Film· 1975· Drama

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Miloš Forman

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Joker

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Todd Phillips named One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Serpico, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull as the 1970s character studies Joker was made in the manner of, 'the kind of which they just don't make anymore'.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution and Louise Fletcher as the abusive head nurse. Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Sydney Lassick, William Redfield, Christopher Lloyd, and Brad Dourif play supporting roles, with the latter two making their feature-film debuts and Sampson having never acted before.