I'm so glad I wasn't the one to write this b/c I came into comments & saw yours first Only thing I can think about at first, she is one beautiful & sexy woman. Probably where the nurse fetish came from Testament to what an amazing actress she was. Making us look beyond her being so fine while also being a monster
Maybe not in the movie, but when I saw what Louise Fletcher looked like out of character I was struck by how pretty she was, particularly her lovely smile.
you sporting a submissive drive, perhaps as a topup? I for once thought her well and constantly shaking the Slaptree so masterfully I wouldn't have had hesitating over chivalry, general outrule of violence towards women and kids. Gender within her shifted away from taking her on as female, taking liberties, destroying people in public, the whole display of abuse, offense and loving to hurt and torture made her asexual and fully targetable for retribution to payback til even.
@randall-flagg There is a film from the late forties starring Olivia de Havilland aptly titled The Snake Pit, which she plays the role of a schizophrenic admitted to a mental institution. The snake pit itself refers to the ward where those deemed beyond help are just dumped off with little supervision and left to fend for themselves.
@@benvandusen8112 really.you are so lucky to watch completed version. This is greatest movie i ve ever watched.also this has won big five awards in oscar
@@saseenshanka5292 I'm 67. I also learned, when on board a Soviet fishing vessel in 1983, that this movie was widely boot-legged across the USSR because it really touched everyone's heart there--feeling validated that Soviet control was too much, like Nurse Ratchet and the institution. Have you heard this?
Yes, but its based on a BOOK. Its the book that cant be matched. I have read it. I cant recall what I thought of the book other than I read it almost in one go. However, I think that its main difference is that Mr McMurphy is toned down a bit, that being that Jack Nicholson steals the thunder from the book. He's great, but that's not the point, its not a film about Jack Nicholson, its about Mr McMurphy. However, the film is otherwise flawless and a total classic. Its just that Jacks persona sways the balance quite a bit.
@TheBrabon1 I think it's the fact that old Hollywood died and the age of Millennials has arrived, and with that comes careful not to offend anyone. I loved the era of Sinatra, Dean Martin and Johnny Carson, with it the movies of those times. Those were when people had class and elegance.
I saw this film when it first came out in cinemas. Apart from Nicholson I thought all the patients were actually real patients as their acting was so good. And as for Nicholson, well his acting is just off the scale. His voice and how he delivers his lines is amazing, his screen presence is arguably better than anyone else in the history of the cinema. As for the complete film, it is the best film I have ever seen.
@UCqT2wuV21D-pXPHsFVdTq4w The psychiatrist that J Nicholson is interviewed by and who is the director of the hospital was a psychiatrist and the actual director of a psychiatric hospital. He was not an actor. I am pretty sure that all the "patients" were actors. The "star" of this screenplay was Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. Terrifying "monstor" in a horror movie. Got Billy killed and got McMurphy lobotomized. A Jeffry Dahmer like character, but working legally and backed by the system, therefore much more dangerous and terrifying than Jeffrey.
What's so great about this movie? There's actual acting...no special effects....no over the top sex scene...no shooting...no bombshell actress...just a great story, with great acting, nuanced dialogue, humor and a plot that made you think. This is a case where the movie was just as good as the book.
@@philipcohen3942 This is one of my favorite movies ever, but when I read the book I was disappointed. This movie was inspired by the book, but doesn't tell the same story. I think Ken Kesey missed the chance to have a bigger impact with his story and Milos Forman and Michael Douglas saw the potential and made sure not to make the same mistake.
@@VelhaGuardaTricolor Thanks for your reply. It's rare that the book and the film are both equally excellent but I agree the film in this case was more enjoyable. I also think that It was Jack Nicholson's finest.
@@philipcohen3942 If I had to come up with an adjective for this movie in which the main character is lobotomized I think "enjoyable" would be my last choice, but then again I don't see cinema or books as entertainment like most do nowadays. One thing we can agree on for sure is that it was Jack's finest hour. ☺
@@deanfarr3249 In the United Kingdom they were institutional accommodation for poor or orphaned children. The use of cottage homes for housing 'problem' children was pioneered at an 'agricultural colony' for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Paris, in the 1840s and 1850s.
On one of my first trips downtown, at 19 years old, I went into a theatre with a friend. Neither of us had heard of the movie. Almost 50 years later, it's still as crisp in my mind as if I'd seen it last week. The characters, the dialogue, the silences. The humour and horror. Just brilliant. Milos Forman and his gang lit this thing on fire.
I had a similar experience, not knowing the gem I was going to watch when my sister (who is a psychologist) put this movie as a homework. I was doing other things but I saw Jack Nicholson so I gave it a chance. I was in tears by the end of the movie and as teenager it hit certain spots that changed me forever.
One of my favorite parts of the movie was when McMurphy broke some of his patient buddies out and took them on a ride in the hospital bus. When renting a boat someone questioned for good reason who the patients were. McMurphy introduced them one by one as doctors. As crazy as they all looked it was believable.
My fave moment, in this superb film, is when McMurphy and The Chief are sat outside the governer's office after the basket ball game and McMurphy is feeding the Chief gum. The Chief then speaks for the first time in the film..... one of the many 'magic' moments amongst many.
I don't know if it's the greatest movie ever made but it might be. Best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, at a time when the Academy Awards actually meant something.
You never met my ex wife, just ask a foster kid that she threw back into the system…we adopted his sister though. Ask HER what she thinks the difference is between Ratchet and her new “Mum”😳 I used to loathe Ratchet…not so much anymore….
@@trowerz You should report your ex-wife. She has no business being a Foster mother. Try to imagine being a child & she's the next parent you get? Stop the abuse!
The 'must remain on your seat' rule explains why Harding was so overly apologetic when trying to get his cigarette back during therapy later on in the movie
Yes, she stands as a perfect symbol of what there is to hate in modern society and all that is wrong. She carries that out well, but I doubt she had to try hard.
@@BlueRidgeMtns100 I have been thinking about it hard and I still cant get over the fact that she was an actor. I further came to the conclusion that she must be one of the most hated people history, beside the Wicked Witch of the West.
There is (or was) an entire series on Netflix devoted to her and the development of her character. I watched a few episodes but couldn’t get into it as she was portrayed by another actor. I can’t accept anyone but Louise Fletcher in the role of Mildred Ratched.
Well just treat everybody with kindness and respect because these places really aren't for anybody to live you have no freedom and all your rights are taken from you you're being held against your will to do things you don't want to do that no innocent person should ever have to go through. It's like living in a nursing home or a prison like a slave where you have nothing to lose no future ahead of you and a place where you spend the rest of your life and your last dying days.
Billions of people will have lived and died never seeing this film. I am greatful to have lived to see it. Mental care was reviewed after this epic. A very clear message was sent out. Jack cemented himself as a solid tier one artist thats for sure. Easy Rider was also good
Jack Nicolson is one of the greatest actors ever. He can play such diverse roles and comes across so believable in all his characters. This movie is so sad to watch but with a dry dense of humour. All cast are superb.
Yes he is. Broke my heart seeing him on screen many times. "About Schmidt" was one of his best as was "As Good as It Gets". That smile crosses generations.
The scene where MacMurphy protests that the poor sod standing in crucifixion is pissing himself......should have been in the final cut. A lot of meaning and symbolism there
The crucifixtion symbolises sacrifice. Where imprisonment, or confinement represents enforcement, someone under forced control - Mr Ellis in this case - still shows a peaceful compliance and an open vulnerability. He may be saying "here I am, you cannot drive my mentality any lower". That uneasy contrast of master and servant is reflected in the key relationship between McMurphy and Nurse Rached. Both are good (honourable nursing profession and McMurphy's pastoral protest that his fellow inmates are not crazy), both are bad (exposing Billy's relationship with his mother as unloving, McMurphy exploiting inmates through gambling pressures). Both are competing against each other, both are pressurised by each other. Ultimately they respect each other, but prima facie, they hate each other. This is due to their prescribed roles: representing the conflict which arises from authority over power. Both have an authority, both have power....but never simultaneously. That again mirrors good v bad, or right v wrong, the primary basis of Christianity v The Devil or any other polarised religious standpoint you choose to attach. McMurphy"s genuine call for help over the urination and Nurse Ratched's refusal to acknowledge his concern first hand illustrates a key meaning at a very early stage in McMurphy's new journey. He is being told "If something disturbs you, it can only disturb you on my terms.... even then, it is none of your business and there will be no gratitude"
That actor was Michael Berryman. He was only in his 20s at the time believe it or not. He had a rare medical condition in which no hair could grow anywhere
This film really showed how inept and hopeless Roger Ebert was as a film critic. It is a truly great piece of film - making and Roger didn't appreciate how great it is. Probably one of the top ten films ever made.
I don't think you can kill a man for one "missed-mark" critique. He had a great career. No man alive has ever been 100 percent spot on in anything he's done.
not really. he hates being there and to get out you pretend to be better. but he does make friends with billy and the chief. they are the only two he likes.
I watched this movie with my good friends Bill and Sue in Oklahoma City. Sue passed five years later Bill passed 36 years later. I sure miss them both!
what a flick...it's one of those that sticks with you over the yrs...you never forget where you were or when it was....caught it when it first came out and remember laughing at things and I was the only one in the whole audience...Atlanta `75
in the era of ‘The Exorcist’….the only movie that scared the living crap out of me…slept with the light on for the next 5yrs after seeing that and wouldn’t even walk down an unlit street or even go out to my garage after dark…just sayin! .
@@russellking9762 The Exorcist is the only movie that I refused to see with my friends. I watched it when I was 23 years old. Many years, after all, my friends saw it.
One of the best films ever Heard that some of the extras were actually mental patients & some got healthier & got released later! Man, you really need a purpose in life!
No, that's the point. Most people are either part of the system or otherwise too dumbed down or pacified to realise they are the patients. Mr McMurphy represents the man that is too clever for the position he is in but is not 'part of the system', which is a position a lot of people can relate to. You can start that question by asking yourself where you live and what job you have. WARNING, thinking can be dangerous and the police state don't want that.
Lmfao I swear there was some subliminal flirtation between Ratched and Mack even before seeing these scenes and her checking him out only has me that much more convinced XD
Saw the movie first, read the book second, then saw the movie about another half dozen times, over the years. Effortlessly exquisite flick. I’m due for another viewing.
DANG those scenes are the heart of the movie, they really set up the main conflict eh? I _knew_ there must be something missing when i saw it again recently for the first time since its premiere, thanks very much for filling me in. Real shame its been so "sanitized"
One of the greatest movies ever made, and featured so many actors who had great careers, Devito, Nicholson, Samson and Christopher Lloyd. The closing theme is a haunting melody. Watched it 3 of 4 times at least.
This is a brilliant movie and so unusual that the film is better than the book. I was rocked to the core when “the Indian” spoke something you learn within a few pages of opening the book.
My parents used to wonder why my buddy and I were always raving about this Nicholson guy. Finally they went to a double bill of Cuckoo's Nest and Last Detail and came back converted. I think it was the first time they'd seen a modern actor that was as great as the old stars they used to love.
@@frankatchison2519 I'm 52 now and watched this many many years ago, jesus it stook with me so much read the book but this touched my heart strings so much still registers
Was at the drive-in theater in Phoenix 1975 and the girl I was with had a vw bus. We weren't really watching the movie. The way I remember it was that I got to first.......stole second..........stole third, and promptly got thrown out at home! Never got to see the movie at the drive-in,but have many times since and is one of my all time favorites!
Papillon was also a great book, a true story. The real guy wrote a sequel about his life after he finally escaped. May have been better than the first. But ANYTHING w Steve McQueen is excellent. The Thomas Crown Affair my fave, The Great Escape also based on real story. He left us too soon.
I could see why the last scene was cut. Louise Fletcher playing the head nurse was having a difficult time trying to keep her composure. That scene was hilarious.
All of the patients and staff’s faces are forever emblazoned in my brain and were from the 1st time that I saw this. They never realized how huge this movie was going to be. It put all of the actors on the map. Forever. Kirk Douglas’s biggest regret in life was not playing McMurphy when he had the chance. Turned it down. Jack Nicholson took a percentage of the profits rather than take a menial salary and he made millions. Nobody wanted to do the movie and Michael Douglas got it done. Unbelievable. One of the greatest movies of all time.
What does that mean ? “kirk’s not actor”. Actually - he’s dead. So yeah - he’s not acting if that is what your incomplete sentence minus any punctuation means.
Kirk played the role on Broadway he gave the script to Michael as a gift. While Michael worked on “Streets of San Francisco”, he came in contact with the man who owned Fantasy Records, the great jazz label, Saul Zantz. Saul had the money and was interested in producing movies, Michael had the script and they decided to do it while sailing on Saul’s boat the Summer before.
Yes indeed - if you like the movie and can read, you are in for a great adventure. The book is way better than the movie and hopefully one day a miniseries could be made from it, incorporating the visions and thoughts of Chief Broom about Control, which never got into the movie and gives the Cuckoo's Nest its true depth and importance.
The book is amazing also, it was a golden period for movies, and this is one of the very best, when I watched it I believed most of the cast to be genuine patients.
Thanks for posting these clips. Short as they are, I can still feel them drawing me into that world. Brilliant. I find it interesting that the card scene at 0:20 resembles The Last Supper by Da Vinci. I have to wonder if it was just a compositional coincidence or were they consciously mirroring the apostles with the patients and McMurphy with Jesus. Maybe it seemed heavy handed, or they didn't want that association, and that's why it was cut. It's been too long since I saw this movie, I feel the need to watch it again with older, wiser eyes. Hopefully I won't sit there adding up the references, memes, movie trivia and stuff but just revel in one of the best movies ever made.
OMG! What a gift! I saw this in the theater when it first came out and couldn’t wait until there was such a thing as VHS tapes. One of the greatest films of all time. Thank you! New subscriber ☮️
You can see why they were deleted. Editing is an incredible art form. These scenes seem clunky, obvious and heavy handed, but among the rest of the film, it must be so hard to know what to leave out and what works. When it's part of the movie as a whole it must seem like it works, but when separated and apart from the final film, it seems obvious that these scenes don't fit. Brilliant all the same. What a cast. What a film.
Jack is the best actor, ever!!! He is so good, I love every movie he is in!!!!!! He is fantastic!!!!!! All of them are great..... Good job, Jack, love you alway's!!! 🥀🥀🥀🥀... 2022......
Great cast and movie. I remembered watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for the first time with my dad. The part I loved the most when Chief Bromden escapes. I jumped up and yelled yes, I was only five. Love and miss you dad. 💙
The “you must remain in your chair” part shouldn’t have been cut because it explains why in the “I want my cigs back” part the guy just sits there and lets it burn his leg
It was shot in an actual hospital. Some of the patients took part - and the chief psychiatrist was played by - the chief psychiatrist...... but naive viewers often think, that Louise Fletcher is somewhat like her role. She is NOT! She is just talented enough to convince on screen!
GIRL INTERRUPTED also did the same thing...real hospital, and real patients were there and they had fake snow for filming so it confused them they thought it was real
@Andrew Becker She did not kill Billy, Billy was already suicidal for most of his life. She was a bitch and was cruel, don’t get me wrong, but she didn’t know it would lead to him killing himself.
Would be absolutely difficult for me personally to "cut scenes" from a movie of this quality strictly because of "Time Issues"....Miss Fletcher summed up her experience on this particular movie set during her acceptance speech for her Oscar Award for this movie and can be seen here in TH-cam! Great video Olivia McGean....much appreciation to you for sharing .....Cheers From Nutsville, Ohio
In my humble opinion, some of the scenes on the fishing boat could have been shaved down a little or the after-party drunken slumber where its rather slow and unnecessary. I can't actually think of a scene either that should be entirely cut.
@@tanganyikarichardson5588 LOLOL...I usually say COW-lumbus! But, since you also from this part of O-H, I completely understand your "version" as well! Salute
Interesting that they deleted the last scene which, with Ratched's half-smile on becoming aware of McMurphy's antics, was indicative of a smidgeon of humanity on her part. Maybe at odds with the impression the director wanted to create.
This Nurse is fantastic and McMurphy a proper vilain, that’s for sure…😳‼️ This movie NEVER ceases to amaze It is brilliantly written, directed and performed EXCELLENT‼️ 👊🔥 🪖
AMAZING FILM THAT NO ONE HAS EVER MATCHED NOWADAYS ALL WE SEE IS HATRED AND PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOB JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID SOMETHING THAT HURT ANOTHERS FEELING
The little old man with the huge beard used to live about a block from us, and when he was in town, he would walk by our house regularly. I have forgotten his name now, but he was exactly like you see him here. If I was out in the yard when he went by, he was very cordial and open to conversation. That seems like a long time ago now.
Nurse Ratched was soooo HOT! 🔥 🥒
she was
Siiiieeee ist seeeehr hoooot😂
I'm so glad I wasn't the one to write this b/c I came into comments & saw yours first
Only thing I can think about at first, she is one beautiful & sexy woman. Probably where the nurse fetish came from
Testament to what an amazing actress she was. Making us look beyond her being so fine while also being a monster
Maybe not in the movie, but when I saw what Louise Fletcher looked like out of character I was struck by how pretty she was, particularly her lovely smile.
you sporting a submissive drive, perhaps as a topup? I for once thought her well and constantly shaking the Slaptree so masterfully I wouldn't have had hesitating over chivalry, general outrule of violence towards women and kids. Gender within her shifted away from taking her on as female,
taking liberties, destroying people in public, the whole display of abuse, offense and loving to hurt and torture made her asexual and fully targetable for retribution to payback til even.
Nurse Ratched has always been one of the greatest film villains of all time; this character has always made my skin crawl.
A card game to Banchini was uninteresting and exhausting
@randall-flagg There is a film from the late forties starring Olivia de Havilland aptly titled The Snake Pit, which she plays the role of a schizophrenic admitted to a mental institution. The snake pit itself refers to the ward where those deemed beyond help are just dumped off with little supervision and left to fend for themselves.
I am in love with Her really
Yes,You have my Honest word
Give me five 😊❤
you know it's a good movie when the deleted scenes are great.
Thing is--when I saw it in the theater in 1976, all those deleted scenes were in the movie.
@@benvandusen8112 really.you are so lucky to watch completed version. This is greatest movie i ve ever watched.also this has won big five awards in oscar
@@saseenshanka5292 Probably would not be too hard to get the original theater-released version to see again on a big screen.
@@benvandusen8112 probably, I watched also remastered version, how old are you sir? May be 65 years old,
@@saseenshanka5292 I'm 67. I also learned, when on board a Soviet fishing vessel in 1983, that this movie was widely boot-legged across the USSR because it really touched everyone's heart there--feeling validated that Soviet control was too much, like Nurse Ratchet and the institution. Have you heard this?
This movie can never be matched. It is a timeless example of the quality movies used to be.
Yes, but its based on a BOOK. Its the book that cant be matched. I have read it. I cant recall what I thought of the book other than I read it almost in one go. However, I think that its main difference is that Mr McMurphy is toned down a bit, that being that Jack Nicholson steals the thunder from the book. He's great, but that's not the point, its not a film about Jack Nicholson, its about Mr McMurphy. However, the film is otherwise flawless and a total classic. Its just that Jacks persona sways the balance quite a bit.
Still are. There are some amazing films and television made nowadays.
I've read the book a couple of times... Awesome
"Used to be" is the perfect phrase. We'll never have Art like this again.
Yes
The quality of the cast is unbelievably great
I was just thinking the other day that we don't have as many oddball character actors now.
@@JohnSmith-kw9yc PC is weeding them out
@@JohnSmith-kw9yc Botox in, creativity out.
@TheBrabon1 I think it's the fact that old Hollywood died and the age of Millennials has arrived, and with that comes careful not to offend anyone. I loved the era of Sinatra, Dean Martin and Johnny Carson, with it the movies of those times. Those were when people had class and elegance.
@TheBrabon1 yup because of political correctness.
I saw this film when it first came out in cinemas. Apart from Nicholson I thought all the patients were actually real patients as their acting was so good. And as for Nicholson, well his acting is just off the scale. His voice and how he delivers his lines is amazing, his screen presence is arguably better than anyone else in the history of the cinema.
As for the complete film, it is the best film I have ever seen.
I remember seeing this at the drive-in theater when it first came out we were rolling out of the car almost
Goodness gracious Louise Fletcher did an wonderful job portraying Nurse Ratched.
@UCqT2wuV21D-pXPHsFVdTq4w The psychiatrist that J Nicholson is interviewed by and who is the director of the hospital was a psychiatrist and the actual director of a psychiatric hospital. He was not an actor. I am pretty sure that all the "patients" were actors. The "star" of this screenplay was Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. Terrifying "monstor" in a horror movie. Got Billy killed and got McMurphy lobotomized. A Jeffry Dahmer like character, but working legally and backed by the system, therefore much more dangerous and terrifying than Jeffrey.
@typo pit How do you know ?
Actually read the novel this was taken from. The story was told through the eyes of his fellow patient the Native American.
What's so great about this movie? There's actual acting...no special effects....no over the top sex scene...no shooting...no bombshell actress...just a great story, with great acting, nuanced dialogue, humor and a plot that made you think.
This is a case where the movie was just as good as the book.
Totally agree. One of my favourite films. The book was a great read as well.
@@philipcohen3942 This is one of my favorite movies ever, but when I read the book I was disappointed.
This movie was inspired by the book, but doesn't tell the same story.
I think Ken Kesey missed the chance to have a bigger impact with his story and Milos Forman and Michael Douglas saw the potential and made sure not to make the same mistake.
@@VelhaGuardaTricolor Thanks for your reply. It's rare that the book and the film are both equally excellent but I agree the film in this case was more enjoyable. I also think that It was Jack Nicholson's finest.
@@philipcohen3942 If I had to come up with an adjective for this movie in which the main character is lobotomized I think "enjoyable" would be my last choice, but then again I don't see cinema or books as entertainment like most do nowadays.
One thing we can agree on for sure is that it was Jack's finest hour. ☺
Yes the entertainment industry gets almost zero dollars from me.
This movie will always be in the top 10 best movies ever made!
littlest onliest1 .. what a movie that is art and actors!!
Didn't they used to call these kind of places cottage homes back in the day i believe?
@@deanfarr3249 In the United Kingdom they were institutional accommodation for poor or orphaned children. The use of cottage homes for housing 'problem' children was pioneered at an 'agricultural colony' for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Paris, in the 1840s and 1850s.
Maybe just outside the top 10
Yes yes yes
Some of the best character actors of all time in these scenes.
On one of my first trips downtown, at 19 years old, I went into a theatre with a friend. Neither of us had heard of the movie. Almost 50 years later, it's still as crisp in my mind as if I'd seen it last week. The characters, the dialogue, the silences. The humour and horror. Just brilliant. Milos Forman and his gang lit this thing on fire.
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I had a similar experience, not knowing the gem I was going to watch when my sister (who is a psychologist) put this movie as a homework. I was doing other things but I saw Jack Nicholson so I gave it a chance.
I was in tears by the end of the movie and as teenager it hit certain spots that changed me forever.
One of my favorite parts of the movie was when McMurphy broke some of his patient buddies out and took them on a ride in the hospital bus. When renting a boat someone questioned for good reason who the patients were. McMurphy introduced them one by one as doctors. As crazy as they all looked it was believable.
Mine favorite was when Chief threw the water fountain. I got a native American friend that looks l just like Chiefs twin.
...except "Mr. Harding".
My fave moment, in this superb film, is when McMurphy and The Chief are sat outside the governer's office after the basket ball game and McMurphy is feeding the Chief gum. The Chief then speaks for the first time in the film..... one of the many 'magic' moments amongst many.
@@davidhott6395 Yes, indeed. Add the dramatic music, played on a bog-standard hand saw, and it brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.
"Dr Scanlon,.....the famous Dr Scanlon"
Jack's acting is so good! Some of these scenes should've been kept
He's himself in the movies he doesn't play the chracters he plays himself
Great ensemble. A bunch of guys in this scene that carried movies of their own
Great scenes aren't they. Jack is always great
@@thelstanedwardsson4374 Why was this great scene cut? It tells us so much about Nurse Ratchet.
@@patriciawright8786 I've been wondering the same thing.....
I don't know if it's the greatest movie ever made but it might be. Best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, at a time when the Academy Awards actually meant something.
At a time when The Academy Awards truly meant something and was worth the watch. Almost an event. I haven’t watched the Awards in years.
@@lilybond6485 I don’t know much…but the last one was quite an event.
The greatest movie ever made was undoubtedly The Princess Bride!
Everybody knows that!
When the film was a slap in your face.
@@jackluminous6024Inconceivable!
She played the greatest BITCH in the world. Great performances by the entire cast.
Mommie Dearest and Amber Heard
The only other actress that could've played nurse Ratchet - Kathy Bates
@@bjelfin YEAH, you're spot on
You never met my ex wife, just ask a foster kid that she threw back into the system…we adopted his sister though. Ask HER what she thinks the difference is between Ratchet and her new “Mum”😳 I used to loathe Ratchet…not so much anymore….
@@trowerz You should report your ex-wife. She has no business being a Foster mother. Try to imagine being a child & she's the next parent you get? Stop the abuse!
Such a classic with so many talented actors. I loved Christopher Lloyd's facial expression and Danny DeVito's smile.
Every one perfectly cast, Jack was outstanding!!! This film was, uncomfortable ,witty , moving and brilliant!!
My favorite movie ever. I'd never seen any of these scenes before. None of them were wasted. They all could have stayed.
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Brad Dourif... what an actor..
The 'must remain on your seat' rule explains why Harding was so overly apologetic when trying to get his cigarette back during therapy later on in the movie
Verry interesting.
“It’s alright. You surprised me!” -Nurse Ratched
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My lord, Louise Fletcher takes your breath no matter how many times you see her work in this film.
Yes, she stands as a perfect symbol of what there is to hate in modern society and all that is wrong. She carries that out well, but I doubt she had to try hard.
@@uktruecrime Bless your heart.
@@BlueRidgeMtns100 I have been thinking about it hard and I still cant get over the fact that she was an actor. I further came to the conclusion that she must be one of the most hated people history, beside the Wicked Witch of the West.
I thought she looked real good in this movie. I would have gotten busy with her in a padded room. 😏👍
There is (or was) an entire series on Netflix devoted to her and the development of her character. I watched a few episodes but couldn’t get into it as she was portrayed by another actor. I can’t accept anyone but Louise Fletcher in the role of Mildred Ratched.
The film that inspired me to go into psychiatric nursing for 36 years.
Was it worth it? I find the subject fascinating. The human mind and its infinite possibilities!
Uh. Which part? Giving you the benefit of the doubt here XD please tell me you wanted to not be like nurse Ratched
The film that inspired me to be sectioned for 36 years..
Well just treat everybody with kindness and respect because these places really aren't for anybody to live you have no freedom and all your rights are taken from you you're being held against your will to do things you don't want to do that no innocent person should ever have to go through. It's like living in a nursing home or a prison like a slave where you have nothing to lose no future ahead of you and a place where you spend the rest of your life and your last dying days.
Billions of people will have lived and died never seeing this film. I am greatful to have lived to see it. Mental care was reviewed after this epic. A very clear message was sent out.
Jack cemented himself as a solid tier one artist thats for sure. Easy Rider was also good
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Jack Nicholson (say what you will) a brilliant actor.
I think many viewers of this film don't realize how much abuse this evil villain nurse ratchet puts all these poor innocent patients through
Jack Nicolson is one of the greatest actors ever. He can play such diverse roles and comes across so believable in all his characters. This movie is so sad to watch but with a dry dense of humour. All cast are superb.
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Yes he is. Broke my heart seeing him on screen many times. "About Schmidt" was one of his best as was "As Good as It Gets". That smile crosses generations.
The scene where MacMurphy protests that the poor sod standing in crucifixion is pissing himself......should have been in the final cut. A lot of meaning and symbolism there
Could you tell me what Symbolism there is? I’m actually really curious. Enjoy stuff like that
Please tell me what it means
I’d also like to know
The crucifixtion symbolises sacrifice. Where imprisonment, or confinement represents enforcement, someone under forced control - Mr Ellis in this case - still shows a peaceful compliance and an open vulnerability. He may be saying "here I am, you cannot drive my mentality any lower". That uneasy contrast of master and servant is reflected in the key relationship between McMurphy and Nurse Rached. Both are good (honourable nursing profession and McMurphy's pastoral protest that his fellow inmates are not crazy), both are bad (exposing Billy's relationship with his mother as unloving, McMurphy exploiting inmates through gambling pressures). Both are competing against each other, both are pressurised by each other. Ultimately they respect each other, but prima facie, they hate each other. This is due to their prescribed roles: representing the conflict which arises from authority over power. Both have an authority, both have power....but never simultaneously. That again mirrors good v bad, or right v wrong, the primary basis of Christianity v The Devil or any other polarised religious standpoint you choose to attach.
McMurphy"s genuine call for help over the urination and Nurse Ratched's refusal to acknowledge his concern first hand illustrates a key meaning at a very early stage in McMurphy's new journey. He is being told "If something disturbs you, it can only disturb you on my terms.... even then, it is none of your business and there will be no gratitude"
That actor was Michael Berryman. He was only in his 20s at the time believe it or not. He had a rare medical condition in which no hair could grow anywhere
One of only a handful of truly great films ever made...you can watch this film as many times as you like and always appreciate it's craft..
It's too depressing to watch again
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This film really showed how inept and hopeless Roger Ebert was as a film critic. It is a truly great piece of film - making and Roger didn't appreciate how great it is.
Probably one of the top ten films ever made.
I don't think you can kill a man for one "missed-mark" critique. He had a great career. No man alive has ever been 100 percent spot on in anything he's done.
@@leonardodalongisland He didn't like THE UNTOUCHABLES either.
Or KOYAANISQATSI.
Nobody is perfect.
@@brucemarshall3446 I don't like 85% of the films in the last decade-guess I'm the present RE!....and I'm definitely not perfect ;)
@@brucemarshall3446 I didn't like koyaanisqatsi either
@@leonardodalongisland What does "85% of the films of the last decade" have to do with this film?
I think all these deleted scenes should be part of the movie. They are all amazing!
I think only the promo copies on vhs tape had these deleted scenes
imo the first 2 of those scenes shouldn't have been deleted mostly because it shows how mccmurphy knew what exactly he was in for...
This film was soooo sad .....brilliant acting from everybody .
Sad and very funny, a perfect movie
One of the best movies of all time. Incredible performances, plot writing directing. Jack Def deserved the best actor for this
He did win it
Still one of the greatest films ever made.
No it's not, it's the greatest ever made.
That's YOUR opinion, it differs from mine. I would not force my opinion on anyone. Many great films have been made, hence " one of the best".
I like how in the first therapy session you can see how empathic Mac can be
Empathetic, Like a FOX.
not really. he hates being there and to get out you pretend to be better.
but he does make friends with billy and the chief. they are the only two he likes.
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@@MontagZosoMac is definitely empathetic. Or, he would have escaped & this movie would have had a happy ending.
In my top TEN......never forgot this film, made such a huge impact on me xx
I watched this movie with my good friends Bill and Sue in Oklahoma City. Sue passed five years later Bill passed 36 years later. I sure miss them both!
God bless them both
Ginger elvira old r u now
@@RoRo-vr6wx great movie and t shining die hard
@@patricklawrence2207 chinatown was also good
@@RoRo-vr6wx never heard of it I liked first blood
what a flick...it's one of those that sticks with you over the yrs...you never forget where you were or when it was....caught it when it first came out and remember laughing at things and I was the only one in the whole audience...Atlanta `75
in the era of ‘The Exorcist’….the only movie that scared the living crap out of me…slept with the light on for the next 5yrs after seeing that and wouldn’t even walk down an unlit street or even go out to my garage after dark…just sayin!
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I was bummed out for days after my 1st time seeing this.😢
@@russellking9762 The Exorcist is the only movie that I refused to see with my friends. I watched it when I was 23 years old. Many years, after all, my friends saw it.
One of the best films ever
Heard that some of the extras were actually mental patients & some got healthier & got released later!
Man, you really need a purpose in life!
Jack is always playing himself and he is brilliant at it. Love that film. Nurse Ratched. Brilliant.
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Aren't we all a little crazy.
Mac told them they weren't crazy all those patients
For sure~~lol~~
No, that's the point. Most people are either part of the system or otherwise too dumbed down or pacified to realise they are the patients. Mr McMurphy represents the man that is too clever for the position he is in but is not 'part of the system', which is a position a lot of people can relate to. You can start that question by asking yourself where you live and what job you have. WARNING, thinking can be dangerous and the police state don't want that.
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Lmfao I swear there was some subliminal flirtation between Ratched and Mack even before seeing these scenes and her checking him out only has me that much more convinced XD
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She loved almost being choked to death too. Her eyes rolling in her head said it all 😂
Saw the movie first, read the book second, then saw the movie about another half dozen times, over the years.
Effortlessly exquisite flick.
I’m due for another viewing.
@Mama Petillo.. Took the words out of my mouth.
Louise Fletcher was trying hard not to laugh when Jack showed his ass like that! Lol!!!!
Thank you for posting … I must make sure my kids have seen this ❤️
Love this movie when it came out. It was funny then and now. Just shows you how old I am.all the actors in this movie is what made it so special.
DANG those scenes are the heart of the movie, they really set up the main conflict eh? I _knew_ there must be something missing when i saw it again recently for the first time since its premiere, thanks very much for filling me in. Real shame its been so "sanitized"
One of the greatest movies ever made, and featured so many actors who had great careers, Devito, Nicholson, Samson and Christopher Lloyd. The closing theme is a haunting melody. Watched it 3 of 4 times at least.
And Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky!
I saw it in 1988 or 87
There are were great movies, 20th century
Russian level
@@kchdbdshabib9360 he had tons of roles greater than Chucky...
Jack Nicholson movies can never be replicated. He is one of a kind. A superb actor.
This is a brilliant movie and so unusual that the film is better than the book. I was rocked to the core when “the Indian” spoke something you learn within a few pages of opening the book.
Jack's eyes at the 3:50 mark. Like, "you gotta be fucking kidding me, but okay." Pure genius.
My parents used to wonder why my buddy and I were always raving about this Nicholson guy. Finally they went to a double bill of Cuckoo's Nest and Last Detail and came back converted. I think it was the first time they'd seen a modern actor that was as great as the old stars they used to love.
Memories …. Seeing the movie in early cable TV days . Played every day for a while ….
This cast was perfect.
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I am now 56 and THIS now classic made me laugh and cry when I first saw it at age 14 in 1977......Classic !!
Nicky Depaola I am 58 and I feel the exact same way ! 👍🏻
Right on ...people our age truly were the last who saw a classic era !!
I am 55 and watched it when it came out too. 👍👍☺
@@frankatchison2519 I'm 52 now and watched this many many years ago, jesus it stook with me so much read the book but this touched my heart strings so much still registers
46 lol
Was at the drive-in theater in Phoenix 1975 and the girl I was with had a vw bus. We weren't really watching the movie. The way I remember it was that I got to first.......stole second..........stole third, and promptly got thrown out at home! Never got to see the movie at the drive-in,but have many times since and is one of my all time favorites!
I think remake this movie in 2022 is impossible. No one can replace this cast. Insane good actors.
I can fukc USA and Europe biggest crooks and suckers born every second leap year
love the look on Christopher Lloyd's face'
He was Mr. Tabor the loudmouth. He was great as Dr. Emmitt Brown on Back To The Future
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest ... along with Papillon (v. Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman ), two of the greatest films ever made.
I'd have to add ... The good, the bad, the ugly.
Papillon was also a great book, a true story. The real guy wrote a sequel about his life after he finally escaped. May have been better than the first. But ANYTHING w Steve McQueen is excellent. The Thomas Crown Affair my fave, The Great Escape also based on real story. He left us too soon.
The days when Movies were pure Entertainment from quality scriptwriters, directors and of course actors and actresses.
I could see why the last scene was cut. Louise Fletcher playing the head nurse was having a difficult time trying to keep her composure. That scene was hilarious.
My word all the talent in this movie. Not faces & bodies & CG but TALENT!
this show is an all time classic....
Never underestimate the power of a great hat and a good jacket.
People have never been that friendly when I was in the cuckoo's nest
this is absolute gold! part two, please...
All of the patients and staff’s faces are forever emblazoned in my brain and were from the 1st time that I saw this. They never realized how huge this movie was going to be. It put all of the actors on the map. Forever. Kirk Douglas’s biggest regret in life was not playing McMurphy when he had the chance. Turned it down. Jack Nicholson took a percentage of the profits rather than take a menial salary and he made millions.
Nobody wanted to do the movie and Michael Douglas got it done. Unbelievable. One of the greatest movies of all time.
kirk's not actor...
What does that mean ? “kirk’s not actor”. Actually - he’s dead. So yeah - he’s not acting if that is what your incomplete sentence minus any punctuation means.
I thought that Kirk and Michael had agreed that Kirk was too old for the role.
@Patrick: Kirk did have the opportunity to play the role. I remember him talking about it in one of his last interviews.
Kirk played the role on Broadway he gave the script to Michael as a gift. While Michael worked on “Streets of San Francisco”, he came in contact with the man who owned Fantasy Records, the great jazz label, Saul Zantz. Saul had the money and was interested in producing movies, Michael had the script and they decided to do it while sailing on Saul’s boat the Summer before.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal labotomy"
Now that's a fuckin quote
@@davidhutchinson7888 I stole that quote from the past,and revived it.
Tom Waits…now there’s a guy!
This movie sure didn't get enough credit!! Total classic and wonderful actors..
This film is still one of the best. What even better is the book. All told from the Chiefs perspective. There's a reason he's in there.
I never heard that...Thank you
Yes indeed - if you like the movie and can read, you are in for a great adventure. The book is way better than the movie and hopefully one day a miniseries could be made from it, incorporating the visions and thoughts of Chief Broom about Control, which never got into the movie and gives the Cuckoo's Nest its true depth and importance.
@@not2tees Unfortunately, I can't read.
Christopher Bako
it's on audiobook
@@speakeasydoorman4966 Lmao.... he was being absurd...he can obviously read
The book is amazing also, it was a golden period for movies, and this is one of the very best, when I watched it I believed most of the cast to be genuine patients.
I was a freshman in HS watching this movie in a theater, in Utah, but didn’t finish watching cause of an earthquake and everyone was ushered out.
These are really good Olivia, any deleted scenes from such a great movie are great to see!
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Chucky, Doc Brown, The Joker and the Penguin all in the same table
Thanks for posting these clips. Short as they are, I can still feel them drawing me into that world. Brilliant. I find it interesting that the card scene at 0:20 resembles The Last Supper by Da Vinci. I have to wonder if it was just a compositional coincidence or were they consciously mirroring the apostles with the patients and McMurphy with Jesus. Maybe it seemed heavy handed, or they didn't want that association, and that's why it was cut. It's been too long since I saw this movie, I feel the need to watch it again with older, wiser eyes. Hopefully I won't sit there adding up the references, memes, movie trivia and stuff but just revel in one of the best movies ever made.
OMG! What a gift! I saw this in the theater when it first came out and couldn’t wait until there was such a thing as VHS tapes. One of the greatest films of all time. Thank you! New subscriber ☮️
You can see why they were deleted. Editing is an incredible art form. These scenes seem clunky, obvious and heavy handed, but among the rest of the film, it must be so hard to know what to leave out and what works. When it's part of the movie as a whole it must seem like it works, but when separated and apart from the final film, it seems obvious that these scenes don't fit. Brilliant all the same. What a cast. What a film.
Getting welcomed to the ward was very unnecessary.
Jack is the best actor, ever!!! He is so good, I love every movie he is in!!!!!! He is fantastic!!!!!! All of them are great..... Good job, Jack, love you alway's!!! 🥀🥀🥀🥀... 2022......
Nurse Ratchet was one of the most iconic characters in films.
Moe Howard ok, thanks.
I like how even when a woman has power she needs men to enforce it. I also like how the orderlies are all black.
Great cast and movie. I remembered watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for the first time with my dad. The part I loved the most when Chief Bromden escapes. I jumped up and yelled yes, I was only five. Love and miss you dad. 💙
Beautiful post x
That is a great memory. ❤️👍
Fukc USA and Europe biggest crooks and suckers born every second
The “you must remain in your chair” part shouldn’t have been cut because it explains why in the “I want my cigs back” part the guy just sits there and lets it burn his leg
It was shot in an actual hospital. Some of the patients took part - and the chief psychiatrist was played by - the chief psychiatrist...... but naive viewers often think, that Louise Fletcher is somewhat like her role. She is NOT! She is just talented enough to convince on screen!
GIRL INTERRUPTED also did the same thing...real hospital, and real patients were there and they had fake snow for filming so it confused them they thought it was real
@@kimmyfreak200 This is interesting.
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I saw this movie when it came out,when Macmurphy took Ratchet by her throat people were cheering
That’s messed up
@Andrew Becker I did. I don’t think what she did was worth getting killed for.
@Andrew Becker She did not kill Billy, Billy was already suicidal for most of his life. She was a bitch and was cruel, don’t get me wrong, but she didn’t know it would lead to him killing himself.
@Andrew Becker She spoke up and embarrassed Billy, so that makes it ok for someone to choke her? Something doesn’t add up here.
@Andrew Becker now now it's only a film, a good one to say the least.
Timeless. Even the deleted are special!
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Would be absolutely difficult for me personally to "cut scenes" from a movie of this quality strictly because of "Time Issues"....Miss Fletcher summed up her experience on this particular movie set during her acceptance speech for her Oscar Award for this movie and can be seen here in TH-cam! Great video Olivia McGean....much appreciation to you for sharing .....Cheers From Nutsville, Ohio
In my humble opinion, some of the scenes on the fishing boat could have been shaved down a little or the after-party drunken slumber where its rather slow and unnecessary. I can't actually think of a scene either that should be entirely cut.
From killumbus ohio
@@tanganyikarichardson5588 LOLOL...I usually say COW-lumbus! But, since you also from this part of O-H, I completely understand your "version" as well! Salute
This is an excellent film with a great cast. Thank you for posting.
This movie is just pure genius, and I know sooo many people who have never seen it, it's amazing
Finally, a decent movie someone chose to document in a TH-cam video. Usually, it's either Goodfellas or the Shawshank Redemption. Period.
Interesting that they deleted the last scene which, with Ratched's half-smile on becoming aware of McMurphy's antics, was indicative of a smidgeon of humanity on her part. Maybe at odds with the impression the director wanted to create.
one of the absolute greatest movies of all time..let there be no doubt about it !!
Невероятный фильм. Милош Форман снял шедевр... Куда делось настоящее кино сегодня? Остаётся просто пересматривать классику...
"Don't touch the cards" (they will stick to your fingers).
Very interesting. Thanks for the post, and I'd be delighted to see any more you may have.
The movie is a classic, thanks for the extras :)
I remember reading all of these scenes in the book. So great.
Did K Kesey write the book?
@@lastnamefirst4035 Yes, he did. He wrote them from experience of being within a psych ward, working.
Jacks memes/humor are a brilliant way to challenge Ratchet, psychos/lefties hate being laughed at.
One of the best movies I have ever seen
This Nurse is fantastic
and McMurphy a proper vilain, that’s for sure…😳‼️
This movie NEVER ceases to amaze
It is brilliantly written, directed and performed
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Great film and great acting.
AMAZING FILM THAT NO ONE HAS EVER MATCHED
NOWADAYS ALL WE SEE IS HATRED AND PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOB JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID SOMETHING THAT HURT ANOTHERS FEELING
Hard to pick the best actor of the last 60 years , but Jack would have to be a short priced favourite. Same goes with this movie.
The little old man with the huge beard used to live about a block from us, and when he was in town, he would walk by our house regularly. I have forgotten his name now, but he was exactly like you see him here. If I was out in the yard when he went by, he was very cordial and open to conversation. That seems like a long time ago now.
So much content here from the books!