Guide Note: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is considered a seminal movie of the 1970's. An adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, Cuckoo's swept the 1976 Academy Awards, earning five wins -- including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Adapted Screenplay. Only two other movies in history can make that claim: It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs.
Fast Facts:
- Released: November 17, 1975
- Director: Milos Forman
- Ranks 20th on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
- Jack Nicholson's first Oscar win (Randall P. McMurphy)