One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs. The film is #20 on the American F... More

Initial release date:

  • Nov 19, 1975

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 13 min

Also known as:

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
  • Let iznad kukavicjeg gnijezda,
  • Atrapado sin salida,
  • Ken Ha-Cookiya,
  • Zbor deasupra unui cuib de cuci,
  • Let nad kukavicjim gnezdom,
  • Пролетая над гнездом кукушки,
  • Yksi lensi yli käenpesän,
  • Sti folia tou koukou,
  • Let iznad kukavicijeg gnezda,
  • Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest,
  • Prelet nad kukucím hniezdom,
  • Gökboet,
  • Kakkou no su no ue de,
  • Um Estranho no Ninho,
  • Prelet nad kukaccím hnízdem,
  • Prelet nad kukucim hniezdom,
  • Lot nad kukulczym gniazdem,
  • Vlucht boven een koekoeksnest,
  • Száll a kakukk fészkére,
  • Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco,
  • Lendas üle käopesa,
  • Voando Sobre Um Ninho de Cucos,
  • Guguk kusu,
  • Gjøkeredet,
  • Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou,
  • Gøgereden,
  • Gaukshreiðrið,
  • En flög över gökboet,
  • Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo

Film

Directed by

Miloš Forman

Jan Tomáš Forman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman]; born February 18, 1932), known as Miloš Forman ([ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman], English /ˈmiːloʊʃ ˈfɔərmən/), is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's...

Tagline:

  • If he's crazy, what does that make you?

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Cinematography:

Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1975
  • Dec 17, 1997
  • Jan 4, 2011
  • Dec 9, 1997
  • Nov 21, 1975
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Music by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 13 min
  • 2 h 9 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 4,400,000
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Adapted From

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind as well as a critique of Behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. Published in 1959, the...

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