The Saul Zaentz Company
  • ABOUT
    • History
    • Fantasy Records
    • Saul Zaentz
    • Al Bendich
    • Frank Noonan
    • Ralph Kaffel
    • Paul Zaentz
  • THE FILMS
    • Goya's Ghosts
    • The English Patient
    • At Play in the Fields of the Lord
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    • The Mosquito Coast
    • Amadeus
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • Three Warriors
    • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    • Payday
  • LICENSING
O N E   F L E W   O V E R   T H E   C U C K O O ’ S   N E S T
Fantasy Films Presents  /  A Milos Forman Film
Released November 1975

ACADEMY AWARDS, USA 1976
Best Picture  /  Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas
Best Director  /  Milos Forman
Best Actor in a Leading Role  /  Jack Nicholson
Best Actress in a Leading Role  /  Louise Fletcher
Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material  /  Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman

NOMINATIONS

Best Actor in a Supporting Role  /  Brad Dourif
Best Cinematography  /  Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler
Best Film Editing  /  Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score  /  Jack Nitzsche


BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS (BAFTA) AWARDS 1977

Best Film
Best Direction  /  Milos Forman
Best Actor  /  Jack Nicholson
Best Actress   /  Louise Fletcher
Best Supporting Actor  /  Brad Dourif
Best Film Editing   /  Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn

GOLDEN GLOBES, USA 1976
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director - Motion Picture  /  Milos Forman
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture  /  Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama  /  Jack Nicholson
Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama  /  Louise Fletcher
Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Male  /  Brad Dourif




One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest tells the story of a free-spirited rogue who takes over the ward of a mental hospital by a combination of chutzpah and ingenuity. The film is based on Ken Kesey´s best-selling novel published in 1962. Using the madhouse to symbolize the individual against the system, the story gets its power from its unforgettable ensemble of characters and accretion of details that reveal what life is about inside a mental institution. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest swept the top five Oscars in 1976, the first film to do so since It Happened One Night in 1934.


CREDITS
Directed by Milos Forman
Produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Director of Photography Haskell Wexler, A.S.C.
Additional Photography by Bill Butler, A.S.C.
Film Editing by Sheldon Kahn,
Lynzee Klingman, Richard Chew


CAST
Jack Nicholson  /  R.P. McMurphy
Louise Fletcher 
/  Nurse Ratched
William Redfield
  /  Harding
Michael Berryman
  /  Ellis
Peter Brocco
  /  Col. Matterson
Dean R. Brooks
  /  Dr. Spivey
Alonzo Brown
  /  Miller
Scatman Crothers
  /  Turkle
Mwako Cumbuka
  /  Warren
Danny DeVito
  /  Martini
William Duell
  /  Sefelt
Josip Elic
  /  Bancini
Lan Fendors
  /  Nurse Itsu
Nathan George
  /  Washington
Ken Kenny
  /  Beans Garfield
Mel Lambert
  /  Harbor Master
Sydney Lassick
  /  Cheswick
Kay Lee
  /  Night Supervisor
Christopher Lloyd
  /  Taber
Dwight Marfield
  /  Ellsworth
Ted Markland
  /  Hap Arlich
Louisa Moritz
  /  Rose
Philip Roth
  /  Woolsey
Will Sampson
  /  Chief Bromden
Mimi Sarkisian
   /  Nurse Pilbow
Vincent Schiavelli
  /  Frederickson
Marya Small
  /  Candy
Delos V. Smith, Jr.
  /  Scanlon
Tin Welch
  /  Ruckley
Brad Dourif
  /  Billy Bibbit

Click IMDB for a complete awards, cast and crew listing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


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