One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Some people contend that The Deer Hunter sparked a string of Russian roulette suicides because of its dramatic depiction of captured American soldiers forced to play Russian roulette by their Viet Cong captors. Kesey himself also did not hide his dislike of the film, particularly the casting of Nicholson as McMurphy. It is also renowned independently for its theme tune, Cavatina by Stanley Myers, commonly called The Theme from The Deer Hunter. However, some mental health advocates have criticized the film for having unrealistic portrayals of mental hospitals and mental illness. It has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films. It ranked number 20 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American films, Nurse Ratched was ranked number 5 on the Institute's list of 50 Greatest Villains, and the film consistently ranks in the top 15 on the Internet Movie Database. In addition, it was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert De Niro), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Meryl Streep), Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

The film was widely acclaimed and won Academy Awards for Best Actor for Jack Nicholson (who played McMurphy), Best Actress for Louise Fletcher (who played Nurse Ratched), Best Direction for Miloš Forman, as well as Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Cimino), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Walken), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. The film is much less introspective and focuses mostly on the conflict between McMurphy and Ratched. Filming locations include:. Bromden refers to the negative forces of the world collectively as the "Combine," the very force which tries to suppress people like McMurphy. Redeker and Deric Washburn, and directed by Cimino. The novel raises a number of interesting questions about the nature of the state and power structures and could be interpreted on a number of allegorical levels. The movie was written by Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K.

Kesey's novel is in the form of a first-person narrative by Chief Bromden, a Native American and one of McMurphy's fellow patients. Inspired by German First World War soldier and author Erich Maria Remarque's 1937 novel Drei Kameraden (Three Comrades) depicting the lives of a trio of disillusioned World War I veterans in 1920s Weimar Germany, this film attempts to explore the meaning of violence, predation and survival, the often ghastly misuses of patriotism as well as illustrating the concepts of ethnicity, family, friendship and community ties and how they complement as well as clash with one another. Eventually McMurphy is lobotomized after he explodes into a violent rage when one of Nurse Ratched's psychological power games results in the death of a patient. De Niro, Savage and Walken portray American factory workers and avid deer hunters of Russian ancestry who serve in combat in Vietnam, returning to a significantly-changed country as significantly-changed men. All the time, however, the question is in the mind as to just how sane any of the players in this actually are. It stars Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep and George Dzundza. McMurphy becomes ensnared in a number of power-games with Nurse Ratched for the hearts and minds of the inmates. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 film which tells the story of how the Vietnam War affects the people in the industrial town of Clairton, Pennsylvania just south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River (although it was actually filmed in Cleveland and Mingo Junction, Ohio).

McMurphy's ward in the mental institution is run by an unyielding tyrant, Nurse Ratched, who has cowed the patients—who are mostly there by choice—into dejected institutionalised submission. Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Randle Patrick McMurphy, a serial petty criminal who has been sentenced to a fairly short prison term, decides to have himself declared insane so he'll be transferred to a mental institution, where he expects to serve the rest of his time in (comparative) comfort and luxury. In the film, it is portrayed as a part of Saigon. The 1975 film version of the same name was directed by Miloš Forman. Patpong, in Bangkok, Thailand - the area was rented during 2 days for the film. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey first published in 1962. Saint Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Cleveland.

ISBN 0791071189 (paperback). Tom Madden - Steelworker (uncredited). ISBN 0141181222 (paperback, 2002). Chok Chai Mahasoke - Viet Cong guard. ISBN 0791063399 (library binding, 2001). Ot Palapoo - Viet Cong guard. ISBN 0764586629 (paperback, 2000). Krieng Chaiyapuk - Viet Cong guard.

ISBN 0822071541 (e-book, 1999). Ding Santos - Viet Cong guard. ISBN 014028334X (paperback, 1999). Phip Manee - Woman in village. ISBN 0453008151 (audio cassette, 1993, abridged). Sombot Jumpanoi - South Vietnamese prisoner. ISBN 1556516851 (paperback, 1988). Mana Hansa - South Vietnamese prisoner.

ISBN 0140236015 (hardcover, 1996). Chai Peyawan - South Vietnamese prisoner. ISBN 0140043128 (paperback, 1977, reprint). Jiam Gongtongsmoot - Chinese man at door. ISBN 0451163966 (mass market paperback, 1963). Charan Nusvanon - Chinese boss. ISBN 0606042393 (prebound, 1962). Somsak Sengvilai - Viet Cong referee.

Vitoon Winwitoon - NVA officer. Sapox Colisium - Chinese man. Samui Muang-Intata - Chinese bodyguard. Parris Hicks - Sergeant.

Dale Burroughs - Embassy guard. Po Pao Pee - Chinese referee. Nongnuj Timruang - Bargirl. Lynn Kongkham - Nurse.

Tom Becker - Doctor. Frank Devore - Barman. John F. Buchmelter III - Bar patron. Father Stephen Kopestonsky - Priest.

Joe Dzizmba - World War II veteran. Robert Beard - World War II veteran. Michael Wollet - Stockboy. Jane-Colette Disko - Girl checker.

Charlene Darrow - Redhead. Dennis Watlington - Cab driver. Paul D'Amato - Sergeant. Helen Tomko - Helen.

Joe Strnad - Bingo caller. Jack Scardino - Cold old man. Victoria Karnafel - Sad-looking girl. - Wedding man.

Christopher Colombi Jr. Joe Grifasi - Bandleader. Richard Kuss - Linda's father. Mary Ann Haenel - Stan's girl.

Amy Wright - Bridesmaid. Mady Kaplan - Axel's girl. Pierre Segui - Julien. Rutanya Alda - Angela.

Shirley Stoler - Steven's mother. Chuck Aspegren - Axel. George Dzundza - John. Meryl Streep - Linda.

Christopher Walken - Nick Chevotarevich. John Savage - Steven. John Cazale - Stanley 'Stosh'. Robert De Niro - Michael Vronsky, "Mike".

Barry Spikings - producer. Marion Rosenberg - associate producer. John Peverall - producer. Michael Deeley - producer.

Michael Cimino - producer. Joann Carelli - associate producer.