I always love how Chief's answer isn't a simple "yes," to McMurphy's question but with a smug "you bet your ass." It reveals his personality and reveals that he is in fact completely lucid and responsive.
Yeah that surprised me too. But in the book we know from the beginning he is fooling them, since he is narrating. The film does well to make this a plot reveal since a narrator is not necessary.
I remember watching this movie in a theatre, and during this scene, when the Chief said, "Juicy Fruit" the entire audience erupted in laughter. It was pretty hilarious that the Chief was all along playing dumb, then trusted Randle by speaking.
This movie came out one day after my 8th birthday in 1975. My dad took me and my brother's and sister's to see the movie when it was in theater's in 1975.
I was always curious about how lucid Chief really was because even in the book he's still portrayed as pretty competent and knowledgeable but is also troubled by extremely hallucinations. Outwardly there is never any indication as to the nature of his condition, people probably just interpret the muteness as a lack of cognitive function rather than a coping mechanism for extreme trauma.
Watched this film in London West end,and it was the first time I saw a cinema audience applaud a film.I came out of that cinema feeling inspired and elated for having seen such a fantastic film ❤
@savage642 Aww, come on, don’t be like that.I haven’t seen Clockwork Orange(nor do I really want to, because that image of the man having his eyes pulled open with that contraption would give me nightmares),but the acting seemed good to me, and the original commenter said “film that doesn’t have any bad acting” not “film that doesn’t have any bad points” so Clockwork Orange could have great acting for all anyone knows, yet have a terrible plot, direction, etc.
Arundel:1) habitational name given to the Dukes of Norfolk seat / 2) nature aspects birds plants, nasty women. Which would you prefer is to be? Or go to? Probably actually saying Canada yet actually meaning Zion and/or the sides of the North. One would think they killed him to keep him from going there. However, the tragedy behind this classic comedy/drama is that they destroyed a gifted mind, but chief smashed out a window to let them know it doesn't really end there, in an Institution. It was never intended for his spirit to be chained down. Part 2 was never released because Jack Nicholson went South to LA to make "Anger Management" with 'Adam Sandler." Of course one has to wonder if that means that he took his place amoungst the sands of the sea? Meanwhile, Chief realizes that he can't escape his destiny even with Jack Nicholson gone. Therefore, he remembers the "Pretenders: Chain Gang" .....The "Georgia Satellites: Battleship chains"..... "5 Finger Death Punch: Bad Company"..... "Passenger: Let her go"..... He reasons that he must make some changes in many areas, even cutting and adding to his links if he is to be successful. He then packs up his "5 to stay alive" and his 2 sticks of "Juicy Fruit,' breaks out a window and heads for either open or closed territory, Fishing, bicycling, swimming and hiking. He calls his first new Venture bald eagle aeronautics..... Helicopters included.
It's easier to know he's not since the book is told from his point of view. He talks consistently about the "Combine"--which is his hallucination of machinery hidden throughout the ward that Nurse Ratched "controls" (he always talks about her being able to run everything from inside he station behind the window). All that changes when McMurphy shows up, though.
@@kieranlindsay1220 Aided by the brilliant music, that scene made me want to jump up and cheer. It made the film, without it the ending would have been desperately depressing.
This is by far my favorite scene of the entire movie. It's funny how everyone always quotes the "Juicy Fruit" line, but I use "You bet" on a regular basis because of this scene. Simply gotta adore Chief!
It'd be an even better scene if the situation wasn't explained to us. We are not stupid, we get it ... we don't need it to be spelled out for us. It's common in many American films, but you expect it not to happen in something of this quality. It robs the moment of its subtlety and makes it less dramatic.
That look in Mac's eyes and the instant change in demeanor when he says..."What are we doin in here Chief? Huh?" I love how Nicholson goes from slap happy to serious and contemplative within a split second so convincingly...what an incredible actor.
Amazing chemistry between the two actors! This is an example of an iconic American film which could NEVER be remade. One has to wonder how much the sales of Juicy Fruit gum went up after this film's release!
So true, that's what a classic movie is, it stands the test of time, and cannot be remade, nor ever should be remade, yet the Hollywood film industry keeps remaking the classics, and time after time, shows why it's a waste to do so. Examples: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, The Flight of The Phoenix, The Planet of The Apes, and The Get Away were all duds compared to the originals.
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What strikes me most about this scene is how excited and happy McMurphy is to learn the chief isn't "deaf and dumb." It's that moment when we learn that while McMurphy may be crazy, he cares about many of his fellow patients. **Love the comments. To those who say McMurphy is NOT crazy, that is absolutely never established and entirely up for debate. Is he crazy in the way that Danny Devito and Christopher Lloyd are? No of course not. But there are many different ways to have mental issues to the point of crazy. His propensity for violence can easily qualify him. Did this particular mental ward suit his issues? Probably not. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have serious mental health issues.
I’ll tell you why I love this scene and why it chokes me up. I worked with disabled patients for years and there has been so many occasions where patients that are considered off in their own world, have opened up to me when we’re alone, far more than they do with anyone else.....even their own families. I guess they know they can trust me. They know I care about them. They let me in. There are people in there who are waiting to to be noticed. But because these people are considered a nuisance by family and “work” for aides who are paid garbage salaries, these people are left in a place where no one wants them or wants to be bothered with them.
Maybe Chief( Mr Will Sampson rip) knew deep down why he was there, in the movie he played a observer something Natives know, without reacting many times sad in real life, Will Sampson said volumes without saying much I think he helped his friend endure in the movie he witnessed a lot of nonsense, in a movie or in real time life, we notice or witness lots of funny motives questionable that's when having our higher power really does keep us trusting in them, for me it's Jehovah God and His Son The King Christ Jesus I'm grateful for the Lords Prayer I believe it! The movie is a reminder to not forget people many are without family friends a connection to God yet. Many are the young and elderly I love reading many of the comments especially the one from a health worker hey thanks for all you do!
NemeanLion been living like that for years,it is my safe zone,it ain't a control thing . This " in this day and age" thing,the Pandora's box lid is open to any despot,lunatic, crackpot that emerges. Kirk Douglas saw something when he bought the rights to this.
Agreed, the juicy fruit line isn't in the book for instance. Also the scene where Chief pushes the basketball out of the net from underneath isn't in the book either. One of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book (and the book ain't half bad either)
@Jack Wehrung The book has a continuity error in it though :) Remember in the first chapter, the Chief was in the asylum thinking back on the events of the past few weeks or months? Then the rest of the novel was a flashback of everything that happened, beginning with McMurphy's arrival and leading up to the Chief smothering McMurphy with the pillow and escaping. Well, if he escaped, how did he end up back in the asylum again, having the flashback in the first chapter? Things that make you go "hmm" :o)
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^ Well it's widely accepted that people that fake being a psychopath/sociopath or w.e to escape reality or prison time are in fact psychopaths/sociopaths. It's crazy, but that's what they say. So if you ever go to prison don't ever try to say you're crazy, otherwise it's over for you they will throw you in one of these hospitals and you cannot return EVER.
SPOILER I think It's inferrable by information in the film that the Chief had killed his own father because he could not bear see him wither and die from drinking. He did pretty much the same with Randal in the end.
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Julio Garcia Your English is forgiven, but you’re mistaken about Will Sampson. He was Native American, born in Oklahoma, a member of the Muscogee Nation.
@@juliogarcia4877 yeah he's from Oklahoma, not Canada. Although tribes do adopt and have traditional and cultural ties to places very meaningful. He could very well have spent time in Canada to be claimed, idk?
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I remember that back in 1975/76 Will Sampson (the guy who played Chief) did a juicy fruit commercial after this film came out. I've been looking for it for years on youtube but have yet to find it.
DevilFish69 That's crazy sick you still recall that there was an ad on tv of Chief and Juicy Fruit gum. Definitely would be very difficult to find the ad on the net as you would rely on someone having a VHS recording device, that taped ads in 1976, and kept the tapes for around 40 years and deciding to get them digitalised to put it on their computer and then to load them up onto TH-cam. And if there are uploads of those specific regional ads from 1976 onto YT, you yourself would have to go through hours of ad recordings to find Chief and his iconic Juicy Fruits
I remember it like it was yesterday. The ad was still playing around 1977/78 because I believe that was when the film was released on TV. Remember in those days you had to wait a few years for a movie to air on TV after its theatrical run because there was no home video market. I remember he was on a stoop with a bunch of kids and they were chewing Juicy Fruit with the jingle playing. I tell you that commercial and the Ideal Jaws game commercial from 1975/76 are 2 commercials I've been dying to see again but I can't find them anywhere.
I’ve seen this movie easily 100 times. I think this movie is the best movie of all time. No question. From beginning to end not one bad scene. Great acting top to bottom. Thank You Randle Patrick McMurphy.
I can never decide between “Cuckoos Nest” or “The Godfather I & II” (I’ve always viewed them as a single piece of cinema) which is my favorite film of all time. But I do know that when I first saw this in 1975 at the age of 18, it affected me like no other film I’d ever seen and it made me doubt every institution I’d been brought up to respect. McMurphy is the classic iconoclast who bucks the system and pays the price for swimming against the tide. How can you not love the character we all want to see in ourselves?
Mac is so happy that Chiefs not deaf and dumb because he has tricked the lot of them, not because he cares about them . He has found someone to relate to
That surely is the reason why he's so excited! But doesn't mean he doesn't care about them too... at least on some level, maybe not so deeply personally emotionally involved, but in some gruff way and/or in principle... but I guess we don't know for sure either way.
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This is my favourite movie of all time, and this is my favourite scene. The whole premise up to this point is that Randall is playing the system by pretending to be crazy, so getting a comparatively easier ride than if he'd gone to a conventional prison. It turns out that the Chief has fooled the system way more than Randall. I still can't watch the final scenes without tearing up, and I'm not a guy who tends to get emotional too easily.
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Will Sampson A Native American actor of the Creek Nation, Sampson's "big break" came from his memorable role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) opposite Jack Nicholson. He was also starred opposite Clint Eastwood in the western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). He had supporting roles in Orca (1977), The White Buffalo (1977) and Fish Hawk (1979). In 1986, he co-starred in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) as a Native American shaman. He died of complications from kidney failure and malnutrition during heart and lung replacement surgery in 1987 and was buried on the reservation where he grew up.
@@BHallBrowser as a fan of Will Sampson you might be interested to know that there's a brand new video on youtube in memory of him that contains rare childhood photos as well as a variety of pictures that I hope will honor him. I made this video to commemorate the anniversary of his passing on June 3. Just Google Remembering Will Sonny Sampson Jr. if you'd like to check it out 😉. I hope people will think it does him justice 👍.
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I agree. I was nervous to watch the movie. But for some reason I haven't read it in a while after watching the movie. Prob for fear I would start to "watch" the movie in my head while reading. I like my imagination better usually. Awesome movie. Fantastic book. Flawless imagination.
One extraordinary scene after another in this amazing film that I’ve seen too many times to admit. How I miss going to the movies in the 70s. Everything was so good. This film is a masterpiece.
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If you are a fan of Will Sampson you might be interested to know that there's a new video on youtube in memory of him that contains rare childhood photos as well as a variety of pictures and music that I hope will honor him the way he deserves. Just Google Remembering Will Sonny Sampson Jr. if you'd like to check it out. I hope people think this video does him justice.
My Uncle Patrick who died in 2002 at 33 years old told me to rent this movie out of Xtra Vision told me it was his favorite ever movie and we watched it a year before he passed away and at the time 1 was 17 and I soon realized what a brilliant movie it was and a few days before he died in a Dublin hospital we watched it again and despite Uncle Patrick knowing he was dying he and I watched it again like excited kids.Imho this is 1 of the very best movies ever and if you've not seen it I very highly recommend watching it because I can promise you if you don't see it your missing out on a true all time classic.
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This scene is probably taken from a recut of the movie, titled "One Floor Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (meaning the upper floor of the building). It somewhat shifts the focus to the staff of the hospital.
I didn't go through all the comments, but it is One flew over the Cuckoo's nest. Just a classic with all the upcoming comedians back in the mid-70s into the '80s!
a friend of mine got sectioned in a mental institute , he was released with paper work saying he was fine. He always liked to point out he was the only sane person at work as he had paper work to poove it :-)
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It just shows that people with mental illness are human beings I am trying to highlight how people with mental illness are treated by the mental health system and only a little amount has changed in Ireland and the world since that film was made the stigma is still their even in a modern country I will be in Norwood in mallow if anyone wants to join me xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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This is weird. Is TH-cam able to read thoughts? I’ve been remembering this scene over the last week. Now it turns up! It so happens that around 20 years ago I had the privilege of meeting a Native American who had had a significant supporting role in WW2. He had been an armourer on Tinian Island and had been part of the team that prepared the A-bomb which burst above Nagasaki in August 1945. His part in that action still weighed heavily upon him. He admitted to me that colleagues had written unpleasant messages on the bomb casing, but that he had declined to be part of that. He said that he’d felt so sorry for everyone involved. From the ground Tech team, to the pilots, to the Japanese civilians in a city which was not the original scheduled target (the aircrew had to bomb visually - the original target was either Kyoto or Kokura if memory serves me right.) When I met him he was in his early 80s, but still an energetic, fully cognisant man. He had never forgotten what had happened back then, wasn’t proud of it, but was glad to be alive. The other weird thing was that several years earlier I had interviewed a surviving British POW from the Nagasaki attack. He had been working on a freighter in the harbour when the bomb exploded. His name was Dick Cheyne. I still remember what he told me in graphic detail. The hugely bright blue-white light and the intense heat on his back. Again, he gave thanks for being allowed to be alive. Sorry for this recall. It’s just that for some reason this scene brought so much back.
This is the finest example of how important casting is. Each of the characters in this is superbly played...and I cannot imagine anyone else in those roles.
Actually in the book, chief was a narrator in the storyline, observing around him, till mac showed up, and took on nurse ratched, who was possibly more physcho crazy than all the patients together with her extra dose of cold venomous evil.Lunatics were running the Asylum in orderlies,and nurses uniforms
I never realised the Michael Jackson episode of the Simpsons was a reference to this movie. I love how the episode even included the chief as well. MJ: This is the chief. He's been here for 20 years and never says a word. Homer: Hey there chief. Chief: Hello (doctors gather round and start taking notes) Well it's about time someone reached out to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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My dad said he got to drink some beers with Will Sampson in Oklahoma during the late 70s. Ran into him at a local bar. He was an honored guest in town.
Hoe great for your Dad! Will was the best person you could ever be blessed to know! You might be interested to know that there's a brand new video on youtube in memory of him that contains rare childhood photos as well as a variety of pictures that I hope will honor him. I made this video to commemorate the anniversary of his passing on June 3. Just Google Remembering Will Sonny Sampson Jr. if you'd like to check it out 👍.
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Jack Nicholson THE GREATEST ACTOR EVER.!!!!! No one comes close.
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I always love how Chief's answer isn't a simple "yes," to McMurphy's question but with a smug "you bet your ass." It reveals his personality and reveals that he is in fact completely lucid and responsive.
one of the best it’s of this film
the book is from Chief's POV and it's interesting to supplement your understanding of the film with the book. I HIGHLY appreciate it
@@Laughingsundrop I read the book before I saw the film, definitely more insight into Chief and his backstory
I always thought he said, "Yeah, you bet."
@@mexicanson I thought it was "You bad". lol
Hands down, one of the greatest films ever made.
Beyond a film and therefore a truly great film.
INDEED.
Milos Forman.
Fast & Furious is better.
@@Kloppsserialbottlers nah, the car chase in cuckoo's nest is one of the best in history.
If you loved the movie U MUST read the novel. Chief is the narrator of the entire book. A true masterpiece 👏
Yeah that surprised me too. But in the book we know from the beginning he is fooling them, since he is narrating. The film does well to make this a plot reveal since a narrator is not necessary.
Wow... I didn't know that. Will have to get it now and give it a read.
Now that you enlightened me in that fact.. I am definitely going to read the book. Very cool
Totally agree 👍
The book is great, and like you said it's a masterpiece. The film as well is a masterpieces. One of the best ever
I remember watching this movie in a theatre, and during this scene, when the Chief said, "Juicy Fruit" the entire audience erupted in laughter. It was pretty hilarious that the Chief was all along playing dumb, then trusted Randle by speaking.
Yeah.. it just choked me up a bit. Think I read book afterwards & did a report on it
Also filled with Commie propaganda.
This movie came out one day after my 8th birthday in 1975. My dad took me and my brother's and sister's to see the movie when it was in theater's in 1975.
I was always curious about how lucid Chief really was because even in the book he's still portrayed as pretty competent and knowledgeable but is also troubled by extremely hallucinations. Outwardly there is never any indication as to the nature of his condition, people probably just interpret the muteness as a lack of cognitive function rather than a coping mechanism for extreme trauma.
Watched this film in London West end,and it was the first time I saw a cinema audience applaud a film.I came out of that cinema feeling inspired and elated for having seen such a fantastic film ❤
the expression on jack's face when he realizes he can talk is he hilariousss...the way he just quietly gives him another gum lol
One of my favorite actors of all time
He had a birthday recently.
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same here..yeah i know hopefully he ain't retiring anytime soon
It's almost like he thought, "Maybe the Gum did it."
I can understand why Jack was picked as the first Joker...
@@oldrocker74 I like how you replied to a 7 years comment, and yes, I agree with you :)
This might be the only movie ever made where there wasn’t one second of bad acting throughout the entire movie.
A clockwork orange
Silence of the Lambs as well.
Cache 2005 is also one.
@savage642
Aww, come on, don’t be like that.I haven’t seen Clockwork Orange(nor do I really want to, because that image of the man having his eyes pulled open with that contraption would give me nightmares),but the acting seemed good to me, and the original commenter said “film that doesn’t have any bad acting” not “film that doesn’t have any bad points” so Clockwork Orange could have great acting for all anyone knows, yet have a terrible plot, direction, etc.
Big lebowski
Chief - The original troll
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Watt is a troll??? Do tell si vous plais, merci beau coups!!!!!
Arundel:1) habitational name given to the Dukes of Norfolk seat / 2) nature aspects birds plants, nasty women.
Which would you prefer is to be? Or go to? Probably actually saying Canada yet actually meaning Zion and/or the sides of the North.
One would think they killed him to keep him from going there. However, the tragedy behind this classic comedy/drama is that they destroyed a gifted mind, but chief smashed out a window to let them know it doesn't really end there, in an Institution. It was never intended for his spirit to be chained down.
Part 2 was never released because Jack Nicholson went South to LA to make "Anger Management" with 'Adam Sandler." Of course one has to wonder if that means that he took his place amoungst the sands of the sea?
Meanwhile, Chief realizes that he can't escape his destiny even with Jack Nicholson gone. Therefore, he remembers the "Pretenders: Chain Gang" .....The "Georgia Satellites: Battleship chains"..... "5 Finger Death Punch: Bad Company".....
"Passenger: Let her go".....
He reasons that he must make some changes in many areas, even cutting and adding to his links if he is to be successful.
He then packs up his "5 to stay alive" and his 2 sticks of "Juicy Fruit,' breaks out a window and heads for either open or closed territory, Fishing, bicycling, swimming and hiking.
He calls his first new Venture bald eagle aeronautics..... Helicopters included.
@@painiscupcake5433 why?
A Troll... 😁.. Taking the piss!!
They don't make films like this anymore. Beyond brilliant.
Mary actors like these guy are one in a billion.. absolute legends nobody could ever remake this masterpiece
New Snow White 😅😅😅😅😂
Chief is so chill. Ha ha.
It's easier to know he's not since the book is told from his point of view. He talks consistently about the "Combine"--which is his hallucination of machinery hidden throughout the ward that Nurse Ratched "controls" (he always talks about her being able to run everything from inside he station behind the window). All that changes when McMurphy shows up, though.
Well he's an injun so I would be sareful around him
The chief deserved a best supporting actor
picking up the fountian...just great
Absolutely
HELL YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was thinking that watching it last night
@@kieranlindsay1220 Aided by the brilliant music, that scene made me want to jump up and cheer. It made the film, without it the ending would have been desperately depressing.
Wonderful scene. Jack's character is so happy that he found someone else that doesn't swallow the bullshit of the system.
Best movie ever !!!
Jack's the hero of this story.
That's all ❤😎
Such a microcosm of real life. They need to play in their system while they sit on the outside
@@joecaragoog Some sit in it...
That’s a naive interpretation. McMurphy thought he was different, that he didn’t belong there, but it turned out that was exactly where he belonged.
The acting between these two was just phenomenal. In fact the whole film was phenomenal 👏
I like chief
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I like trains
@@hariharang8872 me too
I like the choo choo & flying saucers
me too
This is by far my favorite scene of the entire movie. It's funny how everyone always quotes the "Juicy Fruit" line, but I use "You bet" on a regular basis because of this scene. Simply gotta adore Chief!
It'd be an even better scene if the situation wasn't explained to us. We are not stupid, we get it ... we don't need it to be spelled out for us. It's common in many American films, but you expect it not to happen in something of this quality. It robs the moment of its subtlety and makes it less dramatic.
Thank you @@ChrisChanningChannel
That look in Mac's eyes and the instant change in demeanor when he says..."What are we doin in here Chief? Huh?" I love how Nicholson goes from slap happy to serious and contemplative within a split second so convincingly...what an incredible actor.
Amazing chemistry between the two actors! This is an example of an iconic American film which could NEVER be remade. One has to wonder how much the sales of Juicy Fruit gum went up after this film's release!
I want some gum right now. Juicy Fruit!
This in my opinion is the best movie ever made..
@@ianwatson3315 Have you ever seen another Jack Nicholson film called "The Last Detail"? It's amazing.
People went crazy for it
So true, that's what a classic movie is, it stands the test of time, and cannot be remade, nor ever should be remade, yet the Hollywood film industry keeps remaking the classics, and time after time, shows why it's a waste to do so. Examples: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, The Flight of The Phoenix, The Planet of The Apes, and The Get Away were all duds compared to the originals.
Chief is the toughest babyface ever.
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Priceless. This film is so good even Jack Nicholson's hair plays a part.
And, as always, his eyebrows.
What strikes me most about this scene is how excited and happy McMurphy is to learn the chief isn't "deaf and dumb." It's that moment when we learn that while McMurphy may be crazy, he cares about many of his fellow patients.
**Love the comments. To those who say McMurphy is NOT crazy, that is absolutely never established and entirely up for debate. Is he crazy in the way that Danny Devito and Christopher Lloyd are? No of course not. But there are many different ways to have mental issues to the point of crazy. His propensity for violence can easily qualify him. Did this particular mental ward suit his issues? Probably not. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have serious mental health issues.
and he realizes he's not as alone anymore. theres finally someone whose more normal like himself
Mike Graber Yoo hoo! McMurphy aint crazy! That's the whole point of the movie!
The point of the movie is that McMurphy is the sanest person in the entire movie.
Jupiter MacWillow Umm, yeah, except for maybe the Chief.
YOU MISSED THE WHOLE PREMISE OF THE MOVIE McMurphy IS NO MORE CRAZY THAN I AM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
Jacks acting is on another level in this movie.
AWESOME! Probably my favorite scene in the movie. It reveals so much about Chief.
I’ll tell you why I love this scene and why it chokes me up. I worked with disabled patients for years and there has been so many occasions where patients that are considered off in their own world, have opened up to me when we’re alone, far more than they do with anyone else.....even their own families. I guess they know they can trust me. They know I care about them. They let me in. There are people in there who are waiting to to be noticed. But because these people are considered a nuisance by family and “work” for aides who are paid garbage salaries, these people are left in a place where no one wants them or wants to be bothered with them.
Maybe Chief( Mr Will Sampson rip) knew deep down why he was there, in the movie he played a observer something Natives know, without reacting many times sad in real life, Will Sampson said volumes without saying much I think he helped his friend endure in the movie he witnessed a lot of nonsense, in a movie or in real time life, we notice or witness lots of funny motives questionable that's when having our higher power really does keep us trusting in them, for me it's Jehovah God and His Son The King Christ Jesus I'm grateful for the Lords Prayer I believe it! The movie is a reminder to not forget people many are without family friends a connection to God yet. Many are the young and elderly I love reading many of the comments especially the one from a health worker hey thanks for all you do!
NemeanLion been living like that for years,it is my safe zone,it ain't a control thing . This " in this day and age" thing,the Pandora's box lid is open to any despot,lunatic, crackpot that emerges. Kirk Douglas saw something when he bought the rights to this.
YOU sound like a very compassionate person! I think you definitely chose the right line of work! KUDO,S...
I just love how excited McMurphy is.
Best reaction ever, imho.
this is the coolest scene between two good friends in entire movie history. He's happpy as a child. His eyes are glowing.
I like Chief's reveal to McMurphy so much more here, than in the book.
McMurphy first found out Chief could hear early on, when Bromden jumped after McMurphy told him one of the black boys was coming.
ya he didnt reveal it to mcmurphy in the book, mcmurphy figured it out
Agreed, the juicy fruit line isn't in the book for instance. Also the scene where Chief pushes the basketball out of the net from underneath isn't in the book either. One of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book (and the book ain't half bad either)
@Jack Wehrung The book has a continuity error in it though :) Remember in the first chapter, the Chief was in the asylum thinking back on the events of the past few weeks or months? Then the rest of the novel was a flashback of everything that happened, beginning with McMurphy's arrival and leading up to the Chief smothering McMurphy with the pillow and escaping. Well, if he escaped, how did he end up back in the asylum again, having the flashback in the first chapter? Things that make you go "hmm" :o)
But mcmurphy wasnt surprised even then because he was suspicious from the beginning
Will Samuelson was a fantastic actor. I am so grateful to have lived in a time when mediocrity was not the norm.
I know who Will Sampson is, but who's Will Samuelson?
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Makes me wonder how Chief ended up there in the first place.
The book explains it. He pretty much gives up on trying to be a part of society and has some sort of schizophrenic break.
^ Well it's widely accepted that people that fake being a psychopath/sociopath or w.e to escape reality or prison time are in fact psychopaths/sociopaths. It's crazy, but that's what they say. So if you ever go to prison don't ever try to say you're crazy, otherwise it's over for you they will throw you in one of these hospitals and you cannot return EVER.
Caught his wife with another man that's why chief's in jail probably
SPOILER I think It's inferrable by information in the film that the Chief had killed his own father because he could not bear see him wither and die from drinking. He did pretty much the same with Randal in the end.
If you read the book- You'll find out"
I buy juicy fruit just so when I eat it I can say "ahhh juicy fruit"
LOL
I buy it for the flavor but I always, always, always say “ahhhh juicy fruit” when I pop a piece in my mouth.
LMFAO
Juicy fruit... I like it
That's great.
Even if Will Sampson had never been in any other movies, he would always be remembered for this role alone.
Dance with wolves
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He played Ten Bears (a historical Comanche chief) in The Outlaw Jose Wales the very next year.
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True fact.
poltergeist 2.
Jack's face as he comes to the realization has me crying laughing evertime
How can you not love Will Sampson? (the chief) A great actor and true American that died too early.
MY FRIEND..
WILL SAMPSON IS CANADIAN CITYCEN..
SORRY MY ENGLISH ..
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Julio Garcia Your English is forgiven, but you’re mistaken about Will Sampson. He was Native American, born in Oklahoma, a member of the Muscogee Nation.
@@balrog322 Mvto!!
Will Sampson hasnt died he has just left this Earthly World and passed back home to Heaven Amen xxxxxxx
@@juliogarcia4877 yeah he's from Oklahoma, not Canada. Although tribes do adopt and have traditional and cultural ties to places very meaningful. He could very well have spent time in Canada to be claimed, idk?
Rest in peace, Will Sampson.
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I remember that back in 1975/76 Will Sampson (the guy who played Chief) did a juicy fruit commercial after this film came out. I've been looking for it for years on youtube but have yet to find it.
lol!
DevilFish69 That's crazy sick you still recall that there was an ad on tv of Chief and Juicy Fruit gum. Definitely would be very difficult to find the ad on the net as you would rely on someone having a VHS recording device, that taped ads in 1976, and kept the tapes for around 40 years and deciding to get them digitalised to put it on their computer and then to load them up onto TH-cam. And if there are uploads of those specific regional ads from 1976 onto YT, you yourself would have to go through hours of ad recordings to find Chief and his iconic Juicy Fruits
I remember it like it was yesterday. The ad was still playing around 1977/78 because I believe that was when the film was released on TV. Remember in those days you had to wait a few years for a movie to air on TV after its theatrical run because there was no home video market. I remember he was on a stoop with a bunch of kids and they were chewing Juicy Fruit with the jingle playing. I tell you that commercial and the Ideal Jaws game commercial from 1975/76 are 2 commercials I've been dying to see again but I can't find them anywhere.
rtyuu999 LOL Well put.
@@rtyuu999 And yet there are ads from the 1950s-on all over TH-cam.
I’ve seen this movie easily 100 times. I think this movie is the best movie of all time. No question. From beginning to end not one bad scene. Great acting top to bottom. Thank You Randle Patrick McMurphy.
Randall, not Randle like handle.
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Jack Nicholson is a fuckin class act.
I can never decide between “Cuckoos Nest” or “The Godfather I & II” (I’ve always viewed them as a single piece of cinema) which is my favorite film of all time. But I do know that when I first saw this in 1975 at the age of 18, it affected me like no other film I’d ever seen and it made me doubt every institution I’d been brought up to respect. McMurphy is the classic iconoclast who bucks the system and pays the price for swimming against the tide. How can you not love the character we all want to see in ourselves?
Mac is so happy that Chiefs not deaf and dumb because he has tricked the lot of them, not because he cares about them . He has found someone to relate to
That surely is the reason why he's so excited! But doesn't mean he doesn't care about them too... at least on some level, maybe not so deeply personally emotionally involved, but in some gruff way and/or in principle... but I guess we don't know for sure either way.
Your English huh?
This is my favorite scene in the movie. Their interaction is priceless. It gets me right in my emotions, every time.
...a healthy brain works silently...
What an emotional Scene. This is moving if you consider what happened afterwards. What a character "the Chief" is…
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One FLOOR over the cuckoo's nest?? Jesus Christ.
Yeah, calling it a typo would be a clinical case of optimism:-)
The Chief wasn't faking his disability, he was just so overwhelmed by the life changing power of Juicy Fruit that he was able to speak again.
" i feel tall as a mountain" just love it
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When McMurphy asks the chief if he can hear him, he says "you bet" all suave and shit.
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When I hear Chief said "thank you" the 1st time I saw this movie, I was like:
"WTF?! He can talk???"
:))
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Send me the link.
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This is my favourite movie of all time, and this is my favourite scene. The whole premise up to this point is that Randall is playing the system by pretending to be crazy, so getting a comparatively easier ride than if he'd gone to a conventional prison. It turns out that the Chief has fooled the system way more than Randall. I still can't watch the final scenes without tearing up, and I'm not a guy who tends to get emotional too easily.
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My favourite clip ever, I'm a seasoned hard hardman and it never fails to wet my eyes, Jack's reaction is absolute killer.
i just saw this movie for the 1st time last night. Hands down one of the best films ive ever seen in my life
It's called the 1970s
What took you so long?
@@jamesfrench7299where did u watch it
Will Sampson...such a powerful presence!!
My thoughts exactly. He has magnificent presence. No wonder he was hired on the spot, no movie experience, no rehearsal.
Will Sampson
A Native American actor of the Creek Nation, Sampson's "big break" came from his memorable role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) opposite Jack Nicholson. He was also starred opposite Clint Eastwood in the western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). He had supporting roles in Orca (1977), The White Buffalo (1977) and Fish Hawk (1979). In 1986, he co-starred in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) as a Native American shaman. He died of complications from kidney failure and malnutrition during heart and lung replacement surgery in 1987 and was buried on the reservation where he grew up.
era un attore leggendario. Al museo Smithsonian a Washington ho visto certi quadri, non lo sapevo nemmeno che li aveva dipinti lui
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Ken Kesey understood the essence of what it truly means to be human.
Chief was awesome in this role, just as he was as Ten Bears, chief of the Comanches in "The Outlaw Josie Wales."
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I loved him as Ten Bears- he was so cool.
When I first saw this movie the acting was so real it blew me away
I don't think that they can make movies this good anymore in the USA ... 🎭 🤔
My Favorite Scene :)
I love the book almost as much as the movie, it was unlike anything I have ever read before, a true masterpiece.
I agree. I was nervous to watch the movie. But for some reason I haven't read it in a while after watching the movie. Prob for fear I would start to "watch" the movie in my head while reading. I like my imagination better usually. Awesome movie. Fantastic book. Flawless imagination.
His reaction gets me every time. He loves that there’s another in there playing the system somehow.
I loved this movie one of the best with jack nickleson louise fletcher and danny devito great cast
Possibly one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema... "mmm Juicy Fruit"
This scene made me filled with heart filled laughter man. Love this movie too much 😂
'one flew over the cuckoo's nest' best film ever :) hilarious, sad, and funny brilliant lmao
One extraordinary scene after another in this amazing film that I’ve seen too many times to admit. How I miss going to the movies in the 70s. Everything was so good. This film is a masterpiece.
Gosh...I love this scene! The first time I saw it it brought a tear to my eye!
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Will Sampson, wow was this a great, subtle performance.
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This is like finding out Clark Kent is Superman.
Did chief make it to you?
I used "aaaaahhhh juicy fruit" as my senior yearbook quote. Still holds up.
Heh
Far as Im concerned
"The Best Movie Ever"
If I had to name just One
Yeah, mine too.
"I'm not saying they killed him. They just worked on him. The way they're working on you."
This is a great scene in one of the greatest movies!
My Uncle Patrick who died in 2002 at 33 years old told me to rent this movie out of Xtra Vision told me it was his favorite ever movie and we watched it a year before he passed away and at the time 1 was 17 and I soon realized what a brilliant movie it was and a few days before he died in a Dublin hospital we watched it again and despite Uncle Patrick knowing he was dying he and I watched it again like excited kids.Imho this is 1 of the very best movies ever and if you've not seen it I very highly recommend watching it because I can promise you if you don't see it your missing out on a true all time classic.
Jack's performance in this movie is considered "The Best Performance of All Time." I agree completely.
Chief is a big dude ! Love the character !
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Dear god, FLEW! it's One FLEW Over The a Cuckoos Nest! Amazingly written book AND movie and you can't even get the title right!
this is that next level shit
This scene is probably taken from a recut of the movie, titled "One Floor Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (meaning the upper floor of the building). It somewhat shifts the focus to the staff of the hospital.
I didn't go through all the comments, but it is One flew over the Cuckoo's nest. Just a classic with all the upcoming comedians back in the mid-70s into the '80s!
McMurphy's reaction is priceless.
One of the best scenes in this movie if not the best!!. Just Brilliant!!
I like the later scene where Chief is talking to McMurphy and he is telling about how the system works on a man that is different
a friend of mine got sectioned in a mental institute , he was released with paper work saying he was fine. He always liked to point out he was the only sane person at work as he had paper work to poove it :-)
One "Floor" .... It would be wise of you to sell your computer and forget you ever had one.
"Can you hear me, too?"
"Ya, you behhhhhht."
Great. Chief fooled em. He fooled em all. Great.
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Timeless classic scene!
a true classic.
One of the best movies ever !
Chief & Jack we're really incredible .
Nicholson won an Oscar for this
masterpiece ...🏆🙋♂️
To the one guy who treated him like a human being, the Chief spoke.
It just shows that people with mental illness are human beings I am trying to highlight how people with mental illness are treated by the mental health system and only a little amount has changed in Ireland and the world since that film was made the stigma is still their even in a modern country I will be in Norwood in mallow if anyone wants to join me xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Great movie! They say DeNiro is the best……I don’t know…….Nicholson sure has those acting chops! I would lean towards Nicholson. Superb actor!
Chief is the man!
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This is weird. Is TH-cam able to read thoughts? I’ve been remembering this scene over the last week. Now it turns up!
It so happens that around 20 years ago I had the privilege of meeting a Native American who had had a significant supporting role in WW2. He had been an armourer on Tinian Island and had been part of the team that prepared the A-bomb which burst above Nagasaki in August 1945. His part in that action still weighed heavily upon him. He admitted to me that colleagues had written unpleasant messages on the bomb casing, but that he had declined to be part of that. He said that he’d felt so sorry for everyone involved. From the ground Tech team, to the pilots, to the Japanese civilians in a city which was not the original scheduled target (the aircrew had to bomb visually - the original target was either Kyoto or Kokura if memory serves me right.) When I met him he was in his early 80s, but still an energetic, fully cognisant man. He had never forgotten what had happened back then, wasn’t proud of it, but was glad to be alive. The other weird thing was that several years earlier I had interviewed a surviving British POW from the Nagasaki attack. He had been working on a freighter in the harbour when the bomb exploded. His name was Dick Cheyne. I still remember what he told me in graphic detail. The hugely bright blue-white light and the intense heat on his back. Again, he gave thanks for being allowed to be alive.
Sorry for this recall. It’s just that for some reason this scene brought so much back.
Every now and then I say to myself "Ahhh...Juicy Fruit."
This is the finest example of how important casting is. Each of the characters in this is superbly played...and I cannot imagine anyone else in those roles.
Oh!!!!!!! Yes!! I just bought me a pack of juicy fruit
juicy fruit is king of chewing gum. KING I SAY!
One of the greatest of all films. From an era that was a goldmine of films.
Single greatest movie of all time. Period. End of story.
I believe the movie’s title was “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
Actually in the book, chief was a narrator in the storyline, observing around him, till mac showed up, and took on nurse ratched, who was possibly more physcho crazy than all the patients together with her extra dose of cold venomous evil.Lunatics were running the Asylum in orderlies,and nurses uniforms
one of the greatest scenes in one of the greatest movies in history
"You Bet"
Chief was the coldest actor. He had everybody fooled. That’s how you gotta be in life: Quiet, observant and let ppl think you’re dumb ♟
not sure if he fooled anyone. clearly there is something wrong with him. no sane person would be doing this.
I never realised the Michael Jackson episode of the Simpsons was a reference to this movie. I love how the episode even included the chief as well.
MJ: This is the chief. He's been here for 20 years and never says a word.
Homer: Hey there chief.
Chief: Hello (doctors gather round and start taking notes) Well it's about time someone reached out to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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My dad said he got to drink some beers with Will Sampson in Oklahoma during the late 70s. Ran into him at a local bar. He was an honored guest in town.
Hoe great for your Dad! Will was the best person you could ever be blessed to know! You might be interested to know that there's a brand new video on youtube in memory of him that contains rare childhood photos as well as a variety of pictures that I hope will honor him. I made this video to commemorate the anniversary of his passing on June 3. Just Google Remembering Will Sonny Sampson Jr. if you'd like to check it out 👍.
Jack Nicholson THE GREATEST ACTOR EVER.!!!!! No one comes close.
George Thompson
That’s really funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brando could command the screen tho. It's a subjective call.
to this day makes me smile and jump in my seat, probably one of my lifes favorite movie/book first experienced it with my older sister years ago