One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)



$4.4 million dollar effort directed by Czech Milos Forman.
Its allegorical theme is set in the world of an authentic mental hospital (Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon.
Jack Nicholson's acting persona as the heroic rebel McMurphy.

The role of the sexually-repressed, domineering Nurse Ratched was turned down by five actresses - Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, and Angela Lansbury - until Louise Fletcher accepted casting (in her debut film) only a week before filming began.

It surprised everyone by becoming enormously profitable… $300 million worldwide

it was the first film to take all the major awards, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

from author, Ken Kesey's 1962 popular, best-selling novel