Ratched has him placed in the doctor’s office. [2], The film's first screenwriter, Lawrence Hauben, introduced Douglas to the work of Miloš Forman, whose 1967 Czechoslovak film The Firemen's Ball had certain qualities that mirrored the goals of the present script. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. McMurphy is nowhere to be found, causing rumors that he has escaped.

second-highest-grossing film released in 1975, seventh-highest-grossing films of all time, Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition), List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees, "Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Opinion – Obama the Socialist? Not Even Close", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Louise Fletcher recalls the impact of landing the Oscar-winning role of Nurse Ratched", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the American Film Institute", "Story Notes for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Hollywood's Love Affair with Oregon Coast Continues", "Oregon State Hospital – A documentary film (Mental Health Association of Portland)", Anderson, John. After Cheswick bursts into a fit demanding his cigarettes, McMurphy fights with the orderlies, and Chief intervenes. The total production budget came to $4.4 million. [6][7][8], The producers decided to shoot the film in the Oregon State Hospital, an actual mental hospital, as this was also the setting of the novel. Douglas brought in Saul Zaentz as co-producer. Directed by Milos Forman. While screening Thieves Like Us (1974) to see if she was right for the role, he became interested in Louise Fletcher, who had a supporting role, for the role of Nurse Ratched. Wexler believed his dismissal was due to his concurrent work on the documentary Underground, in which the radical terrorist group The Weather Underground were being interviewed while hiding from the law.
[5], Prior to commencement of filming, a week of rehearsals started on January 4, 1975, in Oregon, during which the actors watched the patients in their daily routine and at group therapy. McMurphy sneaks two women, Candy and Rose, and bottles of alcohol into the ward; he bribes guard Turkle to allow this. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher also witnessed electroconvulsive therapy being performed on a patient. And yet, there are those moments of brilliance.[12]. He then lifts the hydrotherapy fountain off the floor, throws it out the window, and escapes. While awaiting their punishment, McMurphy offers Chief a stick of gum, and discovers he can speak and hear, having feigned his deaf-muteness to avoid engaging with anyone. McMurphy and the others get drunk, and McMurphy falls asleep instead of making his escape with Chief.

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Ebert would later put the film on his "Great Movies" list. Ken Kesey participated in the early stages of script development, but withdrew after creative differences with the producers over casting and narrative point of view; ultimately he filed suit against the production and won a settlement. [22] As it was released toward the end of the year, most of its gross was in 1976 and was the highest-grosser for calendar year 1976 with rentals of $56.5 million. Considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is No. Ratched arrives in the morning to find the ward in disarray and most of the patients passed out. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher in her own Oscar-winning performance), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. Chief says, "You're coming with me," and smothers McMurphy to death with a pillow. The day after Christmas, her agent called to say she was expected at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem on January 4 to begin rehearsals. "[2], Miloš Forman had considered Shelley Duvall for the role of Candy. Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in his memorable Oscar-winning performance), a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the \"nuts.\" Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. The music has a tendency to always be a little off-kilter, and from time to time, it tilts completely over into a strange little world of its own ...[16], The film went on to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards at the 48th Oscar ceremony. On one side is McMurphy. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Original Theatrical Trailer Actor Kirk Douglas—who had originated the role of McMurphy in the 1963–64 Broadway stage version of the Ken Kesey novel—had purchased the film rights to the story, and tried for a decade to bring it to the big screen, but was unable to find a studio willing to make it with him. Nicholson had never played this type of role before.

Meanwhile, Billy commits suicide by slitting his throat with broken glass. Her final audition was late in 1974, with Forman, Zaentz, and Douglas. Production was delayed for about six months because of Nicholson's schedule. Forman flew to California and discussed the script page by page, outlining what he would do, in contrast with other directors who had been approached who were less than forthcoming. [2], Danny DeVito, Douglas's oldest friend, was the first to be cast, having played one of the patients, Martini, in the 1971 off-Broadway production. The film opened with original music by composer Jack Nitzsche, featuring an eerie bowed saw (performed by Robert Armstrong) and wine glasses. Sara Paulson becomes Nurse Ratched in the first trailer for Netflix's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel series from producer Ryan Murphy. 33 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list. [2], As Forman did not allow the actors to see the day's filming, this led to the cast losing confidence in him, while Nicholson also began to wonder about his performance. These include the Best Actor for Jack Nicholson, Best Actress for Louise Fletcher, Best Direction for Forman, Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Billy manages to overcome his stutter and stand-up to Ratched.

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