The 1st time I saw this movie would have been in High School - a long time ago. I remember that I loved it, but the exact details I couldn't remember. I hired it the other day and once again I loved it, but I had forgotten about the ending - Hmmmm.
For me besides the great acting it was interesting to see a younger Jack Nicholson than I am used to and a very young Danny Devito.
A great classic, worth another look.
Plot:
When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. Soon he's on one side of a brewing war; soft spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) is on the other. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward...
Milos Forman's electrifying adaptation of Ken Kesey's acclaimed best seller swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas), Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, moving and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest simply soars.