One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Genres: Comedy Drama
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With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos_Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken_Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack_Nicholson) is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he encounters a motley crew of mostly voluntary inmates, including cowed mama's boy Billy (Brad_Dourif) and silent Native American Chief Bromden (Will_Sampson), presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched (Louise_Fletcher). Ratched and McMurphy recognize that each is the other's worst enemy: an authority figure who equates sanity with correct behavior, and a misfit who is charismatic enough to dismantle the system simply by living as he pleases. McMurphy proceeds to instigate group insurrections large and small, ranging from a restorative basketball game to an unfettered afternoon boat trip and a tragic after-hours party with hookers and booze. Nurse Ratched, however, has the machinery of power on her side to ensure that McMurphy will not defeat her. Still, McMurphy's message to live free or die is ultimately not lost on one inmate, revealing that escape is still possible even from the most oppressive conditions. Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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