One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman. The film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey.
The film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards, (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is frequently called one of the greatest films in the history of American cinema.
There had been an earlier stage version of the book, in 1963, but the film does not use the script of the stage version.
The movie was filmed at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, which was the setting of the novel.
Cast:
- Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- Louise Fletcher as Nurse Mildred Ratched
- William Redfield as Dale Harding
- Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit
- Sydney Lassick as Charlie Cheswick
- Will Sampson as "Chief" Bromden
- Danny DeVito as Martini
- Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber
- Dean R. Brooks as Dr. John Spivey
- William Duell as Jim Sefelt
- Vincent Schiavelli as Frederickson
- Michael Berryman as Ellis
- Nathan George as Attendant Washington
- Scatman Crothers as Orderly Turkle
- Marya Small as Candy
- Louisa Moritz as Rose
The role of domineering Nurse Ratched was turned down by Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, and Angela Lansbury, until Louise Fletcher accepted casting only a week before filming began.
The film marked the credited film debuts of Sampson, Dourif, and Lloyd. It was also one of DeVito's earliest films. DeVito and Lloyd co-starred several years later on the television series, Taxi.
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