One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 film directed by Milo? Forman. The film is an adaption of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The movie was the first movie to win all five major Academy Awards since It Happened One Night in 1934. This accomplishment was not repeated until the early 1990s, with The Silence of the Lambs.

Trivia

• The role of domineering Nurse Ratched was turned down by five actresses - Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, and Angela Lansbury - until Louise Fletcher accepted casting (in her debut film) only a week before filming began.
• Actor James Caan was originally offered the lead role of McMurphy, and Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were considered as well.
• Louise Fletcher was nominated (and ultimately won) the Academy Award for Best Actress. One of the other nominees was Ann-Margret, who was nominated for her role in Tommy. Both of these films feature Jack Nicholson.
• Kirk Douglas originated the role of McMurphy in a stage production, and then bought the film rights, hoping to play McMurphy on film. He passed the production rights to his son, Michael Douglas, who decided his father was too old for the role. Kirk was in fact angry at his son for a time afterwards because of this.