One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Blu Ray Box Set

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama. Based on the 1962 novel of the same name. The film stars Jack Nicholson. Who plays a new patient at a mental institution. Who plays an austere nurse. It also features a supporting cast of Will Sampson. As well as Christopher Lloyd. Filming began in January 1975 and lasted three months, taking place on location in Salem, Oregon. And the surrounding area, as well as Depoe Bay.

The producers decided to shoot the film in the Oregon State Hospital. An actual mental hospital, as this was also the setting of the novel. The hospital is still in operation (as of 2022), though the original buildings seen in the film have been demolished. The film was released on November 19, 1975. Considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is No. 33 on the American Film Institute. The film was the second to win all five major. Following It Happened One Night. In 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 with The Silence of the Lambs. It also won numerous Golden Globe. In 1993, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress. And selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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