"the film produced. At that time, Kirk Douglas was deemed too old for the role of McMurphy, and the role was given to Jack Nicholson. In 1982 Greg Hersov directed a production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Jonathan Hackett as Randle McMurphy, Linda Marlowe as Nurse Ratched and Tim McInnerny as Billy Bibbitt. In April 1988, the Playhouse Theatre was the site for the first London production of ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". The play was brought to the London stage by Cuckoo Productions, formed by Diane Hilton, Karin Parnaby, and Judy Kershaw. They raised £100,000 in 24"
"as Randle McMurphy (he wanted Gene Hackman). Despite this, Faye Kesey has stated that her husband was generally supportive of the film and pleased that it was made. When the publication of his second novel, ""Sometimes a Great Notion"" in 1964, required his presence in New York, Kesey, Neal Cassady, and others in a group of friends they called the Merry Pranksters took a cross-country trip in a school bus nicknamed Further. This trip, described in ""The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"" (and later in Kesey's unproduced screenplay, ""The Further Inquiry"") was the group's attempt to create art out of everyday"
"Murphy, Maximilian Schell and Meryl Streep (in her film debut). ""Julia"" was released theatrically on 2 October 1977 through 20th Century Fox. Upon release the film received positive reviews from critics with much acclaim towards the performances in particular of Fonda, Redgrave and Robards, the film was a commercial success as well earning $20.7 million against its $7 million budget. The film received a leading eleven nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won three awards, Best Supporting Actor (Robards), Best Supporting Actress (Redgrave) and Best Adapted Screenplay. ""Julia"" was the first film to win both supporting"
"The Fortune The Fortune is a 1975 American comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role. Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists in Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa ""Freddie"" Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She loves the already married Nicky, but because the"
"Vanya"" on Broadway starring George C. Scott and with a new translation by himself and Albert Todd. In 1973 Nichols directed the film ""The Day of the Dolphin"" starring George C. Scott, based on the French novel ""Un animal doué de raison"" (lit. ""A Sentient Animal"") by Robert Merle and adapted by Buck Henry. The film was not successful financially and received mixed reviews from critics. Nichols next directed ""The Fortune"" (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. Again, the film was a financial failure and received mostly negative reviews. It was Nichols' last feature narrative film for"
"Hassett in ""The Other Side of the Mountain"". The Fortune The Fortune is a 1975 American comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role. Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists in Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa ""Freddie"" Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She"
"Back to the Future Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest. Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett ""Doc"" Brown, inventor of the time-traveling DeLorean, who helps Marty repair history and return to 1985. Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale wondered whether he would have befriended his father if they had attended school"
"semi recurring role in ""The Doris Day Show"" (1971-72) and even directed an episode. He returned to MGM for ""They Only Kill Their Masters"" (1972), which reunited him with several former MGM contract players. Lawford was in ""The Phantom of Hollywood"" (1974), the pilot for ""Born Free"", ""Rosebud"" (1975) for Preminger, """" (1976), ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Fantasy Island"", ""The Love Boat "", ""Angels' Brigade"" (1979), ""Highcliffe Manor"", ""Supertrain"", ""Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women"" (1979), ""Gypsy Angels"" (1980), ""Body and Soul"" (1981), and episodes of ""The Jeffersons"". His last role was as Montague Chippendale in ""Where Is Parsifal?"" (1983). His first marriage,"
"a lot of talk about it--and by the way, it was grossly exaggerated."" He was replaced by Stuart Rosenberg. In 1981 Rafelson directed ""The Postman Always Rings Twice"", based on the novel by James M. Cain which had famously been made into a film in 1946 with John Garfield and Lana Turner. The remake was written by David Mamet—the first screenplay by the playwright—and starred Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. In the film, Nicholson plays a Depression-era drifter who happens upon a rural diner and gets involved with the owner's wife in a plot to kill her husband. Rafelson has"
"which he played an air traffic control tower employee at Dulles International Airport that helps LAPD detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, stop terrorists from crashing planes. His other film credits include ""Big Time"" (1977), ""Youngblood"" (1978), ""The Cracker Factory"" (1979), ""National Lampoon's Class Reunion"" (1982), ""Into the Night"" (1985), ""Fright Night"" (1985), ""Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling"" (1986), ""Ruthless People"" (1986), ""Native Son"" (1986), ""White of the Eye"" (1987), ""School Daze"" (1988), ""The Mighty Quinn"" (1989), ""Downtown"" (1990), ""Trespass"" (1992), ""CB4"" (1993), ""Bitter Harvest"" (1993), ""Tales from the Hood"" (1995) and ""Metro"" (1997). He has also"
"of an interesting character that really isn't there in the role."" From the review in The Movie Scene: ""James Stewart ... is central to the movie working, but it also features some nice and unexpected performances from the other stars such as Kurt Russell and George Kennedy. It also has a surprisingly good storyline which has a couple of layers of unexpected depth. Yet because some of it is played out for laughs it left me unsure...the light-hearted moments (seem) a bit strange..."" Fools' Parade Fools' Parade is a 1971 Eastmancolor comedy-drama film directed by Andrew McLaglen, and starring James"
"in the Broadway production of ""Fools"". Her film roles began in 1967 with ""Up the Down Staircase"" starring Sandy Dennis. In 1973, she was asked by director Mike Nichols to play a small role in his film ""The Day of the Dolphin"" starring George C. Scott. She recreated her role in the film version of ""The Prisoner of Second Avenue"" (1975), and was again cast by Nichols for ""The Fortune"" (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. She went on to appear in the television series ""Joe and Sons"" for CBS in 1975; that same year ""Barney Miller"""
"He also had a small role in the 1974 film ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"", which starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. His other film appearances included roles in ""Something Wicked This Way Comes"" (1983) and ""A Climate for Killing"" (1991). In the late 1970s, he had a recurring role as Mickey Malph, Ralph Malph's optometrist father on ""Happy Days"". In 1975 he was in the ""Barney Miller"" episode ""Horse Thief"". In 1979–80, Season 6 of ""Barney Miller"", he appeared in the episode ""Guns"". He appeared again on ""Barney Miller"" in the two-part episode ""Homicide"" in Season 7. In January 1979, Dodson"
"Adamant Lives!"" (1967), ""Jason King"" (1972), ""The Sweeney"" (1975), ""Blake's 7"" (1978), ""Minder"" (1984) and in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"" (1989). He played Richmond in the Thames Television series ""Callan"" (1972) and made ten appearances in ""Crown Court"" (1974–1982), mainly as barrister Patrick Canty, while also appearing in the popular ATV anthology drama series ""Love Story"" (1965-1968). He also featured prominently in other television dramas including ""The Duchess of Malfi"" (1972), ""Napoleon and Love"" (1974),""The Changeling"" (1974), ""Fathers and Families (1977)"", ""Holocaust"" (1978), ""The Manions of America"" (1981), ""To the Lighthouse"" (1983), ""The Scarlet"
"handle the role, saying, ""There is James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, and Henry Fonda. After that, who is there but Jack Nicholson?"" During the filming, Nicholson struck up what became a lifelong friendship with co-star Garfunkel. When he visited Los Angeles, Garfunkel would stay at Nicholson's home in a room Nicholson jokingly called ""the Arthur Garfunkel Suite"". Other Nicholson roles included Hal Ashby's ""The Last Detail"" (1973), with Randy Quaid, for which Nicholson won for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and he was nominated for his third Oscar and a Golden Globe. Television journalist David Gilmour writes"
"any other film he has ever done. In 1995 ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". It is also Robert Duvall's big-screen debut, as the misunderstood recluse Boo Radley. Duvall was cast on the recommendation of screenwriter Horton Foote, who met him at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City where Duvall starred in a 1957 production of Foote's play, ""The Midnight Caller"". The American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Additionally, the AFI"
"film. ""Part II"" became notable for its 2015 setting and predictions of technology such as hoverboards. ""Part III"", released on May 25, 1990, continued the story, following Marty as he travels back to 1885 to rescue a time-stranded Doc. ""Part III"" was less financially successful than its predecessors despite being better received by critics than ""Part II"". Back to the Future Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time to 1955,"
"Montgomery, and Frank Morgan in the roles played by Garson, Crawford, Taylor and Marshall. Mary Howard (Joan Crawford) is a novelist with advanced ideas about love and marriage, and is in love with her publisher, Rogers Woodruff (Herbert Marshall). She decides the only logical thing to do is to lure him away from his wife and marry him. Mary's friend, Jimmy (Robert Taylor), however, is convinced he's the right man for her and pursues her. He sees through her rationalizations and wrong-thinking and decides to throw Mary and Woodruff's wife Claire (Greer Garson) together at the house of a friend"
"Marc McClure Marc A. McClure (born March 31, 1957 in San Mateo, California) is an American actor, known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the ""Superman"" series of feature films released between 1978 and 1987, and Dave McFly, the older brother of Marty McFly in the ""Back to the Future"" films. McClure appeared in the 1976 film ""Freaky Friday"". He was in the 1977 Brigham Young University church video ""The Phone Call"" as Scott, who works at Ripples Drive-In. In 1978 he appeared in the film ""I Wanna Hold Your Hand"" and in 1980 appeared in the film ""Used Cars"", both"
"(1980) and ""Bedroom Eyes"" (1984). He also played supporting parts in such films as ""Act of Vengeance"" (1986), ""Ernest Rides Again"" (1993), ""Luna: Spirit of the Whale"" (2007) and """" (2003). In 2010, he appeared in ""Diary of a Wimpy Kid"" as Robert Jefferson, a role he would reprise in the films sequels """" (2011), """" (2012) and """" (2012). Humphreys played numerous small guest roles in television shows throughout the 1980s up to the present including the role of Dr. Pomerantz on the Sci-Fi show ""The X Files"", as well as roles on ""The Twilight Zone"" (the 1985 and"
"dour-looking Scottish drover who was the real Rob Roy"" and said that the film failed to convey the figure's importance to audiences. The critic highlighted the scene of Cunningham raping Mary as one of the film's ""strongest scenes"" which was appropriately responded to by the ""cowboy justice"" of Neeson's lonesome and avenging Rob Roy. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Rob Roy (1995 film) Rob Roy is a 1995 American biographical historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Rob Roy MacGregor, an 18th-century Scottish clan chief who battles with an unscrupulous"
"""Playhouse 90"", ""Alcoa Theatre"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""The Asphalt Jungle"", ""Perry Mason"", ""Dr. Kildare"", ""Mannix"", ""Mission Impossible"", ""The Name of the Game"" (""L.A. 2017""), ""McMillan & Wife"", ""Columbo"", ""The Rockford Files"", ""Lou Grant"" and ""Remington Steele"", among many other TV series. Orson Welles called upon Stewart to play a role in his film, ""The Other Side of the Wind"", shot in the 1970s and left unfinished until its release in 2018. When Welles died at his home in Hollywood October 10, 1985, Stewart was the first of his friends to arrive. Stewart died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center"
"several other major directors such as John Schlesinger and Miloš Forman. His next film was a paranoid thriller set in Los Angeles, ""Night Moves"" (1975) about a private detective (played by Gene Hackman) on the trail of a runaway. Next came a comic western, ""The Missouri Breaks"" (1976), a ramshackle, eccentric story of a horse thief (Jack Nicholson) facing off with an eccentric bounty hunter (played by Marlon Brando). In the 1980s, Penn's career began to lose its momentum with critics and audiences: ""Four Friends"" (1981) was a traumatic look back at the 1960s, returning to the old themes of"
"Murphy. It was directed by James Mangold. In April 1967, 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen is admitted to McLean Hospital, in Belmont, Massachusetts, after attempting suicide by overdosing on pills. She denies that it was a suicide attempt to a psychiatrist, who suggests she take time to regroup in McLean, a private mental hospital. Susanna is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and her stay extends to 18 months rather than the proposed couple of weeks. Fellow patients Polly, Cynthia, Lisa Rowe, Lisa Cody, Georgina and Daisy contribute to Susanna's experiences at McLean as she describes their personal issues and how they come"
"Flanders in his last movie role. A not-yet-famous Jack Black has one line (""Reefer?"") as a disc jockey at a party. Co-stars Amber Benson and Eliza Dushku went on to play main roles on the television series ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", as did Lindsay Crouse. This is a story about the breakup of the family. In particular, it focuses on the lifestyle of three divorced men in the Los Angeles area, Dave Goldman (Matthew Modine), wrestling coach/driver's ed teacher Vic D'Amico (Randy Quaid), and real estate agent Donny Carson (Paul Reiser). The film is presented from their perspective and it"
"James Tolkan James Stewart Tolkan (born June 20, 1931) is an American actor, known for his work in films such as ""Serpico"", ""Top Gun"" and the ""Back to the Future"" franchise. James Stewart Tolkan was born in Calumet, Michigan, the son of Dale Nichols and Ralph M. Tolkan, a cattle dealer. He attended the University of Iowa, Coe College, the Actors Studio and Eastern Arizona College. Tolkan is known for his role in the 1985 film ""Back to the Future"" as the strict Hill Valley High School principal, Stanford S. Strickland; the character refers to Marty McFly, his father, and"
"(1980). The Hatfields and the McCoys (film) The Hatfields and the McCoys is a 1975 American made-for-television western drama film about the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys starring Jack Palance, Steve Forest, Richard Hatch, James Keach and Robert Carradine. The film originally aired as the ""ABC Movie of the Week"" on January 15, 1974. During filming Carradine expressed interest that he and his brothers could play the Younger brothers in a proposed film Keach wanted to make where he and his brother Stacy played the James brothers. This led to the Keaches and the Carradines appearing in ""The Long"
"Dr. Phibes"" (1971), ""Lady Frankenstein"" (1971), and ""The Screaming Woman"" (1972) with de Havilland. He had lead roles in ""Doomsday Voyage"" (1972), ""Baron Blood"" (1972), and ""The Scopone Game"" (1973) and was in ""The Devil's Daughter"" (1973), ""The Streets of San Francisco"", ""Soylent Green"" (1973), ""A Delicate Balance"" (1973), ""The Rockford Files"", ""Syndicate Sadists"" (1975), ""The Timber Tramps"" (1975), ""The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"" (1976), ""A Whisper in the Dark"" (1976), ""Origins of the Mafia"" (1976), ""Twilight's Last Gleaming"" (1977) for Aldrich, ""Airport '77"", ""Aspen"" (1977), ""The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries"", ""Last In, First Out"" (1978), ""Caravans"" (1978), ""Indagine su un"
"the upper hand and handcuffing Cliff to his car. Jack then moves the car onto one of the tracks and leaves it to be smashed by an approaching train. Roadflower Roadflower (also known as Road Flower or The Road Killers) is a 1994 American suspense thriller starring Christopher Lambert, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Arquette, Josh Brolin, Christopher McDonald, John Pyper-Ferguson and Adrienne Shelly. Jack Lerolland (Christopher Lambert), his brother Glen (Christopher McDonald) and family and friends go for a short country trip. When young Rich Lerolland (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is nearly run down, his father takes off after the car that was"
"The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson and written by David Mamet (in his screenwriting debut). Starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange, it is the fourth adaptation of the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. The film was shot in Santa Barbara, California. Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) a drifter, stops at a depression-era rural California diner for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a young, beautiful woman, Cora Smith (Jessica Lange), and her much older husband, Nick Papadakis (John"
"his neighbors and patients. His unique, frank approach to psychotherapy soon attracts patients away from the two therapists (David Paymer and Jane Adams) already working in the area. Soon he is treating a variety of conditions, ranging from the obsession of one man (Pruitt Taylor Vince) to erotic novels to an unhappily married woman (Mary McDonnell) and her compulsive shopping. Mumford befriends a billionaire computer mogul (Jason Lee) and a cafe waitress (Alfre Woodard) and attempts to play matchmaker. He also begins to fall for a patient (Hope Davis) who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome. Together with an attorney (Martin"
"as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as well as the Golden Globe Award. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for the musical score by Jerome Moross. Successful sea captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) travels to the American West to join his fiancée Patricia (Carroll Baker) at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), referred to by all as ""The Major."" Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, over water rights in the arid grazing lands of the high plains. Patricia's friend,"
"Clint Eastwood, Neil Armstrong, Charles Manson, Andy Warhol, Prince Charles Henry Kissinger, Mother Teresa, Al Pacino, Cher, Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Raymond Burr (as Ironside), William Conrad (as Cannon), Peter Falk (as Columbo), James Garner (as Jim Rockford in ""The Rockford Files""), Telly Savalas (as Kojak), The Osmonds, Gerald Ford, Mark Spitz, Bobby Fischer, Olga Korbut, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Jodie Foster, Björn Borg, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, John McEnroe, ABBA, Bruce Lee, David Bowie, Patty Hearst, Idi Amin, Woody Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta, George Lucas, Andreas"