"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson, and features a supporting cast of Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Will Sampson, and Brad Dourif. The film also featured Christopher Lloyd in his film debut. Considered by some to be one of the greatest films ever made, ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" is No. 33 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list. The film"
"Nurse Ratched Nurse Mildred Ratched (also known as ""Big Nurse"") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" as well as the 1975 film of the same name. A cold, heartless, and passive-aggressive tyrant, Nurse Ratched became the stereotype of the nurse as a battleaxe. She has also become a popular metaphor for the corrupting influence of institutional power and authority in bureaucracies such as the psychiatric treatment center in which the novel is set. The role in the film version of the novel was turned down by Anne"
"in ABC's ""Once Upon a Time"", where they are portrayed by Ingrid Torrance and Peter Marcin. Netflix and Ryan Murphy are producing a prequel series titled Ratched which follows Sarah Paulson playing a younger version of Nurse Ratched, with a two-season, eighteen-episode order. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a tribute to individualistic principles. It was adapted into"
"best known for playing the role of Nurse Ratched in ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She did not have to read for the role of Vedek Winn, nor was she familiar with the ""Star Trek"" series or its heritage before accepting the role. Robin Christopher makes her appearance in this episode for the second and last time as Neela, first appearing in the previous episode,"
"weak. The chronics are patients who will never be cured. Many of the chronics are elderly and/or in vegetative states. ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" is one of America's most challenged and banned novels. The novel was adapted into a 1963 play, starring Kirk Douglas (who purchased the rights to produce it for the stage and motion pictures) as McMurphy and Gene Wilder as Billy Bibbit. A film adaptation, starring Jack Nicholson, and co-produced by Michael Douglas was released in 1975. The film won five Academy Awards. The characters of Nurse Ratched and Chief Bromden appear as recurring characters"
"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"
"Cuckoo's Nest"" was released in 1975 was based on the novel, but not on the play. DeVito reprised his stage role in the film. The 1963–64 Broadway production starred Kirk Douglas as Randle Patrick McMurphy, Gene Wilder as Billy Bibbit, William Daniels as Harding, Ed Ames as ""Chief"" Bromden, and Joan Tetzel as Nurse Ratched. Douglas retained the rights to make a film version of ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" for a decade, but was unable to find a studio willing to make it with him. Eventually, he gave the rights to his son Michael, who succeeded in getting"
"and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park. She attended both Triton College and Clarke University but did not graduate. A member of Steppenwolf Theater's core group of actors since 1997, Morton has spent most of her career working in the Chicago theater scene. She has appeared in many stage productions, include ""Clybourne Park"", ""American Buffalo"", ""Dublin Carol"", ""The Pillowman"", ""Love-Lies-Bleeding"" and ""Awake and Sing"". Morton made her Broadway debut starring opposite Gary Sinise as Nurse Ratched in the Tony Award winning 2001 revival of ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". She originated the role of"
"Ratched (TV series) Ratched is an upcoming American Drama web television series, based on ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" written by Ken Kesey, that is set to premiere in 2019 on Netflix. The series was created by Evan Romansky and is set to star Sarah Paulson as the titular Nurse Ratched. ""Ratched"" is described as ""an origins story, beginning in 1947, which will follow Ratched’s journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster. The series will track her murderous progression through the mental health care system."" On September 6, 2017, it was announced that Netflix had given the production"
"Keshishian, Margaret Riley and Jacob Epstein. Production companies involved in the series are set to include Fox 21 Television Studios, The Saul Zaentz Company, and Ryan Murphy Productions. Alongside the initial series announcement, it was announced that Sarah Paulson had been cast in the lead role of Nurse Ratched. On December 11, 2018, it was reported that Finn Wittrock and Jon Jon Briones had joined the cast of the series. Ratched (TV series) Ratched is an upcoming American Drama web television series, based on ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" written by Ken Kesey, that is set to premiere in"
"and lasted through 1994. Her appearances with them included ""The House of Bernarda Alba"", ""Sunday in the Park with George"", ""Arsenic and Old Lace"", ""A Little Night Music"", and ""Home"". In the 1970s she took an extended leave from the company to portray Nurse Ratched in the 18-month-long San Francisco production of ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". Her national tour credits included ""Forty Carats"", ""The Last of the Red Hot Lovers"", and ""Annie"". Her portrayal of Miss Hannigan on the first tour of ""Annie"" and in a long Chicago run (in succession to originator Dorothy Loudon) was considered one"
"later joined by cast members John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, Treat Williams, and Marilu Henner. Small is best known for her roles as Candy in the film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" and Dr. Nero in Woody Allen's film ""Sleeper"". She also portrayed the Janis Joplin-inspired role of Frankie in the animated rotoscope film ""American Pop"". Mews Small Mews Small (born Mary Edith Wilard Small; March 20, 1942 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress and singer. She was known professionally as Marya Small during the 1970s and has also been credited as Merrya Small, Mary Small Rusk, and Mary"
"rebuild the main hospital to a downsized 620-bed facility, which was completed in 2013. Portions of the original hospital buildings were demolished, though the center of the Kirkbride building was salvaged and renovated, and now houses a mental health museum. Oregon State Hospital is located in the eponymous Oregon State Hospital Historic District, and was registered with the National Register for Historic Places in 2008. It was the primary filming location for the 1975 film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"", as well as being the subject of a series of photographs by photographer Mary Ellen Mark in 1976. The"
"Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975). Fletcher gained international recognition and fame for the role, winning Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a BAFTA Award and Golden Globe. When Fletcher accepted her Oscar, she used sign language to thank her parents. After ""Cuckoo's Nest"", Fletcher had mixed success in film. She made several financially and critically successful films, while others were box office failures. Fletcher's film roles were in such features as """" (1977), ""The Cheap Detective"" (1978), ""The Lady in Red"" (1979), ""The Magician of Lublin"" (1979), ""Brainstorm"" (1983), ""Firestarter"" (1984), ""Invaders From Mars"" (1986), ""Flowers in"
"the 1970s, he granted permission for the film ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975) to be shot in the Oregon Hospital, letting the film crew stay at the mental hospital; Brooks also portrayed ""Dr. John Spivey"" in the film. During the shooting, Brooks diagnosed actor William Redfield with leukemia. Dr. Brooks was known for his ""patient-centered"" approach to caring for the patients at Oregon State Hospital and monitored the treatment of patients by making rounds on every shift. He was deeply involved in community and church activities locally by founding the Willamette Valley Hospice and developing the Salem Pops"
"based on Nurse Ratched from the American drama film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". The film is referenced again in a scene where Bart takes the old folks on a boat trip and a scene where a Native American chief in the old folk's home throws a dishwasher through a window, and jumps out, mirroring the last scene in the film. The character then returns, and hands Lisa a pamphlet that reads ""Prop 217"". The pamphlet is a reference to Proposition 217, a proposition that allowed Native Americans to operate casinos in certain states. It is also a reference"
"1975, with his role as Randle P. McMurphy in ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". The movie was an adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel, and was directed by Miloš Forman and co-produced by Michael Douglas. Nicholson plays an anti-authoritarian patient at a mental hospital where he becomes an inspiring leader for the other patients. Playing one of the patients was Danny DeVito in an early role. Nicholson learned afterwards that DeVito grew up in the same area of New Jersey, and they knew many of the same people. The film swept the Academy Awards with nine nominations, and won the"
"seemed right"". Harold Spuller was inspired by the 1975 film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" starring Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy. Coincidentally, Spuller's friend in this episode, Chuck Forsch, is portrayed by actor Sydney Lassick, who had previously appeared in the movie as one of McMurphy's fellow patients. Steven M. Porter was friends with co-executive producer Frank Spotnitz, and due to this connection he was allowed to audition for a guest role on the show. Following his audition, Porter felt that he had ""either made a great impression or a complete fool of myself"". Porter used his experience in"
"obsequious toadies, and fretful everyman types. A chubby, antsy character actor, Lassick is perhaps best known for his outstanding portrayal of Charlie Cheswick, the whiny and infantile manic depressive mental patient in the acclaimed 1975 Oscar Award winning film ""One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". His other most memorable roles include a fey Fairy Godfather in the lowbrow nudie cutie musical ""Sinderella and the Golden Bra""; mean sarcastic English teacher Mr. Fromm in the 1976 horror film ""Carrie""; genuinely creepy as perverse and abusive innkeeper Ernest Keller in the potently unnerving slasher horror sleeper film ""The Unseen""; at his"
"""Knots Landing"", ""Dream On"" and ""The X-Files"". Lassick died from complications of diabetes, at age 80 in Los Angeles, California. His only survivor was an elder sister. Sydney Lassick was buried in a simple Jewish service, in the southwest Maimonides section, at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Sydney Lassick Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"". Lassick's first name was sometimes spelled ""Sidney"". He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Russian"
"she portrayed Vedek Winn as the older sister of Nurse Ratched from ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". Writing for Jammer's Reviews, Jamahl Epsicokhan said there was a great deal of plot to cover in the episode and that the strands successfully came together. He singled out Avery Brooks for praise, but thought there were a number of stand-out performances by the cast. Epsicokhan gave the episode a score of 3.5/4 and thought that it demonstrated the direction that the series intended to go in. In his review of the episode for Tor.com, Keith DeCandido praised the performance of Fletcher"
"Johnson and Tamara Harvey. The show was a huge box office hit and transferred to London's Gielgud Theatre where it ran for over 20 weeks. This production was itself revived in 2006 with Alex Kingston taking over the role of Nurse Ratched. It then toured the UK in 2007 with Shane Richie playing McMurphy and Sophie Ward Nurse Ratched. A production of the play was staged by London's Tower Theatre Company 23–27 October 2012 Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963) is a play based on Ken"
"Case of the Decadent Dean."" She also made appearances on ""Thriller"" (""An Attractive Family"" and ""The Devil's Ticket"") and ""Gunsmoke"". Aside from her movie career, Tetzel was a well-known stage actress. She appeared in the 1940 revival of ""Liliom"", the original stage production of ""I Remember Mama"", and portrayed Nurse Ratchet in the stage production of ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" on Broadway. As a noted stage actress, her photo appeared on the front cover of ""Life Magazine"" on Monday 16 February 1948. Tetzel's other Broadway credits include ""The Winner"" (1953), ""Red Gloves"" (1948), ""Strange Bedfellows"" (1947), ""Pretty Little"
"who had a supporting role, for the role of Nurse Ratched. A mutual acquaintance, the casting director Fred Roos, had already mentioned her name as a possibility. Even so it took four or five meetings, over a year, (during which the role was offered to other actresses such as Angela Lansbury, Anne Bancroft, and Geraldine Page) for Fletcher to secure the role of Nurse Ratched. Her final audition was late in 1974, with Forman, Zaentz and Douglas. The day after Christmas, her agent called to say she was expected at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem on January 4 to"
"opened in Boston but received poor reviews, being cancelled before it reached Broadway. Lansbury later described the play as ""a complete and utter fiasco"", admitting that in her opinion, her ""performance was awful"". In the 1970s, Lansbury declined several cinematic roles, including the lead in ""The Killing of Sister George"" and the role of Nurse Ratched in ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". Instead, she accepted the role of the Countess von Ornstein, an aging German aristocrat who falls in love with a younger man, in ""Something for Everyone"" (1970), for which she filmed on location in Hohenschwangen, Bavaria. That"
"and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. The film was the third highest-grossing film released in 1975 in the United States and Canada with a gross of $109 million, being UA's biggest hit. As it was released toward the end of the year, most of its gross was in 1976 and was the highest-grosser for calendar year 1976 with rentals of $56.5 million. Worldwide, the film earned rentals of $76.1 million. American Film Institute One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based"
"Sydney Lassick Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"". Lassick's first name was sometimes spelled ""Sidney"". He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Russian Jewish immigrants. Lassick, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and afterwards studied drama at DePaul University, first began acting in both films and TV shows in the late 1950s. Portly and bespectacled, with a high-pitched voice and a nervous disposition, Lassick was usually cast as peevish neurotics,"
"since the 1970s. The song is also used in the 1967 film ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" at the Long Island fancy dress party when the eccentric widow Muzzy Van Hossmere Carol Channing is introducing all of her ""instructors"" who also happen to be former lovers. The song is a recurring theme in the movie when referring to Millie Dillmount's Julie Andrews love life or lack thereof. The song is featured in the ""giallo"" film ""The Abominable Dr. Phibes"" (1971), during a murder scene. In the film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975) the tune is constantly played as background music"
"she was under contract with David O. Selznick. De Winter appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Norman in ""Children of a Lesser God"", and in Europe onstage in ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" as Nurse Ratched, a role that she originated in the play's production in San Francisco. For three years, De Winter had a recurring role as an executive secretary in ""The Name of the Game"". Otherwise, she acted in mostly single-episode appearances on television between 1965 and 2002, including ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"", ""The Brady Bunch"", ""Soap"", ""St. Elsewhere"", ""Newhart"", ""Murder She Wrote"", ""Frasier"", ""The Munsters Today"", and"
"Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, as well as winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his supporting role as Billy Bibbit in the critically acclaimed film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975). Dourif's other notable film roles were in ""Dune"" (1984), ""Mississippi Burning"" (1988), """" (2002), and ""Child's Play"" franchise. He also appeared in many television series, notably ""Deadwood"" (2004–2006, 2019), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 18, 1950, to"
"Randle McMurphy Randle Patrick ""Mac"" McMurphy (also known as R.P. McMurphy) is the protagonist of Ken Kesey's novel ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1962). He appears in the stage and film adaptations of the novel as well. Jack Nicholson portrayed Randle Patrick McMurphy in the film adaption, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated on the ""Heroes"" list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains, but did not make the final list. He was ranked by film magazine Empire as the 61st Greatest Movie Character of All Time. Randle Patrick McMurphy (April 22, 1925"
"failure of ""Taking Off"", producers Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz hired him to direct the adaptation of Ken Kesey's cult novel ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". Forman later said they hired him because he was in their price range. Starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, the adaptation was a critical and commercial success. The film won Oscars in the five most important categories: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. One of only three films in history to do so (alongside ""It Happened One Night"" and ""The Silence of the Lambs""), it firmly established"
"a series order for two seasons consisting of nine episodes apiece. Netflix reportedly won a bidding war over Hulu and Apple who also were interested in developing the project. The series was created by Evan Romansky who also wrote the pilot. His script was eventually received by television producer Ryan Murphy, who then spent a year securing the rights to the Nurse Ratched character and the participation of the Saul Zaentz estate and Michael Douglas, who owned the screen rights to ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"". Murphy is expected to direct the pilot and executive produce alongside Douglas, Aleen"