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        One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (2-Disc) (1975)
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        • Release Date: 25-09-1998
        • Format: DVD
        • Number of Discs: 1
        • Catalogue Number: D036700
        • Label: WarnerBros


      • In one of the most memorable indictments of mental institutions, and a subtle examination of male anger, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (based on the novel by Ken Kesey) presents a biting, and ultimately tragic, satire. R.P. McMurphy, a misbehaving con who shirks authority, finds himself in an asylum after faking insanity to get out of work detail in prison. Once in, the vivacious troublemaker finds out he's in a worse kind of prison--one presided over by the repressed, terrifyingly quiet Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), whose taught set of rules and regulations are meant to suppress patients' psychotic outbursts, and their spirits. It's not long before McMurphy is reaching out to his new inmates, trying desperately to bring life to an otherwise dead atmosphere. He becomes the organizer of card games, tries to teach a huge Cree Indian, Chief Bromden (Will Sampson), to shoot baskets, and, when his efforts to allow the patients to see the World Series are thwarted, he mimics the game for his new friends. To Ratched, however, Nicholson's free spirit is as dangerous as a schizophrenic impulse. A disturbing, witty, and electrifying drama, and winner of the Best Picture Oscar, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is brilliantly acted by an ensemble that includes several future stars such as Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito.


      • One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is brilliant cinema theatre. Jack Nicholson stars in an outstanding characterization of asylum anti-hero McMurphy, and Milos Forman's direction of a superbly-cast film is equally meritorious.

        The film is adapted from Ken Kesey's novel, the 1963 Broadway legit version of which, by Dale Wasserman, starred Kirk Douglas. Kirk's son, Michael, was the producer of the film and Kirk originally wanted to revisit the character of McMurphy for the movie. Thankfully, his son said no and Nicholson got the nod.

        The $3 million film traces the havoc wrecked in Louise Fletcher's zombie-run mental ward when Nicholson (either an illness faker or a free spirit) displays a kind of leadership which neither Fletcher nor the system can handle.

        The major supporting players emerge with authority: Brad Dourif (in a part played on Broadway by the ghastly Gene Wilder), the acne-marked stutterer whose immature sexual fantasies are clarified on the night of Nicholson's aborted escape; Sidney Lassick, a petulant auntie; Will Sampson, the not-so-dumb Indian with whom Nicholson effects a strong rapport; and William Redfield, the over-intelligent inmate.

        The film's pacing is relieved by a group escape and fishing boat heist, right out of Mack Sennett, and some stabs at basketball in which Nicholson stations the tall Indian for telling effect. This in turn make the shock therapy sequences awesomely potent.


        OSCARS:

      • 1975: Best Picture, Director, Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Adapted Scrrenplay
      • Nominations: Best Supp Actor (Brad Dourif), Cinematography, Editing, Original Score


        5 STARS OUT OF 5 - UNMISSABLE


        1975, 133 MINS, US, COLOUR


      • Dir: Milos Forman
      • Prod: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
      • Scr: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
      • Ph: Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler, William Fraker
      • Ed: Reginald Mills
      • Mus: Jack Nitzsche
      • Art Dir: Paul Sylbert


        CAST:

        • Jack Nicholson
        • Louise Fletcher
        • William Redfield
        • Dean Brooks
        • Scatman Crothers
        • Danny DeVito


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        Dvd Special Features


          Disc 1 Special Features

            Audio Commentary By Director Milos Forman And Producers Michael Douglas And Saul Zaentz
            Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic
            Dolby Digital 5.1
            Languages- English
            Subtitles- English
            Region 2/PAL/Colour
            Running Time 128 Minutes


          Disc 2 Special Features

            "The Making Of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" Documentary (58mins)
            Additional Scenes x 8
            Cast/Crew Career Highlights
            Theatrical Trailer


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