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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 19, 1975

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Drama

User Score

84%

Original Title

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Production Companies

Fantasy Films, United Artists

Director

Miloš Forman

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$108,981,275

Description

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.