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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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The One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Poster alone embodies the essence of this unforgettable film. The story of Randle McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholson, who feigns madness to escape prison and finds himself committed to a psychiatric hospital, is a true cinematic masterpiece. The poster, with its minimalist but impactful design, features Nicholson, smirking, his eyes sparkling with mischief. The title in capital letters suggests a flight into a fantastic and mysterious world. This poster reflects the image of the film: an intense emotional experience, where we go from laughter to tears, from hope to despair. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” is a poignant testimony about the fight against madness, difference and freedom. This timeless work has left its mark on the minds of several generations, thanks to its remarkable production, its exceptional casting and its universal message. If you have not yet seen this film, the poster can only arouse your curiosity and invite you to discover this major work of cinema.
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Description of this One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Poster
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson who plays a new patient at a mental institution alongside Louise Fletcher who plays a dour nurse. It also features a supporting cast of Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Sydney Lassick, William Redfield, as well as Christopher Lloyd and Brad Dourif in their film debuts.
Filming began in January 1975 and lasted three months, taking place on location in and around Salem, Oregon, as well as Depoe Bay on the northern Oregon coast. The producers decided to shoot the film at the Oregon State Hospital, a real psychiatric hospital, because it was also the setting of the novel. The hospital is still in use (as of 2022), although the original buildings seen in the film have been demolished. The film was released on November 19, 1975. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made.
The film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Director and Screenplay) after It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment that was not repeated until in 1991 with The Silence of the Lambs. He has also won numerous Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 1993, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
In the fall of 1963, Randle McMurphy was on an Oregon work farm for the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl. He pretends to be crazy to get himself transferred to a mental institution and avoid forced labor. The room is dominated by head nurse Mildred Ratched, a cold, passive-aggressive bully who intimidates her patients.
Other patients include young, anxious, stuttering Billy Bibbit; Charlie Cheswick, who is prone to tantrums; delirious, childish Martini; the articulate, desperate Dale Harding; belligerent and profane Max Taber; epileptics Jim Sefelt and Bruce Fredrickson; Calm but violent Scanlon; large, deaf-mute Native American “Chief” Bromden; and several others with chronic illnesses.
Ratched sees McMurphy's lively, rebellious presence as a threat to her authority, to which she responds by confiscating and rationing patients' cigarettes and suspending their card playing privileges. McMurphy finds himself in a battle of wills against Ratched. He steals a school bus, escaping with several patients to go fishing on the Pacific coast and encouraging them to discover their own abilities and find self-confidence.
After an orderly tells him that his prison sentence no longer applies to him since he was committed, McMurphy plans to escape with the chief. He also learns that he, Chief, and Taber are the only non-chronic patients who were involuntarily committed; the others are committed and can leave at any time, but are too afraid to do so. After Cheswick bursts in and demands his cigarettes from Ratched, McMurphy starts a fight with the nurses and the chief steps in to help him.
McMurphy, Chief, and Cheswick are sent to the troubled ward after the fight, and Chief inadvertently reveals to McMurphy that he can speak and hear normally. He feigned deafness to avoid engaging with anyone, remembering how alcoholism destroyed his father's life. After being subjected to electroconvulsive therapy, McMurphy returns to the room pretending to be brain damaged, but then reveals that the treatment has made him even more determined to defeat Ratched. McMurphy and the Chief plan to escape, but decide to throw a secret Christmas party for their friends after Ratched and the helpers leave for the night.
McMurphy brings two prostitutes, Candy and Rose, and bottles of alcohol into the room and bribes Turkle, at night, to allow the party. Afterwards, McMurphy and the Chief prepare to escape, inviting Billy to come with them. Billy refuses, but asks for a "date" with Candy; McMurphy makes him sleep with her. McMurphy and the others get drunk and McMurphy falls asleep instead of escaping with the leader.
Ratched arrives in the morning to find the ward in disarray and most of the patients have passed out. She discovers Billy and Candy together and aims to embarrass Billy in front of everyone. Billy manages to overcome his stutter and resists Ratched. When she threatens to tell his mother, Billy cracks under the pressure and reverts to stuttering. Ratched places him in the doctor's office. Moments later, McMurphy punches a nurse while trying to escape through the window with the chief, causing the other nurses to intervene. Meanwhile, Billy commits suicide by slitting his throat with broken glass. Ratched tries to ease the situation by calling for the day's routine to continue as usual, and an enraged McMurphy strangles Ratched. The orderlies subdue McMurphy, saving Ratched's life.
Some time later, Ratched wears a neck brace and speaks in a weak voice, and Harding now leads the now unsuspended card game. McMurphy is nowhere to be found, leading to rumors that he has escaped. Later that evening, the chief sees McMurphy returning to his bed. The chief greets him, delighted that McMurphy kept his promise not to escape without him, but discovers that McMurphy has been lobotomized. After hugging McMurphy in tears, the chief smothers him to death with a pillow. He then tears a hydrotherapy console free from its floor supports, throws it out a window, and escapes as the other inmates wake up and cheer him on.
