This film is used in film schools as an example for students in directing. I myself went to the film academy in Prague where we discussed how to subconsciously manipulate the audience. The shot of nurse ratchet arriving: she wears black to all others white. The red lamp above the door. Her rattling the keys as she walks. The male assistants moving to the sides as she walks in the hallway. These are all planned things and are examples of masterful directing to subconsciously give you the feeling of slight discomfort and giving you the feeling of the arrival of the antagonist
Have you ever seen Milos Forman's early Czech films? They are incredible and as great as his American classics ("Cuckoo's Nest", "Ragtime", Amadeus"). "The Fireman's Ball" and "Loves Of A Blonde"....FANTASTIC. Absolute masterpieces.)
The head doctor at the hospital was the actual medical director of the mental hospital where this was filmed. He was a pioneer in making psychiatric treatment more humane.
Yes! He played Billy in this… same actor also played Grima Wormtongue in the LOTR series. *edited to just be delighted that Nick caught it in the credits 😊
The movie was shot at the Oregon State Mental Institution and the head doctor was played by the actual hospital director. The scene where he interviews Jack Nicholson was improvised using a mock-up file of the character
@@jillwanlin9558 The movie won Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Cinematography. In the stage version of this, however, Big Chief Bromden was the major character, and although Nurse Ratched was still mean, she was not so over-the-top as in the movie.
I've seen this movie several times thanks to my favorite cousin who loves this movie and made me watch it with him over and over again when we were teenagers. Thanks for sharing.
A masterpiece. As Jack says, "I don't make movies, I make CLASSICS." That guy has a lot of classics to his name. He's amazing in all of 'em, but the movies themselves are next level. "Carnal Knowledge", I mean that's just at a high level of excellence you just don't get every day. And I just picked that one out randomly. I just rewatched "Reds", hadn't seen that in probably 30 years....what a movie, what a performance. But yeah, "Chinatown" is a major one of the 70s, no question about it! He's in a LOT of the major ones of the 70s, I guess that's the point! lol.
@37:55 _The whole thing is a glimpse into, kind of, how mental health was, sort of, treated back then._ Hmmm.Maybe so, but the director Milos Forman was born in & lived & woprked a good portion of his life in Czechoslovakia, then moved to the USA during the "Prague Spring" in 1968. The mental institute here is merely the setting to deliberate & contemplate the bigger issues: The courage & price to gain freedom.
Michael Douglas owned the rites to coco's nest for teRs trying to get it made.Danny devito was a roommate with m.Douglas and there is all kinds of other nuggets.....
I saw it in the 70’s when I was a kid. I saw an old asylum that had been closed for years, I was in high school. It scared the hell out of me. I could see where electrode treatments were used. They had a ice skating room but some of the piping went into a observation room. This was released 6 months after the Vietnam war
Fletcher was also in a movie called Flowers in the Attic. An absolutely horrific story of an evil woman who keeps her children prisoner in the attic for years and years. Very freaky. The book is disturbing beyond words.☮️
Seeing this movie makes me think of Jack Nicholson in this earlier movie. I was 4 when my Mom and the man I call my Dad went on their first date in 1969 at the drive-in to see the movie "Easy Rider". Once I got older I watched it and knowing what hippies they both were...I get why they loved it so much. It's a very early Jack Nicholson movie, but he's not the star. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper are the stars. It's WILD!! I hope you'll give it a chance and watch it. The music throughout the movie is classic and amazing. Copied from Wikipedia: Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s. A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination," Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions towards adolescents in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances. Released by Columbia Pictures on July 14, 1969, Easy Rider earned $60 million worldwide from a modest filming budget of $400,000. Critics have praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, and visuals. It received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson). In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The movie was financed with money made from The Monkees, and features a cameo of record producer Phil Spector in the opening scenes, but neither provided any music. The "groundbreaking" soundtrack featured popular rock artists including The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Steppenwolf. Among those uncredited in the commune scene were Bridget Fonda, Dan Haggerty, and Carrie Snodgress. Credited actors Karen Black and Toni Basil (who sang the song "OH Mickey" from 1982) you'll also see in this movie.
Yup, that's the movie that made him a star. He steals the whole movie! A major groundbreaking movie that basically was the stake in the heart of the old Hollywood system. When that movie became such a hit, they just threw their hands up and for a while ANYTHING could get greenlit! Much like the music business of the 60s. So you had this cultural, artistic revolution....a renaissance....and then the door got closed when the accountants and lawyers took over the entertainment business in the 80s....and it's been downhill ever since! lol. Unless you love movies with numbers at the end of their titles! 🤣
I love this movie! I was only 14 when it came out (but 15 by the time it came to our town) and I had to keep finding creative ways to get into the R rated feature (first time was easy as I went with my progressive mother). Strangely enough the only actor I knew at the time (beside Nicholson) was William Duell who played the little guy, Seafelt. He had played the congressional custodian in the movie musical 1776 three years earlier (a role he had also played on Broadway). Many years later I saw him on stage in New York twice: as the gravedigger in Hamlet and Senex in the Nathan Lane revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The year after Cuckoo’s Nest the actor who played Cheswick was seen as an unsympathetic English teacher in Carrie. I really enjoyed your reactions! Thanks!
The unspoken rule of the movie. Is that NONE of them were there voluntarily. They were initially. But after extended assessment by employees, would never have been let free.
I worked for 22 years at the Hospital this was filmed at. At the time it was filmed I was taking film and acting classes locally and a couple of us snuck on set a time or two. Short lived as it was. Another fun fact, a supervisor I worked with at the hospital when he was a young hippie, was hitchhiking while planting trees, was picked up by Ken Kesey the author of the book and hung out at his place for the afternoon. Was able to see the famous bus…I’ll let you google that if you want but think Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test and the Merry Pranksters.
@@Jen-Mom Thing is, the part of the hospital where this was filmed had been closed down before I started. Towards the end of my job a friend who had worked there at the time of the filming helped me sneak into the areas where they filmed. Now that was cool.
@@Mr.Goodkat They weren’t shooting when we slipped in just prepping I guess. They are pretty diligent and I imagine how it would be much harder to “slip”in. We were back quite a bit but saw like Danny Devito, some of the others a quick sight of Jack and Louise Fletcher who played the head nurse, but we were rounded up pretty quick. Looked like they were going to shoot a group therapy scene. Our press badges didn’t hold up under scrutiny, possibly because we were like 19 lol, . One of the guys from our class, and he was very good at acting, a little older, and good at convincing lol, somehow kept at it till he got a lunch with Forman the director and Michael Douglass the producer. I was a big fan of Ken Kesey who I still feel is one of Americas best. I had watched a bit of Sometimes a Great Notion being shot at the Oregon coast, with Paul Newman (the beach family football match lol if you’re familiar with the movie) so I wanted to see some of this one as well. When I visited the place where they filmed many years later when I worked there it was apart of the hospital that had been closed down. But the hallway, room, and therapy area/meds and office etc were still there. The bath area as well. We played for a couple of hours and recreated scenes lol until a crew of mechanical gents gently asked us to leave, something about possible asbestos 🤔
@@mythicsin3083 Thank you for sharing, I loved reading it. What scenes did you recreate? did you spray anyone with the big water fountain like Jack? lol or try and lift it?
Oh man, great reaction. Listen: there are so many great actors from that era, men and women, and there's what I call "The Magnificent Six": Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Robert Duvall. These guys killed it and changed the game. All of their filmographies are deep, but you have to give it to Jack and De Niro....those two guys have a STRING of classics under their belt. And you guys are some of the only reactors I could imagine doing the REALLY great Jack Nicholson movies, most of which haven't been done yet! Everyone's stuck in Batman and Few Good Men and Departed (and The Shining). But "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", "Carnal Knowledge" (one of my FAVORITES. Nicholson, Art Garfunkel (!), Ann Margaret, Candice Bergen, RIta Moreno, Carol Kane.....directed by Mike Nichols, masterpiece), "The Last Detail", "Chinatown" (that's the year before "Cuckoo's Nest" and just as classic), "The Missouri Breaks" (the only movie I've ever seen him get outacted.....by Brando!), two spectacular supporting performances in "Reds" and "Terms Of Endearment" (which got him his second Oscar),Then we've got mid 80s period: "Prizzi's Honor", which is a great mob comedy, "Heartburn" and "Ironweed", both with Meryl Streep ("Heartburn" is a Nora Ephron movie, based on her marriage to Carl Bernstein, very funny)....he makes a fanatstic cameo the great "Broadcast News" and (going back to the 70s) you can even hear him sing (The Who, no less!) in the bizarre but wild "Tommy". One of his last truly great performances was in "About Schmidt" (1999). Possibly his last great performance was in a sweet romantic comedy with Diane Keaton (who he'd set the screen on fire with in "Reds") called "Something's Got To Give". SO MANY classic Jack Nicholson movies. I don't think much of most of his 90s movies other than "A Few Good Men" and "About Schmidt", but in the 70s and 80s, the guy was a force of nature. "The Border", I forgot about that one. I mean, there are so many! But I hope you put all those on your list! SOMEONE has to hit the classic Jack! Jack is way more than Jack Torrance and the Joker!
Think of McMurphy as a Christ-figure. He has his disciples, he's teaching lessons, but he has to be sacrificed. Chief is his Peter. It doesn't show it in the movie, but in the book, many of the men check out of the hospital after Mac's death.
@@JoeyMartz You're looking at him from a literal point of view...and from that point of view, he is guilty of statutory rape. However, I'm talking about the character from a literary point of view....which is figurative, not literal.
Totally. Cool Hand Luke is a classic that touches on this theme. In One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, .the rumors inmates were spreading about McMurphy getting away really solidified the connection for me. Christ figures abound in western literature, almost to the point that literature teachers are reluctant to discuss (but may assign it to their students to examine).
Oh, Nick is going to really really really dislike Louise Fletcher even more!!!! She is awful with a CAPITAL A :) The emotions in this movie are something else (so much emotion), and all the actors do a great job!
@16:01 _Billy for Christ sake, you mudst be committed, right? Anyone recognize *Brad Dourif* (playing Billy Bibbit here)? He played Grima WormTongue in the Lord Of the Rings triology. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 48 years old but still, the faces of *Jack Nicholson* (as Randie McMurphy), *Danny DiVito* (as Martini) & *Christopher Lloyd* (as Max Taber) are very recognizeable. I hope you also recognize *Vincent Schiavelli* (as Bruce Frederickson) who also played the subway ghost in the 1990 movie Ghost, *Will Sampson* (as Chief Bromden) who also played Umilak in the 1977 movie Orca, The Killer Whale & *Scatman Crothers* (as nightguard Turkle) who also voiced Scat Cat in Disney's 1970 animated movie The Aristocats & played Dick Hallorann in the 1980 movie The Shining.
Would you believe i saw one reaction video where the youtuber actually thought that nurse ratched was perfectly reasonable and that mac had mental health issues? I had to stop watching it finally, i wanted to pull my hair out when this girl was shaking her head at mac and saying “see what happens when blah blah blah”.
Well damn, another great reaction. It amazes me, Nick will make a Steve McQueen reference and then Jen will make reference to some modern-day really cool movies. I just love it. It's the relationship I always dreamed of having with my mother. Please please consider me for adoption... I'm only 54! 😎 Cheers from Toronto.☮️🎬
08:54, as far as I know it there's only one way for a man to give birth, when that happens I would say, " congratulations you just gave birth to a piece of shit".
Will Sampson went on to be in over 25 TV and big screen movies... TV series like Vegas with Robert Urich...and Native Documentaries. Besides his iconic role of Ten Bears he was Crazy Horse in The White Buffalo...and Taylor in Poltergeist 11. Just to name a few. RIP Will.
FIVE-STAR REACTION FOR MOM, who was first to recognize both DeVito and Scatman Crothers, and was sharp all the way through her reaction -- generally one step ahead of Captain Haircut Police (just taking the piss, mate, as I often appreciate your film erudition and commentary, and very much admire your personal grooming). Ultimately, I'm glad Flix2Us gave this landmark film a watch, and I am happy to "like" this video. EXCELLENT film selection for this channel! That said, here's where you both stunned and crushed me -- "Just a few more seconds, he would've gotten her." My dude -- wow... As if the film would've had a "happy ending" if Nurse Ratched, the misguided/obtuse authoritarian, had been *murdered* by McMurphy! Billy would still be dead, and McMurphy would have had to live with that... for as long as he had a functioning brain. (Yikes.) There's that little bit of bloodlust/sadism (too consistent with previous reactions I've seen, not just yours) plus your repeated embrace of the (Family Guy-enhanced) B-word... Egad. From the time I saw "Jagged Edge," the B-word has been pretty loaded for me. It's pretty hostile and as misogynistic as misogyny gets, outside of the C-word.
Look at the confidence Billy had until she threatened to tell his mother, then the severe stuttering began again .
An absolute shame :(
This film is used in film schools as an example for students in directing. I myself went to the film academy in Prague where we discussed how to subconsciously manipulate the audience. The shot of nurse ratchet arriving: she wears black to all others white. The red lamp above the door. Her rattling the keys as she walks. The male assistants moving to the sides as she walks in the hallway. These are all planned things and are examples of masterful directing to subconsciously give you the feeling of slight discomfort and giving you the feeling of the arrival of the antagonist
Have you ever seen Milos Forman's early Czech films? They are incredible and as great as his American classics ("Cuckoo's Nest", "Ragtime", Amadeus"). "The Fireman's Ball" and "Loves Of A Blonde"....FANTASTIC. Absolute masterpieces.)
The head doctor at the hospital was the actual medical director of the mental hospital where this was filmed. He was a pioneer in making psychiatric treatment more humane.
Brad dourif who did the voice of chucky was in this film as well!
Yes! He played Billy in this… same actor also played Grima Wormtongue in the LOTR series. *edited to just be delighted that Nick caught it in the credits 😊
@@stevenmoules4955 he was also wormtounge in LOTR.
The Morgue Field Trip was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Good catch.
Right - Fast Times! 😊
The movie was shot at the Oregon State Mental Institution and the head doctor was played by the actual hospital director. The scene where he interviews Jack Nicholson was improvised using a mock-up file of the character
The book is amazing and told from Chief's perspective
Good job, guys. Enjoyed reading-seeing this with you.
My first exposure to Brad Douif was in the 1985 movie Dune. He was a Harkonin Mentat.
Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture.
Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award(The Oscar)in the US for this wonderful wonderful heart wrenching film.
As did Jack Nicholson.
@@jillwanlin9558 The movie won Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Cinematography. In the stage version of this, however, Big Chief Bromden was the major character, and although Nurse Ratched was still mean, she was not so over-the-top as in the movie.
@@donniehagy5125 hi Donnie. Yes, I’m aware that it won 5 Oscars that year. Have never seen it as a play and have never read the book.
I've seen this movie several times thanks to my favorite cousin who loves this movie and made me watch it with him over and over again when we were teenagers. Thanks for sharing.
Rip Louise Fletcher ♥️
You need to watch Chinatown, the Nicholson pic that's ranked highest on the AFI all-time list...It's a truly great film.
Adding it to our list! 😊
A masterpiece. As Jack says, "I don't make movies, I make CLASSICS." That guy has a lot of classics to his name. He's amazing in all of 'em, but the movies themselves are next level. "Carnal Knowledge", I mean that's just at a high level of excellence you just don't get every day. And I just picked that one out randomly. I just rewatched "Reds", hadn't seen that in probably 30 years....what a movie, what a performance. But yeah, "Chinatown" is a major one of the 70s, no question about it! He's in a LOT of the major ones of the 70s, I guess that's the point! lol.
Yes, it's Danny DeVito.
@37:55 _The whole thing is a glimpse into, kind of, how mental health was, sort of, treated back then._
Hmmm.Maybe so, but the director Milos Forman was born in & lived & woprked a good portion of his life in Czechoslovakia, then moved to the USA during the "Prague Spring" in 1968. The mental institute here is merely the setting to deliberate & contemplate the bigger issues: The courage & price to gain freedom.
I know Brad from being Chucky, so many Legends in this.
Michael Douglas owned the rites to coco's nest for teRs trying to get it made.Danny devito was a roommate with m.Douglas and there is all kinds of other nuggets.....
Translated by Bing.
the book by ken kesey was written from the perspective of Chief
I saw it in the 70’s when I was a kid. I saw an old asylum that had been closed for years, I was in high school. It scared the hell out of me. I could see where electrode treatments were used. They had a ice skating room but some of the piping went into a observation room. This was released 6 months after the Vietnam war
Fletcher was also in a movie called Flowers in the Attic. An absolutely horrific story of an evil woman who keeps her children prisoner in the attic for years and years. Very freaky. The book is disturbing beyond words.☮️
So glad you are reacting to this awesome movie!
Seeing this movie makes me think of Jack Nicholson in this earlier movie. I was 4 when my Mom and the man I call my Dad went on their first date in 1969 at the drive-in to see the movie "Easy Rider". Once I got older I watched it and knowing what hippies they both were...I get why they loved it so much. It's a very early Jack Nicholson movie, but he's not the star. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper are the stars. It's WILD!! I hope you'll give it a chance and watch it. The music throughout the movie is classic and amazing.
Copied from Wikipedia: Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s.
A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination," Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions towards adolescents in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.
Released by Columbia Pictures on July 14, 1969, Easy Rider earned $60 million worldwide from a modest filming budget of $400,000. Critics have praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, and visuals. It received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson).
In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The movie was financed with money made from The Monkees, and features a cameo of record producer Phil Spector in the opening scenes, but neither provided any music. The "groundbreaking" soundtrack featured popular rock artists including The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Steppenwolf.
Among those uncredited in the commune scene were Bridget Fonda, Dan Haggerty, and Carrie Snodgress. Credited actors Karen Black and Toni Basil (who sang the song "OH Mickey" from 1982) you'll also see in this movie.
Yup, that's the movie that made him a star. He steals the whole movie! A major groundbreaking movie that basically was the stake in the heart of the old Hollywood system. When that movie became such a hit, they just threw their hands up and for a while ANYTHING could get greenlit! Much like the music business of the 60s. So you had this cultural, artistic revolution....a renaissance....and then the door got closed when the accountants and lawyers took over the entertainment business in the 80s....and it's been downhill ever since! lol. Unless you love movies with numbers at the end of their titles! 🤣
Omg at 9:06 that's Brad Dourif(voice of Chucky in "Child's Play")
I love this movie! I was only 14 when it came out (but 15 by the time it came to our town) and I had to keep finding creative ways to get into the R rated feature (first time was easy as I went with my progressive mother). Strangely enough the only actor I knew at the time (beside Nicholson) was William Duell who played the little guy, Seafelt. He had played the congressional custodian in the movie musical 1776 three years earlier (a role he had also played on Broadway). Many years later I saw him on stage in New York twice: as the gravedigger in Hamlet and Senex in the Nathan Lane revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
The year after Cuckoo’s Nest the actor who played Cheswick was seen as an unsympathetic English teacher in Carrie.
I really enjoyed your reactions! Thanks!
The unspoken rule of the movie. Is that NONE of them were there voluntarily. They were initially. But after extended assessment by employees, would never have been let free.
Also the guy with the bald head...Michael berryman from the hills have eyes
“Weird Science”
I worked for 22 years at the Hospital this was filmed at. At the time it was filmed I was taking film and acting classes locally and a couple of us snuck on set a time or two. Short lived as it was. Another fun fact, a supervisor I worked with at the hospital when he was a young hippie, was hitchhiking while planting trees, was picked up by Ken Kesey the author of the book and hung out at his place for the afternoon. Was able to see the famous bus…I’ll let you google that if you want but think Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test and the Merry Pranksters.
So cool!
@@Jen-Mom Thing is, the part of the hospital where this was filmed had been closed down before I started. Towards the end of my job a friend who had worked there at the time of the filming helped me sneak into the areas where they filmed. Now that was cool.
@@mythicsin3083 What can you remember seeing? meet or see any of the cast?
@@Mr.Goodkat They weren’t shooting when we slipped in just prepping I guess. They are pretty diligent and I imagine how it would be much harder to “slip”in. We were back quite a bit but saw like Danny Devito, some of the others a quick sight of Jack and Louise Fletcher who played the head nurse, but we were rounded up pretty quick. Looked like they were going to shoot a group therapy scene. Our press badges didn’t hold up under scrutiny, possibly because we were like 19 lol, . One of the guys from our class, and he was very good at acting, a little older, and good at convincing lol, somehow kept at it till he got a lunch with Forman the director and Michael Douglass the producer. I was a big fan of Ken Kesey who I still feel is one of Americas best. I had watched a bit of Sometimes a Great Notion being shot at the Oregon coast, with Paul Newman (the beach family football match lol if you’re familiar with the movie) so I wanted to see some of this one as well. When I visited the place where they filmed many years later when I worked there it was apart of the hospital that had been closed down. But the hallway, room, and therapy area/meds and office etc were still there. The bath area as well. We played for a couple of hours and recreated scenes lol until a crew of mechanical gents gently asked us to leave, something about possible asbestos 🤔
@@mythicsin3083 Thank you for sharing, I loved reading it. What scenes did you recreate? did you spray anyone with the big water fountain like Jack? lol or try and lift it?
Oh man, great reaction. Listen: there are so many great actors from that era, men and women, and there's what I call "The Magnificent Six": Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Robert Duvall. These guys killed it and changed the game. All of their filmographies are deep, but you have to give it to Jack and De Niro....those two guys have a STRING of classics under their belt. And you guys are some of the only reactors I could imagine doing the REALLY great Jack Nicholson movies, most of which haven't been done yet! Everyone's stuck in Batman and Few Good Men and Departed (and The Shining). But "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", "Carnal Knowledge" (one of my FAVORITES. Nicholson, Art Garfunkel (!), Ann Margaret, Candice Bergen, RIta Moreno, Carol Kane.....directed by Mike Nichols, masterpiece), "The Last Detail", "Chinatown" (that's the year before "Cuckoo's Nest" and just as classic), "The Missouri Breaks" (the only movie I've ever seen him get outacted.....by Brando!), two spectacular supporting performances in "Reds" and "Terms Of Endearment" (which got him his second Oscar),Then we've got mid 80s period: "Prizzi's Honor", which is a great mob comedy, "Heartburn" and "Ironweed", both with Meryl Streep ("Heartburn" is a Nora Ephron movie, based on her marriage to Carl Bernstein, very funny)....he makes a fanatstic cameo the great "Broadcast News" and (going back to the 70s) you can even hear him sing (The Who, no less!) in the bizarre but wild "Tommy". One of his last truly great performances was in "About Schmidt" (1999). Possibly his last great performance was in a sweet romantic comedy with Diane Keaton (who he'd set the screen on fire with in "Reds") called "Something's Got To Give". SO MANY classic Jack Nicholson movies. I don't think much of most of his 90s movies other than "A Few Good Men" and "About Schmidt", but in the 70s and 80s, the guy was a force of nature. "The Border", I forgot about that one. I mean, there are so many! But I hope you put all those on your list! SOMEONE has to hit the classic Jack! Jack is way more than Jack Torrance and the Joker!
Great reaction guys!! One of my favorite movies.
Think of McMurphy as a Christ-figure. He has his disciples, he's teaching lessons, but he has to be sacrificed. Chief is his Peter. It doesn't show it in the movie, but in the book, many of the men check out of the hospital after Mac's death.
i think of him as a rapist who got what he deserved.
@@JoeyMartzTHAT'S truly fucked up.
@@JoeyMartz You're looking at him from a literal point of view...and from that point of view, he is guilty of statutory rape. However, I'm talking about the character from a literary point of view....which is figurative, not literal.
Totally. Cool Hand Luke is a classic that touches on this theme.
In One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, .the rumors inmates were spreading about McMurphy getting away really solidified the connection for me.
Christ figures abound in western literature, almost to the point that literature teachers are reluctant to discuss (but may assign it to their students to examine).
Oh, Nick is going to really really really dislike Louise Fletcher even more!!!! She is awful with a CAPITAL A :)
The emotions in this movie are something else (so much emotion), and all the actors do a great job!
The Cheif was committed. Nurse Ratchet said so.
Your right! I think she did call him, “Mr Bromden” and he was committed, not voluntary.
@16:01 _Billy for Christ sake, you mudst be committed, right?
Anyone recognize *Brad Dourif* (playing Billy Bibbit here)? He played Grima WormTongue in the Lord Of the Rings triology. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 48 years old but still, the faces of *Jack Nicholson* (as Randie McMurphy), *Danny DiVito* (as Martini) & *Christopher Lloyd* (as Max Taber) are very recognizeable. I hope you also recognize *Vincent Schiavelli* (as Bruce Frederickson) who also played the subway ghost in the 1990 movie Ghost, *Will Sampson* (as Chief Bromden) who also played Umilak in the 1977 movie Orca, The Killer Whale & *Scatman Crothers* (as nightguard Turkle) who also voiced Scat Cat in Disney's 1970 animated movie The Aristocats & played Dick Hallorann in the 1980 movie The Shining.
@31:32 _Brad Dourif, huh?. Grima Wormtongue._
Nice. You did know him =)
That was Danny Devito. He literally looks exactly the same just younger
Would you believe i saw one reaction video where the youtuber actually thought that nurse ratched was perfectly reasonable and that mac had mental health issues? I had to stop watching it finally, i wanted to pull my hair out when this girl was shaking her head at mac and saying “see what happens when blah blah blah”.
More people should react to this movie. Greetings from Finland.
So glad you finally got to this movie. I knew you’d both appreciate it. In my top 5 for sure. Thanks guys ❤
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Well damn, another great reaction. It amazes me, Nick will make a Steve McQueen reference and then Jen will make reference to some modern-day really cool movies. I just love it. It's the relationship I always dreamed of having with my mother. Please please consider me for adoption... I'm only 54! 😎
Cheers from Toronto.☮️🎬
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did you recognize the actor that played Wormtongue in LOTR and the serial killer in exorcist 3? Dorf I think his last name is.
It's Brad Dourif
08:54, as far as I know it there's only one way for a man to give birth, when that happens I would say, " congratulations you just gave birth to a piece of shit".
"Medication Time"
Watch The Outlaw Josie Wales for another great performance by Will Sampson.
Will Sampson went on to be in over 25 TV and big screen movies... TV series like Vegas with Robert Urich...and Native Documentaries. Besides his iconic role of Ten Bears he was Crazy Horse in The White Buffalo...and Taylor in Poltergeist 11. Just to name a few. RIP Will.
I Will enjoy this with you nice folks tonight. Instead of the Tom Cruise you chose for tonight…lovelovelove ❤️✌🏻❄️
FIVE-STAR REACTION FOR MOM, who was first to recognize both DeVito and Scatman Crothers, and was sharp all the way through her reaction -- generally one step ahead of Captain Haircut Police (just taking the piss, mate, as I often appreciate your film erudition and commentary, and very much admire your personal grooming). Ultimately, I'm glad Flix2Us gave this landmark film a watch, and I am happy to "like" this video. EXCELLENT film selection for this channel!
That said, here's where you both stunned and crushed me -- "Just a few more seconds, he would've gotten her." My dude -- wow... As if the film would've had a "happy ending" if Nurse Ratched, the misguided/obtuse authoritarian, had been *murdered* by McMurphy! Billy would still be dead, and McMurphy would have had to live with that... for as long as he had a functioning brain.
(Yikes.)
There's that little bit of bloodlust/sadism (too consistent with previous reactions I've seen, not just yours) plus your repeated embrace of the (Family Guy-enhanced) B-word... Egad. From the time I saw "Jagged Edge," the B-word has been pretty loaded for me. It's pretty hostile and as misogynistic as misogyny gets, outside of the C-word.
Watch Highlander (1986)
No confidentiality with nurse ratched right
Tw2
12 añgry men
I was on Rachet's side.... save for the billy incident... that was fucked up.
"I'm so edgy and cooool"