One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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).

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