Rent One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4.4 of 5 from 583 ratings
2h 8min
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- Synopsis:
- When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He's on the side of a brewing war, soft-spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward.
- Actors:
- Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown, Scatman Crothers, Mwako Cumbuka, Danny DeVito, William Duell, Josip Elic, Lan Fendors, Nathan George, Ken Kenny, Mel Lambert, Sydney Lassick, Kay Lee, Christopher Lloyd, Dwight Marfield, Ted Markland
- Directors:
- Milos Forman
- Producers:
- Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz
- Writers:
- Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman
- Others:
- Louise Fletcher, Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben, Saul Zaentz, Jack Nitzsche, Richard Chew, Bill Butler, Mark Berger, Robert R Rutledge, Lawrence Jost, Mary McGlone, Veronica Selver, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn, Haskell Wexler, William A. Fraker, Brad Dourif, Michael Douglas
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/02/2009
- Run Time:
- 133 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 1.0, German Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Commentary By Director Milos Forman
- The Making of
- Additional Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (5) of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Funny, sad, Brilliant - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest review by JD
When i was a lad, my dad told me this was a brilliant film.
30 years later - i watch it for the first time. And yep, its brilliant.
Its no wonder this is a staple of best film ever lists. Having recently also watched 12 angry men for the first time, I do wonder whats gone wrong in the movie industry that despite all the learnings and improvements - these very old films stand out as exceptional by modern standards.
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McMurphy aint no Turkey - he's a Cuckoo lad! - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest review by AM
Another film I don't know why I've never seen it. A cold-stone classic, must-see. But I have to be honest, I found it dragged a bit - and perhaps some of the impact of such an important film showing mental illness and outmoded treatments of it, has lost a bit of oomph as the years have passed and more films / dramas have taken this world into account.
Still - some wonderful performances in this, not the least of course Nicholson's Oscar-winning turn as McMurphy. A very young Danny DeVito was also great, and look it's Doc Brown himself, Christopher Lloyd! Well worth seeing it, despite the fact it did seem to plod along at bits rather than truly engage - but I guess that's the point of this film, in truth.
Mentally-ill bananas!
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Moving, Thought Provoking & Hilarious Drama - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest review by GI
This is an intelligent, powerful and very funny drama and in my opinion Jack Nicholson's best performance. Set in a US mental hospital in the 1960s where the highly charismatic petty criminal Randal McMurphy arrives having agreed to be mentally assessed to avoid work in prison. He brings a change to the mundane lives of the various male patients and challenges the authority of the tyrannical Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher in a frighteningly cold and award winning performance). The comedy whilst dark is absolutely hilarious mainly through Nicholson's wonderful reactionary performance. But the comedy is tinged with the terrifying portrayal of the conditions which are used to shine a very bright light on society and it's treatment of difference. If you go by this film's message then everyone should be incarcerated!. There's a really disturbing scene of electro-shock treatment being applied and even after many viewings it's scary stuff. The film has uplifting moments but ultimately it's a sad tale and it's one of those films that even though you know how it ends you secretly wish that just this one time it maybe different; a bit like wishing Steve McQueen makes that jump in The Great Escape (1963). This is one of those films that everyone should make sure they see, it's simply a masterpiece of modern cinema and deserves the many accolades and awards it has received.
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