One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Milos Forman, 1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, 1962
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a movie directed by Milos Forman in 1975 and based on the book of the same name by Ken Kesey, first published in 1962. The movie features Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown, and others.
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Storyline
In Oregon in the fall in 1963 , repeat offender Randle Patrick McMurphy is transferred to a mental institution after serving a few months on a prison farm on charges of assault and statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl. Upon arriving at the hospital, he finds the ward is being dominated by head nurse Mildred Ratched, a cold, passive-aggressive tyrant who uses her authority to intimidate her patients.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1975
Minutes
133
Movie Rate
8.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Director: Milos Forman
Country: USA
Year: 1975
Length: 2h13m
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Year
1962
Pages
325
Book Rate
8.38
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Book
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Author: Ken Kesey
Country: USA
First published in: 1962
Length: 325 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Ryan Murphy, Evan Romansky
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“If you sell your book to be a film, then 80 percent of your book is going to be thrown out.”
DENNIS LEHANE (Writer)
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