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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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R,2hrs 13min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
November 19, 1975
Director:
Milos Forman
Distributor:
United Artists
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield  ...more
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 ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola
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Milos Forman had proven his talent for astute social comedy in such earlier Czech films as Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), and his adept treatment of Cuckoo's Nest's metaphorically loaded conflict fulfilled the promise of an immigrant observer of American culture indicated in his first U.S. feature, Taking Off (1971). Shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, and visually ... Full Review
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Jack Nicholson
Randle Patrick McMurphy
Louise Fletcher
Nurse Mildred Ratched
William Redfield
Harding
Dean R. Brooks
Dr. John Spivey
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