One of my all-time faves; Flawless Jack- classic American film

Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2003)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) **** Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, WIlliam Redfield, Will Sampson, Danny De Vito, Christopher Lloyd, Vincent Schiavelli, Scatman Crothers. One of my all time favorite films: Winner of five Oscars in all major categories (the first film since "It Happened One Night" in 1939 and only recently succeeded in 1991's "The Silence of The Lambs"): Best Actor (Nicholson in his best performance of his career); Best Actress (Fletcher); Best Picture; Best Director (Milos Forman) and Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Medium (Lawrence Hauber and Bo Goldman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey). Boisterous tale of feckless restless spirit Randle Patrick McMurphy who is committed to a mental institution after several unsuccessful rehabilitation in the cooler where he faces impossible frustrating and comic odds with some vivid characters and compelling dramatic storytelling. Fletcher's calculatingly cool as a cucumber, castrating Nurse Ratched is the main obstacle in many encounters that test the human condition. Brilliantly realized with some very humorous moments and some unexpected turn of events. Produced by actor Michael Douglas. (Incidentally the first R rated film I ever saw: I was 8 years old)