One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)








The staff of a State Mental Hospital - symbolised by stern disciplinarian Louise Fletcher - against the normally apathetic patients who suddenly find a hero in their midst in the character of effervescent Jack Nicholson, a criminal transferred from a penal work-farm for clinical observation.


Books with substantial mentioning of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Mikita Brottman (editor)
Jack Nicholson, Movie Top Ten
2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Peter van Gelder
Offscreen Onscreen, The inside stories of 60 great films
London, 1990

Joel Finler
All-Time Box-Office Hits
New York City, 1985

Robert Bookbinder
The Films of the Seventies
Secaucus, NJ, 1982

Articles on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Will Lawrence, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, in: Empire, nr. 200 (February), 2006 pp. 160-161

Reviews

CK, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, in: Empire, nr. 161, 2002 pp. 150 (DVD review)


Year: 1975
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0073486