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One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Fantasy Films presents a Milos Forman film ; screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ; produced by Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas ; directed by Milos Forman

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MPAA rating: R

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1975

Fantasy Films presents a Milos Forman film ; screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ; produced by Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas ; directed by Milos Forman

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"Free-spirited con Radle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) fakes insanity and moves into the state mental hospital with what he calls "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villians in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. From Ken Kesey's acclaimed bestseller, One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest won five 1975 Acedemy Awards: Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Directer (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, this one soars." -- From case

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