One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Blu-ray)
When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He's on one side of a brewing war, soft-spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. This electrifying adaptation of Ken Kesey's bestseller 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, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, it soars.
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Classic Movie. - Beak
No car chases,no pyrotechnics. This movie stands as a classic based on superior acting and a story that moves the heart.
The spirit that McMurphy loses ultimately is passed to his fellow patients who in turn escape from the control of Nurse Ratched.
It is interesting to see how many carreers were launched by this film. Jack Nicholson is awesome but it also has earlier performance by Danny Devito and many other actors you will recognize from later works.
If you have not seen this movie it is most highly recommended.
The quality of the blu-ray transfer is somewhat grainy but has the bonus of being in a true 16/9 ratio.
Definitely worth the rental!
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Classic Movie. - Beak
No car chases,no pyrotechnics. This movie stands as a classic based on superior acting and a story that moves the heart.
The spirit that McMurphy loses ultimately is passed to his fellow patients who in turn escape from the control of Nurse Ratched.
It ...