With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the state mental hospital for evaluation. There he encounters a motley crew of mostly voluntary inmates, including cowed mama's boy Billy (Brad Dourif) and silent Native American Chief Bromden (Will Sampson), presided over by the icy Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). Ratched and McMurphy recognize that each is the other's worst enemy: an authority figure who equates sanity with correct behavior, and a misfit who is charismatic enough to dismantle the system simply by living as he pleases. McMurphy proceeds to instigate group insurrections large and small, ranging from a restorative basketball game to an unfettered afternoon boat trip and a tragic after-hours party with hookers and booze. Nurse Ratched, however, has the machinery of power on her side to ensure that McMurphy will not defeat her. Still, McMurphy's message to live free or die is ultimately not lost on one inmate, revealing that escape is still possible even from the most oppressive conditions.



STARS.........: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman
DIRECTOR......: Milos Forman
WRITERS.......: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
GENRE.........: Drama
METASCORE.....: 79
IMDB RATING...: 8.7/10  690,500 votes
IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486
RUNTIME.......: 2h 13mn
SIZE..........: 4.50GB
VIDEO CODEC...: x264 ([email protected])
RESOLUTION....: 1920x1080
ASPECT RATIO..: 1.77:1
BITRATE.......: 4000 Kbps (3-pass)
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: English AC3 5.1 640kbps (Original)
AUDIO2........: Commentary with Milos Forman (LaserDisc)
AUDIO3........: Commentary with Milos Forman, Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (DVD)
SUBTITLES.....: ENG
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SOURCE........: Blu Ray Remux
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2016-10-30