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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1976 / Director: Milos Forman / Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher ... / DVD ... more
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD) ... released 28 September, 1998 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / One of the key movies of the 1970s, when exciting, groundbreaking, personal films were still being made in Hollywood, Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest emphasised the humanistic story at the heart of Ken Kesey's more hallucinogenic novel. Jack Nicholson was born to play the part of Randle Patrick McMurphy, the rebellious inmate of a psychiatric hospital who fights back against the authorities' cold attitudes of institutional superiority, as personified by Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). It's the classic antiestablishment tale of one man asserting his individuality in the face of a repressive, conformist system--and it works on every level. Forman populates his film with memorably eccentric faces, and gets such freshly detailed and spontaneous work from his ensemble that the picture sometimes feels like a documentary. Unlike a lot of films pitched at the "youth culture" of the 1970s, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest really hasn't dated a bit, because the qualities of human nature that Forman captures--playfulness, courage, inspiration, pride, stubbornness--are universal and timeless. The film swept the Academy Awards for 1976, winning in all the major categories (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay) for the first time since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1931. --Jim Emerson

Newest Review: ... his wild behaviour. It is evident that he is not mentally disturbed, just wild! His sole aim is to cause as much ... more

 ... disruption as possible and his inner child breaks free, when he continually refuses to tow the line. He plays mind games with the other inmates, and Nurse Ratchett, who he loves to hate. His antics soon lead to others being punished, and he is then punished severely for the continuation of rule breaking. Hi relationship with 'Chief' is a pleasure to watch. The film is both humerous and touching and looks at human nature and how quickly the spirit can be broken when put in a position that you cannot control. Jack Nicho...more

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Premium Review One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD): Get out of my way son, you're usin' my oxygen". (1723 words)
by - written on 28/03/08 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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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

Jessica_Hayley
Crowned Review There are the insane...and then those that pretend to be ins ... (1169 words)
by - written on 17/02/09 (Very useful, 373 readings)
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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

shaneo632
Premium Review One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD): Classic drama (383 words)
by - written on 24/07/09 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, depicting the ins and outs of a mental asylum, replete with a cast of weird, and sometimes wonderful, characters. When the film cleaned up at the 1976 Academy Awards, it was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, Screenplay) in over 40 years, a staggering achievement. The film recieved huge critical acclaim and is also highly ranked in IMDB's Top 250 films. Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson, who won an Oscar for his outstanding portrayal) is a criminal living out a short sentence for ...  Read the complete review

kirsty_tinx
Premium Review The fine line between sane and insane, and the frightening i ... (1105 words)
by - written on 19/02/09 (Very useful, 229 readings)
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I read a review on this earlier, and it reminded me of how much I love this film. I'm very a much a rom-com kind of girl, although I'll watch anything, and things that 'mean something' can get to me sometimes, but I prefer things which make me laugh. This makes me wonder why I find One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest so enchanting. I watched a part of it in psychology one day, and I couldn't wait to watch more and see what happened. I find psychology very interesting, and madness particularly something which interests me, so a film all about 'mental' people seemed right up my street. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest follows McMurphy (Jack ...  Read the complete review

bhayanid
Premium Review One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD): If He's Crazy, What Does That Make You? (853 words)
by - written on 05/12/08 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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This is a film that I very much watched because of my parents. My parents told me this was a very good film whenever I used to go on about the Terminator films or something with purely action and special effects. I am glad they informed me about this very unique and outstanding movie. Ranked in the top 10 on IMDB, and no movie can be ranked that high without good reason. Let me assure you I was a fan of Jack Nicholson before. In fact a very big fan and I loved his performances in films like 'The Shining' and 'A Few Good Men'. He was my favourite actor behind the legendary pair of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. What 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' did for me was put ...  Read the complete review

 
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