Monday, February 07, 2005
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Who's watched: M & G (both in theater and on video)
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: The first time my mother and I saw this movie it was new, just in the theaters. She, MFS and I went with my mother's sister, niece and nephew. We saw it at the Los Arcos Cinema (housed inside the Los Arcos Mall, neither of which have existed for decades) in Scottsdale, Arizona. The audience, during the credits, gave the movie a standing ovation. This was the first time any of us in our related group had ever been to a film that elicited so much from the audience.
I don't know if Mom remembers. I do know that the day I purchased this movie, some months ago, brought it home, wrestled it out of its wrapping and dropped it into the dvd player, Mom and I relaxed, knowing that being overwhelmed by a movie is possible more than once.
Yes, yes. Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies 28 years after his initial review.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jack Nicholson Randle Patrick McMurphy Louise Fletcher Nurse Mildred Ratched Will Sampson "Chief" Bromden William Redfield Dale Harding Brad Dourif Billy Bibbit Sydney Lassick Charlie Cheswick Christopher Lloyd Max Taber Danny DeVito Martini
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1975
Directed by Miloš Forman.
Labels: brad-dourif, dramaC, jack-nicholson, satire2, shared-favorite