One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest trivia
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Sharing a rare "Big Five" Oscar sweep with The Silence of the Lambs, what 1975 film takes its title from a children's nursery rhyme?
Ken Kesey's source novel took its title from a folk counting rhyme where the cuckoo's nest serves as a metaphor for the psychiatric hospital setting.
Who won his first Oscar producing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest before winning Best Actor for playing Gordon Gekko in Wall Street?
He acquired the film rights from his father, Kirk Douglas, who played the lead role on Broadway but was eventually considered too old for the movie.
The filmmakers behind One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest increased the movie's realism by doing what?
Shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, the production employed actual patients as extras and cast the real facility superintendent to play himself.
The classic movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest achieved what rare Academy Award milestone?
This coveted sweep involves winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher took home the acting trophies.
In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, convict Randle McMurphy fakes mental illness to achieve what goal?
While McMurphy is an avid gambler, he fakes insanity to trade a sentence at a prison work farm for what he mistakenly assumes will be a relaxing hospital stay.