One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

 ●  English ● 2 hrs 13 mins

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This masterfully crafted psychological thriller follows the fluctuating fortunes in the life of McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, who just happens to finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape, as it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched becomes his personal nemesis, as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves, while her utter domination over the inmates, whom she routinely bullies into submission, is absolutely unacceptable to McMurphy's rebellious personality. How will the ego battle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched unravel? What will the effect of McMurphy's friendship with them and resistance against the administrative tyranny be upon the inmates? Will McMurphy succeed in completing his term of imprisonment and breathe free air once more?
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Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman

Crew: Milos Forman (Director), Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography), Jack Nitzsche (Music Director)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 19 Nov 1975 (United States)

Tagline: If he's crazy, what does that make you?

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Did you know? Thi is the second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Color
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Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
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2.35:1
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Taglines:
If he's crazy, what does that make you?
Goofs:
Audio/Video Mismatch
While McMurphy is "announcing" the baseball game, his reflection in the darkened TV set does not match the audio track.

Continuity
Actually McMurphy's hat when strangling Nurse Ratched.

Revealing Mistakes
In the scene Randall nearly chokes Nurse Ratched to death after she treats Billy so cruelly, yet when he is pulled away there are no marks or bruises at all on her throat.
Trivia:
Louise Fletcher was upset with the fact that the other actors could laugh and be happy while she had to be so cold and heartless, so at the end of the production she removed her dress and stood in only her panties to prove to the actors she was not "a cold-hearted monster".

Most of Jack Nicholson's scene with Dean R Brooks upon arriving at the hospital was improvised which includes his slamming a stapler, asking about a fishing photo, and discussing his rape conviction; Brooks's reactions were authentic.

Thi is the second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.

Many of the actors actually lived in the character even when the cameras weren't rolling.

During filming the fishing scene, all of the cast except Jack Nicholson got seasick. What made it worse for them was it took a whole week to shoot it. Danny DeVito still gets queasy thinking about it.