One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A 1962 novel by Ken Kesey set in a psychiatric hospital, where a rebellious patient challenges the authoritarian Nurse Ratched.
The 1975 film adaptation won five major Academy Awards.
The title, from a children's rhyme, suggests madness and escape.
References to the work often invoke themes of institutional control versus individual freedom: This place is turning into One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- asylumShelter from persecution
- mental hospitalPsychiatric inpatient facility
- lobotomySevering prefrontal neural pathways
- shock therapyElectric psychiatric treatment
- rebellionDefiance of established power
Nurse Ratched · McMurphy · Jack Nicholson · electroshock · institution · madness · fog · freedom · oppression · Ken Kesey · ward · patients · psychiatric · control · escape · laughter · fishing · fishing trip
- 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
- Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings
- 70s CinemaThe Godfather, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now
- Oscar WinnersTitanic, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Gladiator, Schindler's List
- American LiteratureThe Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Moby Dick
- 1975Saturday Night Live, SNL, Born to Run, Bohemian Rhapsody, Apollo-Soyuz
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestThe Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestThe Shawshank Redemption
Rocky · Erin Brockovich · Norma Rae · Braveheart · Cool Hand Luke
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestBrave New World
1932 dystopian fiction