Sat March 22, 2014
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Milo s Forman (U.S., 1975)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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BAM/PFA Collection Print
Academy awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, and Screenplay
Introduction/Pat Jackson
Sound editor Pat Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Cinema at San Francisco State University, worked on numerous projects produced by Saul Zaentz, including tonight's film.
Convinced that a short stint at the nuthouse would be preferable to hard time in jail, the ever-manic McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in a super-sized performance) convinces the prison docs that he’s crazy. Inside the asylum, however, the cruelty of the institution is made apparent in the form of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a coldhearted matron. Cantankerous to a fault, McMurphy refuses to succumb, becoming the oddball idol of the other inmates, cracked curios played by Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Dourif. McMurphy’s is a fine and tragic madness—his unyielding resistance becoming a seventies symbol for the struggle against a soulless System.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Photographed by Haskell Wexler. With Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield. (134 mins, Color, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection)
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Academy awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, and Screenplay
Introduction/Pat Jackson
Sound editor Pat Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Cinema at San Francisco State University, worked on numerous projects produced by Saul Zaentz, including tonight's film.
Convinced that a short stint at the nuthouse would be preferable to hard time in jail, the ever-manic McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in a super-sized performance) convinces the prison docs that he’s crazy. Inside the asylum, however, the cruelty of the institution is made apparent in the form of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a coldhearted matron. Cantankerous to a fault, McMurphy refuses to succumb, becoming the oddball idol of the other inmates, cracked curios played by Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Dourif. McMurphy’s is a fine and tragic madness—his unyielding resistance becoming a seventies symbol for the struggle against a soulless System.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Photographed by Haskell Wexler. With Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield. (134 mins, Color, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection)
BAM/PFA Collection Print
Academy awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, and Screenplay
Introduction/Pat Jackson
Sound editor Pat Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Cinema at San Francisco State University, worked on numerous projects produced by Saul Zaentz, including tonight's film.
Convinced that a short stint at the nuthouse would be preferable to hard time in jail, the ever-manic McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in a super-sized performance) convinces the prison docs that he’s crazy. Inside the asylum, however, the cruelty of the institution is made apparent in the form of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a coldhearted matron. Cantankerous to a fault, McMurphy refuses to succumb, becoming the oddball idol of the other inmates, cracked curios played by Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Dourif. McMurphy’s is a fine and tragic madness—his unyielding resistance becoming a seventies symbol for the struggle against a soulless System.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Photographed by Haskell Wexler. With Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield. (134 mins, Color, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection)
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Academy awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, and Screenplay
Introduction/Pat Jackson
Sound editor Pat Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Cinema at San Francisco State University, worked on numerous projects produced by Saul Zaentz, including tonight's film.
Convinced that a short stint at the nuthouse would be preferable to hard time in jail, the ever-manic McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in a super-sized performance) convinces the prison docs that he’s crazy. Inside the asylum, however, the cruelty of the institution is made apparent in the form of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a coldhearted matron. Cantankerous to a fault, McMurphy refuses to succumb, becoming the oddball idol of the other inmates, cracked curios played by Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Dourif. McMurphy’s is a fine and tragic madness—his unyielding resistance becoming a seventies symbol for the struggle against a soulless System.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Photographed by Haskell Wexler. With Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield. (134 mins, Color, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection)
show less
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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