One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
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Directed by | Milos Forman |
Produced by | Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz |
Written by | Bo Goldman, Laurence Hauben. From the book by Ken Kesey. |
Music by | Jack Nitzsche |
Cinematograpy by | Haskell Waxler |
Edited by | Sheldon Kahn, Lynzee Klingman |
Starring | Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif |
Production companies | Fantasy Films, N. V. Zwaluv |
Distributed by | United Artists (theatrical), Warner Bros. (DVD) |
Released | November 19, 1975 |
Running time | 133 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4.4 million |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a 1975 movie based on a book by Ken Kesey. Milos Forman was the movie's director, and Jack Nicholson was the main actor.
It was the first movie to win all five main Academy Awards since It Happened One Night in 1934. These awards included Best Picture, Best Actor (Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher), Best Director (Forman), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
This much-loved movie was the 20th best ever, according to the American Film Industry's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list.
The book's writer, Kesey, did not like the movie, since it did not take the perspective (view) of a Native American character, Chief Bromden (an important part of the book).
[edit] External links
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Talk of the movie's characters and themes
- Greatest Films
- Roger Ebert's Great Movies review