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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest - Special Edition 2 Disc Set
Milos Forman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's anti-authoritarian novel has
secured a place as one of the great movies of the modern film era.
A
shrewd nonconformist (Jack Nicholson), sentenced to an insane asylum,
encourages a group of marginal misfits to assert their rights and
independence,
over the rigid opposition of the head nurse (Louise Fletcher). This
became the first movie since "It Happened One Night" to win Academy
Awards
for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher),
and Screenplay. Cinematography by Haskell Wexler. Also starring
Will Sampson,
Brad Dourif, Sydney Lassick, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito and Scatman
Crothers.
Selected for the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry
of American Film.
DVD - 2 Disc Set
- Commentary by director Milos Forman and producers Michael Douglas
and Saul Zaentz
- Theatrical trailer(s)
- New 2001 digital transfer from restored elements
- Soundtrack remastered
- "The Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," a 48-minute
documentary featuring the actors, the moviemakers, and writer Ken
Kesey recounting the history of the original novel to its stage and
movie adaptations
- 8 additional scenes
- Widescreen anamorphic format
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Milos Forman
Color
Run Time: 133 minutes
Released: 1975
Rated: R
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Drama
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