One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

     

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975

Stars: Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 133 minutes

One of the key movies of the 1970s, when exciting, groundbreaking, personal films were still being made in Hollywood, Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest emphasized the humanistic story at the heart of Ken Kesey's more hallucinogenic nove… more »


Dr. Spivey:
It said you've been belligerent, talked when unauthorized, been resentful in attitude toward work—in general, that you're lazy.

McMurphy:
Chewing gum in class. Ha-ha.

Dr. Spivey:
Well, the real reason that you've been sent over here is because they wanted you evaluated to determine whether or not you're mentally ill. This is the real reason. Why do you think they might think that?

McMurphy:
Well, as near as I can figure out, it's 'cause I, uh, fight and f*** too much.

Dr. Spivey:
In the penitentiary?

McMurphy:
No, no!

Dr. Spivey:
Well, you've had five prior arrests for assault.

McMurphy:
Five fights, huh? Rocky Marciano's got forty and he's a millionaire.

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