I love how Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVIto were COMPLETE unknowns in this film, played their supporting roles brilliantly, and then went on to be major stars. When I started seeing them in movies, I thought, gee, I thought this guy was in an institution.

@donnamyers7274

3 жыл бұрын

Did you know that Danny DeVito and Michael Douglas were roommates in NYC in the 1960's when they first started acting! I think they even went to acting school together. Pretty cool!

@imadequate3376

Жыл бұрын

@@donnamyers7274 that's really cool!

@dLimboStick

Жыл бұрын

Danny Devito, Christopher Lloyd, and Brad Dourif, all relative unknowns who went on to be stars.

@jsmall10671

7 ай бұрын

Danny and CHristopher were in the play

@BiWesCrew

3 ай бұрын

I have to admire Michael Douglas after saving the book and original Intention to play McMurphy. being this young and havi g his family background as a factor on top he truly worked to the best outcome the project could have developed into. Over his carreer he constantly prove this ability when he took charge over production and key hiring.

Jack has never gone half-in on a role in his life. Not even phoned in 1%. He's a true professional and a massive talent.

Louise Fletcher was great in this movie and complimented Jack perfectly. She was quite deserving of her Oscar.

@keneutervalve9459

5 ай бұрын

Quite a striking woman as well.

The role of Nurse Ratched was made for Louise Fletcher; she was dynamite and DESERVED that Oscar. Love her.

@sloop3720

6 жыл бұрын

mandiscorpio yeah if any actor or actress can make me have genuine HATRED towards a character they're doing a good job.

@alexives9274

5 жыл бұрын

had a teacher like her in school we always called her nurse ratched she never seen the movie I think cus she didn't get it.

@peanutheadslickerthanbadjo9740

5 жыл бұрын

@Dean Wayne no you don't

@grovermarchand3282

5 жыл бұрын

Iconic

@leonardturner1136

5 жыл бұрын

first time I saw the movie audience was clapping when Mcmurphy was throttling her,great movie

what a brilliant actor

Jack Nicholson is the master here. Finest piece of acting in my 50+ years I have ever seen.

@Harlem55

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it was- Though this is also an example of how his subordinates fed into his character in a way that enhanced the final product. It was just as much Danny Divito, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, William Redfield, and the others that made Jack shine in the role. Essentially- ask yourself what would it have been if anyone else had played any of the other parts? Rather, there's a chemistry in how characters interact with each other on set that you can't ever reproduce- no matter how skilled you are.

Jack Nicholson’s Oscar was deserving for this role, I’m glad he got it. Every Oscar this movie won was deserving easily the best film of 1975.

Can you even imagine this film without Jack?? He didn't PLAY McMurphy, he WAS McMurphy.

@billypoppins9138

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Carrey is going to be lead in the 2021 version..

@Dreamskater100

4 жыл бұрын

@@billypoppins9138 Really?

@nelliesnose5648

4 жыл бұрын

You know he was good when you hear R.P. McMurphy and immediately think of him and not the big, red-headed man with the tattoos described in the book

@Dermot2927

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Ariane Grande as Nurse Ratched and Robert Pattinson as Chief Bromden.. I'm stoked!

@budbinner2276

4 жыл бұрын

tiffsaver well said!! 👏 this is my fav movie

I love the Chief. The Chief was like his spirit. His body stayed inside, but the spirit is freed at the end.

@poppyadams8976

5 жыл бұрын

You should read the book. It's written from the perspective of Chief, which is why in a lot of shots during the movie, you'll see Chief observing from a corner.

@aleebimm

5 жыл бұрын

wow that is deep ive not thought of it that way before brilliant

@JohnnyBGood11

2 жыл бұрын

@@poppyadams8976 I never knew that thanks

@sallyrickerson9139

Жыл бұрын

Chief was my favorite.

@TheVanillatech

Жыл бұрын

@@sallyrickerson9139 Imagine the size of his pecker...

I am 63 and watched thousands of movies and this is still my favourite! Magnificent beyond believe. Perfection in every aspect. I love it like breathing.

He was that man. No better choice.

@alexmanoukas1096

5 жыл бұрын

yea...crack

@alexhazen662

5 жыл бұрын

Brando would have been interesting

@joemarshall4226

5 жыл бұрын

@Charles Chuck No. McMurphy isn't primarily a tough guy...he's a fun-loving guy. He's a party monster, and a natural leader of men, because he makes everyone feel good about themselves.....and Nurse Ratchett can't understand it, because that's what she wants to do...that's what she is allegedly trained to do, but she's really in a system designed to emasculate men.....

@rondy702

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Marshall Very good analogy!

Jack Nicholson is up there with Spenser Tracy. You can't get better than these two gifted actors.

@TheVanillatech

Жыл бұрын

Daniel Day Lewis beats everyone by a country mile. Brando second but Nicholson and Duvall are right up there.

One of those examples of perfect casting!

Jack Nicholson is a legendary genius actor

@alexmanoukas1096

5 жыл бұрын

only because of all the crack

@GlassSuperstar

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexmanoukas1096 Then thank Mother Crack Nicholson for giving birth to the said Genius.

@plutoplatters

5 жыл бұрын

If a majority of the world is "for something" it becomes magical and legendary. Look at the legalization of pot.

@wandajames143

5 жыл бұрын

Duh

@toddschendel4999

5 жыл бұрын

True That

Jack is a genius. Pure Genius.

an amazing film,all the actors who played the patients deserved an Oscar

One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

I can't imagine anyone else playing the same part in this movie. It wouldn't have been the same. Without Jack, it wouldn't have been a success.

@Harlem55

3 жыл бұрын

Just to think it could have been Marlon Brando.

@brooklynboogie1405

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I could’ve seen Burt Reynolds playing the part know that they mentioned it 🤷🏽‍♂️

Michael Douglas's younger brother Eric was my friend at The Institute of Living (IOL), a private psych hospital in Hartford, CT at the time this movie was being made. Occasionally Michael and his dad Kirk would come to visit him. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was released the same day Eric was released from the hospital. The movie is incredibly accurate. I have to believe some of the research for the film was done at the IOL. Eric and I stayed friends for many years until he passed away in 2004.

@MrChinchilla_hn

5 жыл бұрын

Great input, thank you.

@curtisnixon5313

5 жыл бұрын

You know that Ken Kesey wrote the book 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' after his experience of working as a psych assistant at Menlo Park hospital in California? I guess that the Douglas's experience of having a son and brother who has a psych condition gave them empathy for similar people as portrayed in the play and movie.

@RichR65Ct

5 жыл бұрын

I think the place your talking about is near Hartford Hospital.

@malafakka8530

5 жыл бұрын

@Snaggle Toothed i haven't read those books but you can add The Godfather to that list.

@malafakka8530

5 жыл бұрын

@Snaggle Toothed I think getting more information does not equal better. It is a good read, but parts of the book that were left out really weren't necessary for the movie to work.

Michael Douglas has done many terrific films. Great actor. I used to love him in the Streets of San Francisco too. But the best thing he ever did was get this movie to the screen.

Good old times when movies were about reality we live in.

“I never knew if he was crazy or sane.” Exactly!

"By the time we filmed the scene, he had me so mad, we didn't need to reherse." I love this

@abderrahimabderrahim6659

4 жыл бұрын

lol

Jack Nicholson is... Quite simply the greatest actor of all time...

Everywhere you look in this film you see genius actors giving incredible performances, I cant imagine it being the same if any one of them was replaced, just like the Godfather. It's not often but every now and again we are privileged to see perfect art onscreen

Jack’s just brilliant...and all of his co-actors in this film. Incredible cast and talent.

There's such a dynamic between the actors that they never even come across as actors to you. It isn't often you see a movie and you forget you're watching a movie.

@joemarshall4226

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher, Lloyd, the guy who played Mancini, and Danny DeVito did exceptional work.....they were so believable.....

I love the book and I love the movie. Milos Forman was fantastic genius director and Jack Nicholson is one of the best actors ever, with huge charizma. I love Him. Nobody can play like Jack Nicholson, he is only one of the kind.

Jack nicholson was a very lucky man and everybody who help him are proud of him,lucky jack.

@abderrahimabderrahim6659

4 жыл бұрын

who helped him?

You can say all you want about how good an actor is and why, but here we have more than that. We have an actor so generous that he went out of his way to 'play' with his on-screen colleagues to help them give the best performances. That's serving the story, a rare and great hallmark of a rare and great performer.

Proud to say that Jack and I share 2 things in common! 1-Name’s the same!! 2- He’s a Fellow New Jersey Guy! Dug Jack in Anything he did!! He’s one of the few actors who the part he plays encompasses him and not the other way around!! An Extraordinary Personality!! Stay Cool as You Are Jack!! Signed, Jack!!

This film is my favourite film. This is the greatiest movie of all time. Made in 1975 and so well written and with actors playing such terrific parts, it would stand up in todays current age of movies and beat them all hands down. Brilliant from Michael Douglas who i never knew until today produced this movie.

One of the greatest films ever.

A great film with a great team, espedially Jack, of course.

@scotthullinger9955

5 жыл бұрын

Great actor. Shitty person. That's Jack Nicholson.

@abderrahimabderrahim6659

4 жыл бұрын

@@scotthullinger9955 really?

@scotthullinger9955

4 жыл бұрын

@@abderrahimabderrahim6659 - Yup.

@Harlem55

3 жыл бұрын

The real award here goes to Louise Fletcher- Without the substrate Jack would have had nothing.

Looking back, it seems pretty clear that they could not have made a better choice than Jack Nicholson. I'd call it perfect casting all around.

What a genius Jack is.

Jack Nicholson more screen presence than any other actor. Total genius.

@yankee2666

5 жыл бұрын

Says who - you?

Casting is 90% of stage or screen. Jack was the man for the job.

@HCBMD

4 жыл бұрын

So right about casting Of topic, so was the choice for Charles Bronson “harmonica”in once upon a time in the west!

Jack was the Best Man In The Business! ❤⭐❤

Jack Nicholson is the kind of actor they'll be showing clips of fifty years from now.

@joemarshall4226

5 жыл бұрын

100

Best movie I've ever seen, fullstop.

One of my favorite movies of all time. I remember reading an article decades ago where they labeled Nicholson's character in this movie as an "anti-hero". I didn't know exactly what the definition of that meant but i knew it fit mcmurphy perfectly. To this day i like to think of myself as a bit of an anti-hero thanks to that character.

Simply master of Masters Jack Nicholson

If any1 wants to talk 'classics'? THIS just HAS to be up there with the rest of them. Absolutely Fabulous.

This was great to learn. Thanks! Jacks quite a character on & off screen!

Jack Nicholson said once to actor Aaron Eckhart- you see! I don't make movies..I make classics!! Damn he was right

God, what a film.

Jack Nicholson was a unique actor lots of people could not do what he did. I swear I watch Lifetime movies Hallmark movies at these young actors today are so boring they put me to sleep I can't even watch the movie and no way could they ever another be a Jack Nicholson again I look at the Young Generation today trying to act and move them in movies yes they got the hot gorgeous looks guys and girls but they are so boring they put you to sleep I got no Talent at all Jack had the best talent and he was quite a looker in his young years and grew up to be a handsome man still we need more actors like that get rid of these boring actors I don't care how good looking they are

"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." Oscar Wilde.

Classic movie and brilliant cast..

Love how jack keeps everyone on their toes Talk about unpredictable smart actor

Love this film. It is one of the things which inspired me to be committed to a mental asylum indefinitely.

The film is a Masterpiece.

As good as it gets! Jack's best and most revealing role! imo of course. 8-)

@refundmystolentaxes5407

4 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@mickroyster6442

4 жыл бұрын

What about Chinatown

Jack has had a monumental acting career...name your kid Jack...solid name 😎

Great actors draw the best out of everyone.

Burt Reynolds??!! Thank God that never happened.

@waynedurning8717

5 жыл бұрын

Burt is way underrated.

@jimgallagher5902

5 жыл бұрын

Thank God Mark is a moron so we can all ignore his comment. Try watching "Deliverance" and saying that, you moron.

@joemarshall4226

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimgallagher5902 Burt was great in Deliverance, and several other movies, but Jack was the man for Cuckoo's Nest.

@Dermot2927

4 жыл бұрын

Put another way, thank God Jack DID happen. I'm sure Burt would have done a good job, but I don't think OFOTCN would be the iconic movie it is without Jack's performance.

@Mike1614b

4 жыл бұрын

you never know

This comment section: Jack is a genius. Pure Genius. He was made for this part. I can't imagine anyone else in that role. This is when they still made real movies. Just copy/paste one of those, and save yourselves all that tedious thinking.

@henrytheeightheist8091

3 жыл бұрын

With a comment like yours,you should consider changing your username to Butt Hole.......

Watched this movie again last night (over 20 times for me). It gets better every time

@sharanderson8083

5 жыл бұрын

tojo4 I was so effected by it that I couldn’t watch it again...it has been so long and it was such a great movie, I think I could watch it now...

@sh230968

4 жыл бұрын

I have watched this movie more number of times than the grains of sand on an average sized beach. I plan to take my viewings to match grains of sand on 25 large sized beaches.

My all time favorite actor and one of my inspirations. Very interesting video.

My all time favourite film.

The intense natural charisma,is creativity and not taking himself seriously thanks jack.

Fave film of all time funny,sad,serious greatest ensemble acting ever.genius

I was mesmerized by Jack's performance, I thought at the time, and still do think it was the greatest performance of all time until I took about the 3rd viewing of Gary Cooper in "High Noon" and changed my mind.

The best actor ,he doesn’t even have to talk and his the best actor in the seen

Jack nicholson is the best actor along with Marlon Brando.

@refundmystolentaxes5407

4 жыл бұрын

They were neighbors Jack bought Brandon property

Nurse Ratchett is definitely one of the movieland's ALL TIME VILLIANS! got Darth Vader beat in my book.

@Nautilus1972

5 жыл бұрын

The little nurse was hot AF.

@Harlem55

3 жыл бұрын

@AWelsh Celt The difference is that The Ratched character haunts you because of the humanity of it- Darth Vader is nothing BUT science fiction- it could never be real, thus it lacks a certain dimension of acting that can never be obtained for the character.

Hes so funny always makes me laugh,my 2nd husband had that type of persona,very rare. Just love him.

@Dreamskater100

5 жыл бұрын

Is he still your 2nd husband?!

@chotho4718

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dreamskater100 her new one is her 5th one

@emiltoutou1

5 жыл бұрын

@@chotho4718 lol..ugot me pissing on me

One of the best movies I have seen.

Brillant, brilliant film, one of the best films ever, outstanding acting by all.

Nobody could do that movie but Jack!!! Not Burt or anyone else!!! Movies that make a huge impact on people all have at least one character that touches every single person watching! These roles stay in our hearts and memories forever! It's a connection, a bond and you can feel it deeply! I think everyone loving Jack so much was because of his fun rebellious nature!!! He said things others wanted to say but couldn't find the courage... and he did things people only dreamed of!!! HE WAS EVERYONE'S ESCAPE!?!

Read the book in English class when I was 14 or so. The teacher was brilliant he showed the movie to the class after we'd finished our essays. I bought it on VHS the following week with my pocket money.

My number 1 movie just because it is so well acted and filmed the screenplay everything

One of my favourite movies. A film you can rewatch again and again and still love. I just wish they made movies like this still.

@TheVanillatech

Жыл бұрын

Spiderman Flew Over The Marvel Nest

Big props need to go to the author, Ken Kesey. He also wrote, "Sometimes A Great Notion", starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, and Michael Sarazin. Kesey was a genius at developing the nuance of scene and dialogue.

@makkonenpaavo4675

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Great actors can make something out of nothing but with writing like his it's one for the ages. "Kesey's interest in altered consciousness led him to accept a position in a mental hospital. While the job allowed him ample opportunity to write uninterrupted, it also introduced him to several individuals who would serve as models for characters in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." From Ken Kesey Biography @Cliffnotes

Lately, I've heard that Jack, now 82 yrs old, can't remember his lines and is suffering mild dementia. We'll always have his movies to remind us of a prolific actor who had prescient insight into making whatever scene he was in would be indelibly imprinted on the viewer's mind and he never "phoned it in".

@refundmystolentaxes5407

4 жыл бұрын

When he goes it'll be like my dad dying again

this is amazing cause Jack is the man but also love! the use of Bela Fleck in the sound track of this video.

Jack was amazing

Loved the detail about the nurse's first name and her reaction

Jack Nicholson brilliant acting and improvisation of his own really got into the character classic movie

if there was ever a film that deserved all the top awards it is Cuckoos Nest kudos to the academy you got it right

Jack Nicholson is the best actor of all time

*Thumps under the desk vigorously* "I'm completely bonkers!" 😆 🤣

One of my favorites

Fascinating insight. Thanks for posting

Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher were the consummate double act, that is why the film was such a blockbuster

Nurse ratchet was the most evil villain of all time! And she did it only with facial expressions

fascinating clip. lots of great info. the louise fletcher anecdote is worth the price of admission alone. quite proud that i noticed that flush on her face after the 'mildred' line when i first saw the movie over 30 years ago! one thing i would've REALLY LIKED TO HAVE SEEN, though: hackman as mcmurphy... wow. i'm going to be fantasizing about that from now on! not only (like kirk) would resemble closer the mcmurphy of the book, but his particular style would've meant for even MORE intensity...

The scene on the train is my favorite of all time

I thoroughly recommend the special edition DVD, which includes a brief but excellent documentary about the film (the segment above is included). I've watched many DVD extras over the years, but the mini documentary about this film is so wonderful, I often watch it on its own, for the enjoyment.

Perfect film perfectly cast

incredible actor.... the shining is a haunting and captivating movie

For those who haven't read the book I recommend to do so.

@joeyxl3456

5 жыл бұрын

me too. it starts off with language you'll be kinda of phased by i found, but then it all clicks and its a brilliant book.

@zenpaganwarrior

5 жыл бұрын

We read it in high school -- it was an English class assignment, if you can believe it. And, at a Jesuit school, no less.

Nicholson Hackman Eastwood = Legends .

Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber. He was superb! They all played Oscar winning roles!

@sh230968

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Personally I like Sydney Lassick (Cheswick) more.

Hilarious Jack, happy mother's birthday, as crazy as you will always be, we really, really love you dude. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOLDEN EAGLE".

I love this movie 😂😂😂

Tailor made for that part,Jack is a genius

In about " 96 " smoked a joint with the author Ken Kesey in Eugene Oregon then in about " 98 " I lived in Salem Oregon for a short time and one day I drove past the Institution without knowing the movie was filmed there and instantly recognized Building I'll never forget those two experiences

Great cast and using 'real' people (medical personnel, fishermen) gave it a higher level of realism. Chief Bromden, Nurse Ratched, everyone is great.