One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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drama film film

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, acclaimed for its powerful critique of institutional psychiatry and its sweep of the five major Academy Awards.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film → film →
authorOfSourceWork	Ken Kesey →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Actress → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Picture → BAFTA Award for Best Film → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama → Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama → Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama →
basedOn	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) →
cinematography	Bill Butler → Haskell Wexler →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Miloš Forman →
distributedBy	United Artists →
distributor	United Artists →
editor	Lynzee Klingman → Richard Chew → Sheldon Kahn →
filmingLocation	Oregon State Hospital →
genre	drama → psychological drama →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Nurse Ratched → Randle Patrick McMurphy →
musicBy	Jack Nitzsche →
notableAchievement	swept the five major Academy Awards →
portrayedBy	Jack Nicholson → Louise Fletcher →
producer	Michael Douglas → Saul Zaentz →
productionCompany	Fantasy Films →
publicationDate	1975 →
screenwriter	Bo Goldman → Lawrence Hauben →
setIn	psychiatric hospital →
setInPeriod	1960s →
starring	Brad Dourif → Christopher Lloyd → Danny DeVito → Jack Nicholson → Louise Fletcher → Will Sampson → William Redfield NERFINISHED →
theme	abuse of power in mental institutions → critique of institutional psychiatry → individualism versus authority →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bill Butler → Danny DeVito ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest") → Haskell Wexler ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest") → Jack Nicholson → Michael Douglas → Saul Zaentz ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film)") → Saul Zaentz ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975 film)") →	notableWork
Haskell Wexler ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest") →	cinematography
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay →	hasNotableWinner
New Hollywood →	notableFilm
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama →	notableWinner
United Artists →	produced
Michael Douglas →	producerOf
Bill Butler →	workedOn