One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(Movie, 1975)

Name: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975
Duration: T02:13:00
Rating: 4.2

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 13min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 4.2/5 (with 4,744 votes)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, alongside Louise Fletcher as a sadistic nurse. The supporting cast is Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Sydney Lassick, William Redfield, and the film debuts of Christopher Lloyd and Brad Dourif. Originally announced in 1962 with Kirk Douglas starring, the film took 13 years to develop. Filming finally began in January 1975 and las... ()

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Awards & Nominations for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

About One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Trailer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

BFI Trailer(Trailer, 1:30)

BFI Trailer (Trailer) | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Official Trailer #1 - Jack Nicholson Movie HD (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette) | Trailer 1 (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Oregon State Hospital, Depoe Bay, Fayetteville

Plays in: Oregon

Based on the work of: Ken Kesey ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")

Made by: Fantasy Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 37 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Ewe (EE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 03/18/1976 (World premiere: 11/19/1975)

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Sydney Lassick, Christopher Lloyd, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Michael Berryman, Nathan George, Vincent Schiavelli, Anjelica Huston, William Duell, Dean Brooks, Peter Brocco, Louisa Moritz, Philip Roth, Ted Markland, Audrey Landers, Mews Small, Tom McCall, Saul Zaentz

Creator: Miloš Forman

Director: Miloš Forman

Producer: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas

Screenwriter: Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben

Film Editor: Sheldon Kahn

Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler

Composer: Jack Nitzsche

Production Designer: Paul Sylbert

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou"

"دیوانه ای از قفس پرید"

"Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo"

"뻐꾸기 둥지 위로 날아간 새"

"Vlucht boven een koekoeksnest"

"Gjøkeredet"

"Lot nad Kukułczym Gniazdem"

"Лет изнад кукавичјег гнезда"

"Gökboet"

"Guguk Kuşu"

"飛越杜鵑窩"

Keywords: based on novel or book, hospital, lunatic asylum, nurse, medication, friendship, oregon, usa, mentally disabled, shock treatment, female villain, insane asylum

Budget: 3,000,000 USD

Revenue: 108,981,275 USD (= 3,633%)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(Movie, 1975)

Where to watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (cinema/streaming/download)?

Awards & Nominations for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

About One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Trailer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

BFI Trailer(Trailer, 1:30)

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