One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

UPC: 085393622220

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Not For Children]

Summary: 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

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – British Academy of Film and Television Arts U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Picture – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null New Star of the Year - Male – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null Best Screenplay – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Actor – National Board of Review Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association New Star of the Year - Male – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – People's Choice Awards Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Actor – National Society of Film Critics

Features: Interactive menus
Production notes
Scene access
Languages: English, Fran?ais
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais, Espa?ol

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/17/1997

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 134 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Standard
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Medication Time. [4:23]
2. McMurphy's Here. [4:20]
3. No More, No Less. [5:24]
4. Called to Disorder. [7:12]
5. Basketball Lesson. [3:54]
6. Blackjack of Sorts. [2:21]
7. Out of Bounds. [3:59]
8. Majority Rules. [2:48]
9. At Least He Tried. [5:03]
10. Getting out Vote. [8:03]
11. A New Ballgame. [1:30]
12. Likes Rigged Game. [2:36]
13. For a Ride. [3:32]
14. Now Fishermen. [7:06]
15. A Big Catch. [3:21]
16. "I Can Help Him." [1:28]
17. Teamwork. [2:32]
18. Til We Let You Go. [1:17]
19. Observations. [8:33]
20. Trio for Treatment. [7:29]
21. Hot to Trot. [2:43]
22. Mischief in Dark. [7:18]
23. Exec Lounge Party. [:57]
24. Night Supervisor. [3:33]
25. Party Elsewhere. [3:30]
26. Billy the Club. [5:43]
27. The Morning After. [2:36]
28. Questioning Billy. [5:45]
29. Spilled Blood. [3:08]
30. Where McMurphy Is. [2:01]
31. "Let's go." [4:51]
32. Free. [2:22]
33. End Credits. [2:13]
Side #2 -- Widescreen
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Medication Time. [4:23]
2. McMurphy's Here. [4:20]
3. No More, No Less. [5:24]
4. Called to Disorder. [7:12]
5. Basketball Lesson. [3:54]
6. Blackjack of Sorts. [2:21]
7. Out of Bounds. [3:59]
8. Majority Rules. [2:48]
9. At Least He Tried. [5:03]
10. Getting out Vote. [8:03]
11. A New Ballgame. [1:30]
12. Likes Rigged Game. [2:36]
13. For a Ride. [3:32]
14. Now Fishermen. [7:06]
15. A Big Catch. [3:21]
16. "I Can Help Him." [1:28]
17. Teamwork. [2:32]
18. Til We Let You Go. [1:17]
19. Observations. [8:33]
20. Trio for Treatment. [7:29]
21. Hot to Trot. [2:43]
22. Mischief in Dark. [7:18]
23. Exec Lounge Party. [:57]
24. Night Supervisor. [3:33]
25. Party Elsewhere. [3:30]
26. Billy the Club. [5:43]
27. The Morning After. [2:36]
28. Questioning Billy. [5:45]
29. Spilled Blood. [3:08]
30. Where McMurphy Is. [2:01]
31. "Let's go." [4:51]
32. Free. [2:22]
33. End Credits. [2:13]

Lucia Bozzola

Milos Forman had proven his talent for astute social comedy in such earlier Czech films as Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), and his adept treatment of Cuckoo's Nest's metaphorically loaded conflict fulfilled the promise of an immigrant observer of American culture indicated in his first U.S. feature, Taking Off (1971). Shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, and visually imprisoning the characters in tightly framed compositions, Haskell Wexler's and Bill Butler's cinematography underlines the psychological as well as physical confinement dogging the patients. The restrained, soft-spoken control of Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched contrasts with the thoughtful vigor of Jack Nicholson's McMurphy, further emphasizing both the need to revolt and the difficulty in doing so posed by such consistent, quiet, internalized power. For a culture battered by the chaotic rebellions of the late 1960s/early 1970s, and the serial failures of institutional authority culminating in Watergate and the fall of Saigon, Cuckoo's Nest's resigned yet hopeful portrayal of spirited non-conformity touched a nerve, turning it into one of the most popular films of 1975. The independently produced film became only the second film in history to sweep all five top Academy Awards, winning Best Picture for producers Saul Zaentz and 31-year-old Michael Douglas, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay for Lawrence Hauben's and Bo Goldman's adaptation of the Kesey novel. Shrewdly combining roustabout fervor and humor with an acknowledgement of society's different limits, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest effectively communicated the disillusionment of the waning counter-culture even as it optimistically asserted that one rebel could make a difference. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Dwight Marfield  Actor 
Mwako Cumbuka  Actor 
Sidney Lassick  Actor 
Peter Brocco  Actor 
Josip Elic  Actor 
Alonzo Brown, Jr.  Actor 
Phil Roth  Actor 
Michael Berryman  Actor 
Ted Markland  Actor 
Lan Fendors  Actor 
Lawrence Hauben  Screenwriter 
Michael Douglas  Producer 
Milos Forman  Director 
Bo Goldman  Screenwriter 
Jack Nitzsche  Composer (Music Score) 
Saul Zaentz  Producer 
Jack Nicholson  Actor 
Louise Fletcher  Actor 
William Redfield  Actor 
Dean R. Brooks  Actor 
Scatman Crothers  Actor 
Danny DeVito  Actor 
William Duell  Actor 
Brad Dourif  Actor 
Christopher Lloyd  Actor 
Will Sampson  Actor 
Vincent Schiavelli  Actor 
Delos V. Smith  Actor 
Marya Small  Actor 
Louisa Moritz  Actor 
Mimi Sarkisian  Actor 
Nathan George  Actor 

Country: USA