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. 38 wins & 15 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
- 3974: Miloš Forman - Director - Directing
- 7064: Ken Kesey - Novel - Writing
- 4181: Bo Goldman - Screenplay - Writing
- 7065: Lawrence Hauben - Screenplay - Writing
- 3392: Michael Douglas - Producer - Production
- 1310: Saul Zaentz - Producer - Production
- 7066: Jack Nitzsche - Original Music Composer - 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 ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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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 ....
Continue reading ->wizzardss
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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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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“McMurphy” (Jack Nicholson) is a veteran with an attitude who has pled insanity to escape his latest court appearance on a charge of statutory rape. He is sent to an evaluation hospital where they are to decide just what, if anything, is wrong with him. His smart-assed confidence end ....
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