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One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest

United States, 1975, 133 minutes, Digital, Color, Turkish


Director:  Miloš Forman

Screenplay: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Cinematography: Haskell Wexler
Editing: Sheldon Kahn, Lynzee Klingman
Music: Jack Nitzsche
Production: Fantasy Films
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield

Because of his criminal past, McMurphy, a Korean War veteran, pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, he both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched. He and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.