One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD)

...1975 film is quite possibly one of the best films of all time. In all my days (and I say this as though I have inhabited this wonderful planet for much longer than twenty years, but I guess I've packed a lot of films into those twenty years… but anyway, I digress…) no other film has struck me as being so phenomenally well-made, astoundingly directed and with a cast that is absolutely faultless to a man. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' would certainly ...
...Thankfully, Michael Douglas (yes, the one who is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones) took it upon himself to personally fund the project, bringing in Milos Forman as director. Forman had an extensive background in foreign language films and his career since 'Cuckoo's Nest' has been less than spectacular, but he was certainly the right director for the project. It is interesting that the movie was released in 1975, a date that some could possibly argue ...

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...played by Sydney Lessick. One of my favourite characters, always funny, even when he is angry. I actually named one of my cats after him. Cheswick is a voluntary patient. Harding, Played by William Redfield, who sadly died a year after the film was released. He is a more serious character that McMurphy loves to wind up, as do the other patients, especially Taber. Harding is also a voluntary patient. Taber, Christopher Lloyd’s first part. ...
...he belongs here. A very funny character throughout the film, and another of my favourites. Taber is a committed patient. Watch out for the cigarette in his turn ups. Martini, played by a young Danny Devito, is a bit simple, but still a funny character. He is also a voluntary patient. Billy Bibbet, played by Brad Dourif, is a young voluntary patient that fears his mother, as well as Nurse Ratched. He suffers from a very bad stutter, and finds it ...

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...too. Although Ken Kelsey's book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is not a true story, the themes in it, and the shocking ending are based on things he experienced working in a state mental hospital in San Jose, California - things that had been happening all too regularly all over the country in the 70s. The leading character, petty thief Randall P. McMurphy, is played by Jack Nicholson in probably his greatest role to date, including Chinatown and ...
...more, it is obvious that one of them is going to have to give way before something else does, but the question is who, when and how? There are many touching scenes in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but one of my particular favourites is when McMurphy asks Nurse Rached if he and the other guys can watch the Baseball World Series on television. The Nurse at first refuses, arguing that the basis of the institution is on a strict routine and upsetting ...

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...forever perfect. This is just one of a handful of movies out of thousands that I could happily watch twenty four hours a day, every day, for the rest of my life! What makes it so good? Read on if you want to know more…. The Story…. Randle P. McMurphy [played by Jack Nicholson] is a loud-mouthed fast talking convict. He has learnt that he can shorten his sentence and spend his remaining time in a nice cosy mental hospital, if he can convince the ...
...characters relationship with Randle is one that really stands out, as does his overall performance, only being overshadowed by perhaps Nicholson himself! Louise Fletcher is cold and annoying as "Nurse Ratched" the woman just oozes irritation. The kind of character you would like to see hit over the head with a fridge. It's not surprising the inmates refer to her as nurse "Ratchet". You need an evil Ratched to balance out the nicer characters and ...

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...me from Poltergeist 2) and one of the patients is Michael Berryman (better known as a hill person from the original version of The Hills Have Eyes). Another one of the patients is Vincent Schiavelli (best known as the subway ghost who trains Patrick Swayze how to move objects in Ghost). Randles planned escape fails due to excessive alcohol, the aftermath of the party when the patients are lined up by the head Nurse as they all behave like naughty ...
...bed with one of the women Randle had invited into the hospital and is welcomed back to the group like a conquering hero having had sex with her. His stutter had gone completely until Nurse Ratched mentions telling his mother. The blame for Billy's suicide can only placed on one person, Nurse Ratched and Randle's almost fatal attack on her is not without merit. We are left to assume that Randle has been given possibly a lobotomy after attacking and ...

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...mental condition, we are never one hundred percent sure that it is all fake. Although clearly not as disturbed as many of the other patients, he certainly does seem to have some violent and impulsive tendencies and we are never sure whether his manic outbursts are wholly for the purpose of appearing insane and trying to provoke Nurse Ratched, and his character is genuinely quite disturbing. Louise Fletcher is also excellent (she and Nicholson both ...
...Ratched. She is chilling in her emotionlessness and in the way in which she calmly controls the patients and probes them to talk about their innermost feelings. We are unsure whether she truly believes that she is helping them by enforcing a strict routine and by her intrusive group therapy sessions, or whether she simply derives some kind of sadistic pleasure from being in control – albeit that the people she is controlling are a group of men who ...

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I got this film from a video shop in 1989 and never took it back. No, I'm not a tea leaf, I bought it with hard earned cash from my paper round. I pestered the shop owner until he agreed a price of eight pounds. Videos were not as easy to come by back then and I was convinced I had myself a bargain. I still am. The film, made in 1975, won five oscars, including the big four of Actor, Actress, Picture and Director. It stars Jack Nicholson at his ...
...time bone idle criminal who likes the idea of a transfer from the workhouse to the nuthouse because less energy need be expended. He acts crazy, and is soon signed up for white overalls and pills. There he notices a different kind of lethargy. His fellow inmates have no zest or energy about them. Instead they have become secure under the matriarchal rule of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) and do absolutely everything she asks. McMurphy takes it ...

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...all night, but there is one film, one very special film in which Old Nick puts together a very special performance and we get one of those classic moments in cinema history. You know what it is because you’re reading it here, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’, the 1975 film version of Ken Kesey’s novel from the 1960’s. If you’ve never seen it then you’ve got a rare treat to look forward to, if you ...
...privileged – this is one MASSIVE WORK which should be in everybody’s favourite list. It certainly copped a load of accolades at the time and was an immediate cult classic of some standing – it also managed to transcend the barrier between popularity, critical acclaim and quality – it managed to walk away with 5 Oscars and a host of other awards, but that doesn’t always mean that the film is actually very good, but it’s ...

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A fantastic and absorbing film, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is an adaption of Ken Kesey's book. If you know about Kesey, you will know that anything of his that is made into a film will be raw, undiluted and an accutely observed look at life. Jack Nicolson plays the main character in this piece, R. P. McMurphy. He's a reprobate who's convinced he can escape his latest rap, just so long as they find him mentally ill. He figures a few years in ...
...his law-breaking way again in no time. Mac doesn't realise that it's easy to get in, but not so easy to get out. He meets his nemesis in Nurse Ratchet who's in charge of the hospital ward that Mac's been placed on. She is a woman who cares for the genuine sufferers and she represents a new kind of challenge to Mac; her quiet intelligence infuriates him; his inability to fool her makes him mad; she is someone he is desperate to prove wrong and Mac ...

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...lead us, the consumer, to one universal conclusion; that no-one else on the planet wants them and so they're being off-loaded to us mugs who'll buy anything once its hit the bottom of the bargain bucket. This, I hope, is not the case for most rational human beings, and certainly not those of us who enjoy quality cinema. Bargain buckets, however, are often more shiny than they seem. Or, in the case of this gem, blue. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest' ...
...they discuss, I hope this one will have inspired you to give this one a look. It is a definition of the word 'classic' and anyone who thinks that 'Final Destination' is one of these rare few should watch this and then apologise to themselves for such a crime. Oh, and the blue boxes? Its the new series by Warner celebrating some of the true 'Classics' of cinema. And this one is at the top of the pile. Brilliant. ...

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...top US actors together in one film. The director Czechoslovakian Milos Forman, real name Jan Forman, became orphaned at a young age when his parents died in Aushwitz. Having studied film direction, he began his career in his home country, moving to the US in the 1960s. Apart from this film, other well-known films that he directed include Hair (1979) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1984). The story McMurphy, a man with a criminal record, is facing ...
...fellow inmates and starts a one man campaign to change some of the rules. Although Nurse Ratched initially puts McMurphy in his place, he begins to win over the other inmates, who begin to rebel and at one point, they even stage a breakout. But will McMurphy be able to maintain his winning streak, or will Nurse Ratched and the other hospital staff be able to win back control? The actors/characters There are a number of excellent actors in this ...

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was based upon the acclaimed bestseller by Ken Kesey. Sweeping all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas), Best Actor (Nicholson), Best Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman) it easily attracted much attention. The film has a suberb cast, including Jack Nicoholson, Louis Fletcher, Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, ...
...his film debut. The DVD is rated 18, and approximately 128 mins. Languages include English, French & Italian, and there is a large choice of subtitles, including English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian & Bulgarian. THE PLOT When petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, much disorder and chaos starts to affect the carefully planned out routine for the patients. Opposing ...

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Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest the novel in 1962. It was recently made into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. Milos Forman wrote the screenplay. The storyline and the characters are the same, but Forman has made additions, omissions and changes in the medium. These changes are so, because One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a very emotional novel with more thought than dialog, and this thought is hard ...
...you when you first see the film is the beginning. The film starts with a car driving through beautiful scenery. The novel begins straight away in the hospital with chief Bromden reminiscing. Indeed, you do not see anything of Bromden until halfway through the second scene, you first see McMurphy being brought into the hospital by two policemen. McMurphy is then brought into the dayroom, where Bromden is sweeping, and the other patients are playing ...

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...can tell you that is one of the first films that depicts what it's like to be in a state hospital. Even though the movie is over 20yrs old, it has still me thinking about the patients in these hospitals. Directed by Milos Forman ,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is about an ex-convict named Randall McMurphy, played excellently by Jack Nicholson who fakes insanity to get into a hospital to avoid trouble from the law. Little does McMurphy know that ...
...(Easy Rider, As Good as it Gets). Louise Fletcher, Danny Devito (whose career has been one mental patient after another) and of course that big tall Indian William Sampson who gives a good performance as Chief Bromden. the mute mental patient who gives that memorable ending. A must see. ...

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...my opinion about the film one flew over the cuckoo's Nest, iam a german pupil who wants to get a better english here, i cant earn any money here just for fun:) THE FILM: Released 1975 was this film a sensation cause the people saw how it is in a mental institution, main character is Patrick McMurphy, played from one of the best acteurs: Jack Nicholson. The story is easy to understand but very intelligent, Jack has done much shit in his life, he ...
...than prison HE THINK;). No one believed him really but he came into the mental institution, but it was not the paradies he tought.... In the station were he was all people were really crazy, he made much money with card games cause the other guys didn't even know how to play the games. But the other guys didn't even noticed this cause they were not able... Jack Nicholson gets a friend, a big indian called Chief, he is a lier like Jack too cause ...

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