SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“Forman takes his rightful place as one of our most creative young directors. His casting is inspired, his sense of milieu is assured, and he could probably wring Academy Award performances from a stone.”
138 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Miloš Forman. In English. DCP.
Screening as part of “Fall of ‘75,” a celebration of some of the greatest films from one of cinema’s greatest years.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest tells the story of a free-spirited rogue who takes over the ward of a mental hospital by a combination of chutzpah and ingenuity. The film is based on Ken Kesey’s best-selling novel published in 1962. Using the madhouse to symbolize the individual against the system, the story gets its power from its unforgettable ensemble of characters and accretion of details that reveal what life is about inside a mental institution. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest swept the top five Oscars in 1976, the first film to do so since It Happened One Night in 1934.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
Mirror: Saturday, October 4 at 3 p.m.
Mirror: Sunday, October 5 at 12 p.m.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Saturday, October 11 at 3 p.m.
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom: Saturday, November 1 at 3 p.m.
Nashville: Saturday, November 15 at 3 p.m.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Sunday, November 30 at 12 p.m.
Manila in the Claws of Light: Saturday, December 6 at 3 p.m.
India Song: Saturday, December 13 at 3 p.m.