Jack Nicholson is one of those electric actors up on the big screen you just can't ignore. His menacing stares and deviant leers that have been seeded from his colorful life experience and quest to seriously enjoyed himself over the years gush though in his acting style, never better than in Cuckoos Nest. Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were originally cast to play Nicholson's, R P McMurphy character, but eventually turned it down because of other commitments. Director Milos Forman always wanted Burt Reynolds in the lead, never feeling Jack was quite right for the part. The script was so hot around town that six previous Oscar winners auditioned for the lead roles of the .  Read the complete review

RELEASED: 1975, Cert.18 RUNNING TIME: Approx. 128 minutes DIRECTOR: Milos Forman PRODUCERS: Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas MUSIC SCORE: Jack Nitzsche MAIN CAST:- Jack Nicholson as Randle P McMurphy Will Sampson as "Chief" Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit Danny DeVito as Martini Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber William Redfield as Dale Harding Sydney Lassick as Charlie Cheswick Dean R Brooks as Dr Spivey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE: This is just the film I'm reviewing, as the DVDs ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest is one of the most iconic American films of all time. This film was adapted from Ken Kesey's 1962, best-selling novel. It is set in an authentic mental hospital which perfectly reflects the mundane predictability of the patients' everyday lives. Jack Nicholson plays the ostentatious protagonist with much zeal, winning him the Oscar for Best Actor. Nicholson plays a wise-guy anti hero called McMurphy, who causes much amusing turbulence to the quiet and dull atmosphere of the asylum. McMurphy encourages the patient's to fight against the drudgery of the asylum that the Nurses have condemned them to and to stand up for their own free will. ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a cinematographic classic, a masterpiece that belies its 35 years and can still disturb shock, entertain and chill the viewer. Only the second of three films to ever win the top five Oscars (best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay), this was the film that propelled the wonderful Jack Nicholson into the public consciousness and simultaneously showed us one of the most memorable, yet unlikely movie villains of all time. The softly-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) couldn't be further removed from the kind of movie villains we expect to see. Despite this, there has rarely been a more emotionless, icy and ...  Read the complete review

Over the years, I have heard people talking about when they read 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' at school or how good the movie was. I never really thought that I was missing out on much, as it sounded completely uninteresting to me (bearing in mind I had no idea what the plot was). However, I recently read a review on the movie, on Dooyoo, and was gripped by the review, which left me wanting more! So when my first Amazon voucher came, this was first in my basket. I think I paid £3.99 from Amazon with free postage. **The story** I don't really want to go into much detail with this part as it will ruin the movie so ...  Read the complete review