#153 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Genre: comedy drama

Director: Milos Forman

Writer: Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, based on 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and William Redfield

Music by: Jack Nitzsche

Duration: 129 minutes

Wikipedia: wiki about the movie

There is a curiously extended closeup of Jack Nicholson about four-fifths of the way through "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." We notice it because it lingers noticeably. It shows his character, R.P. McMurphy, lost in thought. It comes at the balancing point between the pranks and laughter of the earlier parts of the film, and the final descent into tragedy. What is he thinking? Is he planning new defiance, or realizing that all is lost?

The mystery of what McMurphy is thinking is the mystery of the movie...

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09 March 2026, 3:00 pm

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