One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The film
stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, with William Redfield, and introducing Brad Dourif.
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.
The film is #20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list. It was shot at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, which was also the setting of the novel.
Plot
In 1963 Oregon, Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy
(Jack Nicholson), a
recidivist anti-authoritarian criminal
serving a short sentence is transferred to a mental institution for evaluation. Although he does not show any signs of mental illness, he hopes to avoid hard labor and serve the rest of his sentence in a more relaxed hospital environment.
McMurphy's
ward is run by Nurse Mildred Ratched
(Louise Fletcher), who employs subtle humiliation, unpleasant medical treatments and a
mind-numbing daily routine to suppress the patients. McMurphy establishes himself immediately as the leader. McMurphy's and Ratched's
battle of wills escalates rapidly.
McMurphy steals a hospital bus, herds his colleagues aboard, stops to pick up Candy
(Marya Small), a party girl, and takes the group
deep sea fishing on a commandeered boat. He tells them: "You're not
nuts, you're fishermen!" and they begin to feel
faint stirrings of self-determination.
Soon after, however, McMurphy learns that Ratched and the doctors have the power to
keep him committed indefinitely. Sensing
a rising tide of insurrection among the group, Ratched
tightens her grip on everyone.
The struggle with Ratched
takes its toll, and with his release date no longer a certainty, McMurphy plans an escape.
(Adapted from Wikipedia)
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