One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

A man pretends to be insane to avoid hard labor, but ends up in a mental institution where he challenges the authority of a tyrannical nurse and inspires other patients until a tragic incident leads to his own downfall. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a 1975 American English-language Drama motion picture featuring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks and Mary Costa. The movie is inspired from One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest by Ken Kesey. Fantasy Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is written by Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey and Dale Wasserman and it is directed by Milos Forman and Milo Forman. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the movie. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was released on 10th March 1977 and takes a screen time of 135 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was made on a budget of $3 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $109 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Cinematography was done by Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler and editing by Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn. The music was composed by Jack Nitzsche. At the 1976 Oscar Awards It won 5 awards including: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Louise Fletcher), Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material.