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 / Modified feb 15, 2012 7 a.m.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In this HOLLYWOOD AT HOME presentation, mental patients rise up and follow social-misfit hero Randle P. McMurphy. Saturday at 9 p.m. on PBS-HD 6. by Colleen Greer

Hollywood at Home presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

This 1975 drama was directed by Milos Forman, stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, and features Brad Dourif, Danny Devito, Will Samson, and Christopher Lloyd. The film was written by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, adapted from the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey.

cuckoos_nest_fletcher_spot Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched
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Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is serving out a sentence on a prison farm. He plans to avoid hard labor by feigning mental illness, hoping to finish his prison time in a comfortable hospital setting. He arrives at the mental ward to find it run by cruel and domineering Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). McMurphy quickly understands that as long as the men are afraid of Ratched they will never get well enough to leave the mental ward.

The battle with Nurse Ratched wears on McMurphy. He realizes Ratched and the doctors can keep him on the mental ward indefinitely. With no release in sight, McMurphy plans an escape. But not without one last hurrah, unforeseen complications, and a lasting act of defiance by the gentle giant, “Chief” Bromden.

Hollywood at Home, Saturday at 9 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.

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