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) and his arrival at a mental institution in Salem, Oregon (where the film was shot). He plays the "mental illness" card to get out of prison time, thinkin ....
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_One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest_ tells the story of a criminal, Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who pleads insanity in the attempt to get a more lenient sentence. Sent to a mental hospital, he livens up the otherwise monotonous lives of the patients, much to the ire of the ....
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