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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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Overview
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Release Date:
12 February 1976 (Argentina)
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Tagline:
If he's crazy, what does that make you?
Plot:
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Mental Institution
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another 28 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
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Hollywood's mental block
(From The Guardian - Film News. 26 July 2010, 1:27 AM, PDT)
#Sdcc: Warner Bros.: 'Green Lantern', 'Sucker Punch', and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'
(From Comicmix. 24 July 2010, 2:38 PM, PDT)
Comic-Con 2010: Sucker Punch Panel and Footage
(From Ugo Movies. 24 July 2010, 1:00 PM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 26 July 2010, 1:27 AM, PDT)
#Sdcc: Warner Bros.: 'Green Lantern', 'Sucker Punch', and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'
(From Comicmix. 24 July 2010, 2:38 PM, PDT)
Comic-Con 2010: Sucker Punch Panel and Footage
(From Ugo Movies. 24 July 2010, 1:00 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
"What an excellent movie" is all that went through my mind after seeing this masterpiece
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Berryman | ... | Ellis | |
| Peter Brocco | ... | Col. Matterson | |
| Dean R. Brooks | ... | Dr. Spivey | |
| Alonzo Brown | ... | Miller | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Turkle | |
| Mwako Cumbuka | ... | Warren | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Martini | |
| William Duell | ... | Jim Sefelt | |
| Josip Elic | ... | Bancini | |
| Lan Fendors | ... | Nurse Itsu | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Nurse Ratched | |
| Nathan George | ... | Washington | |
| Ken Kenny | ... | Beans Garfield | |
| Mel Lambert | ... | Harbor Master | |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Charley Cheswick |
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133 min
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1.85 : 1 See more »
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Certification:
Canada:14+ (Quebec) (re-rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (video rating) | France:-12 (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Austria:12 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1976) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (original rating)
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Anachronisms: During their road trip on the bus, they pass a "DUCK XING" road sign. Those did not exist in 1963.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Attendant Warren:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Attendant Washington:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Mr. Washington.
Miller:Morning.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Nurse Pilbow:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Attendant Washington:Morning, Bancini.
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Attendant Warren:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Attendant Washington:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Mr. Washington.
Miller:Morning.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Nurse Pilbow:Good morning, Miss Ratched.
Nurse Ratched:Good morning.
Attendant Washington:Morning, Bancini.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley (#33.10)" (2008)See more »
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I'm Popeye the Sailor ManSee more »
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How closely does the movie follow the novel?A Note Regarding Spoilers
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What a movie, what an excellent movie!!! That is what first went through my mind after seeing this masterpiece. I've seen many movies, but there aren't much movies which had such an impact on me. Nowadays almost all filmmakers believe they can only make a good movie by adding loads of special effects and lots of huge explosions ... This movie is so good, so convincing without them. The actors played their roles in such a convincing way that you would think these weren't actors at all, but real psychiatric patients.
This movie may be 30 years old, but it hasn't lost any of its relevancy. OK, we don't put our mentally ill people in that kind of prisons anymore, the bars in front of the windows have gone and now we call it hospitals in stead of nut houses. But the treatment hasn't changed all that much. I once worked in such a hospital as a volunteer and still saw things like forced feeding, giving people so much medication until they no longer know who or where they are,...
When the movie first came out, some people were shocked because when you watch the movie, you can't help it feeling more attached to the patients than to the doctors and nurses. This movie shows that cinema can make a difference. It can help to open people's eyes. If there is a movie that should be seen by everyone, this sure is the one. I give it a well deserved 10/10.