Harding talks about problems with his wife

[@LPJack02]

RIP William Redfield (January 26, 1927 - August 17, 1976), aged 49 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@hyperdog67]

the look Jack exchanges with nurse Ratchet is so perfect, Its like all the dialog that went on up until that look...that's genius film making. its a perfect ending to that scene.

[@shopo6847]

2:35 gotta love Jack Nicholson reaction to that guy who is always saying that he is tired

[@marysutton434]

😉😀

[@s.r.8564]

Lmaooooo 🤣

[@stevevalkos6308]

2:48 one of the orderlies says to Mancini, "We know you're tired, we're all tired!", followed by the other orderly saying, "You're not tired, Mancini!" No wonder these guys were so confused.

[@Hanzoa]

I love watching Jack's reactions in this scene. He just fits the part so naturally, that it comes off he really is McMurphy, and not an actor.

[@tryksta7247]

I swear it's gotta be improv. I know he improved when he named Nurse Rached "Mildred".

[@260188si]

Jack doesnt utter a word and still stands out. perfect actor

[@spittysmom]

"Harding" was played by William Redfield. He was actually diagnosed with terminal leukemia during the filming of 'Cuckoo's Nest', and went on to complete his role. He died 18 months later. Also, if you are a fan of the 'The Bob Newhart Show', you may recognize him as Howard's equally kooky and strange brother, "Gordon Borden" (in the episode 'Warden Gordon Borden'). It's a great episode, and if William Redfield hadn't died, I'm sure they would have had him back in a reprise of his role. Bill Daily and William Redfield looked a lot alike in the episode and were really convincing as funny, rival siblings. William also appeared in the pilot of "The Bob Newhart Show", as a neighbor, 'Arthur Hoover', but it wasn't much of a role and the show hadn't found its rhythm yet. But check-out the Bob Newhart episode. It's really funny.

[@nycinstyle]

Yeah, Redfield was diagnosed with a terminal illness (leukemia) just after they started filming the movie by the guy who played the doctor who interviews (talks to) Nicholson when he first arrives at the hospital. That guy really was a doctor. It was very sad. Redfield managed to play his part, anyway. He did it so masterfully, IMO. The role of Harding was a big factor that was key to the success of this movie. The patient who was sort of the leader of the patients because he followed the rules and his illness was not as severe as some of the others. Before McMurphy arrived Harding was the "leader"of the patients to an extent. You can tell by the way he speaks and how he gives a look at Ratchet when Taber interrupts him and curses like "here we go again, nurse Ratchet". He did not even seem to mind that McMurphy kind of took over the role as leader of the patients since it lifted a burden off of him. This is a great movie. Redfield played the role brilliantly. Redfield died less than a year after the movie was released.He was only 49 years old when he died. He really played that character wonderfully. He's got intelligence! "The position of one person to another. Form,...Content, ...Interrelationships, ...God,...Devil,...Hell, ...Heaven." Man was a genius. They just don't want to learn. LOL

[@GibsonLesPaul18]

its amazing to know that the whole second part of this entire scene was all Ad-Libbed. The actors went off course and rolled with it, and it expressions on Jack Nicholson's face show that he was just as surprised to what was going on around him

[@NatuSaez]

Yes! This is definitely one of my all time favorite scenes.

[@杉村敏子]

I could listen to Harding all day. Such an intellect!

[@shepardwallace5300]

incredible acting everywhere you look, even from those with no dialogue...

[@ronin1000]

My GOD!!! So many great actors in this scene.

[@Filipeeno]

He's got INTELLIGENCE!

[@ihearttjeff]

I love Harding so much! He's so cute!

[@ericdf100]

Brilliant writing. And acting.

[@JC-xi9kr]

He was actually an English teacher (and a writer, published/unpublished - so I heard). This explains his vocabulary because I was an English major as well.

[@manlymen552]

Most underrated scene in the whole movie, hilarious 😂

[@Halfgermanhalfloco]

makes me feel very peculiar" peculiar" PECULIAR!" hahaha harding is so COOL

[@doodoobutter101]

thank you for putting this up again!!! it used to be on youtube and its been gone for like 8 months...could u post this up again but the longer clip, starting from when the meeting starts..this scene is classic!

[@gravelandgrain100]

No movie now or then will ever stand up against this one. There is very little action or special effects to be had, except for the brilliant dialogue between the actors. I knew every one of them the first time I saw this movie, and I learn a little more about them every time I watch it again. An exceptional film.

[@brainscott8198]

There are few films where every scene is outstanding, has its' own personality differing from every other scene, drawing you in to care about characters good and evil. "The Godfather", "Cuckoo's Nest", "Goodfellas", "Silence of the Lambs", the first half of "Full Metal Jacket", are some.

[@robertdubs9466]

Harding suspects his wife is dating other men. The others suspect Harding is the one who's dating other men.

[@pumpkinpjs.]

William Redfield (Harding) was diagnosed with leukemia during the making of this film. He became seriousily ill during shooting and within a year of the release of One Flew over the Cuccoo's Nest he died, at the age of 49. Sydney Lassick (Cheswick) made a cameo appearance in an episode of the X-Files where he reprised the role of a placid mental patient, not unlike Cheswick.

[@ZachCloss]

Nicolson's reaction at 1:22 is priceless.

[@ginos90]

Magistrales todos, Harding, Taber, Sefelt, impresionante!!! Una de las escenas más memorables sin dudas. Agradezco a Kessey por crear esta novela.

[@thxlogofan1712]

plays the entire system of a down "self titled" album after this

[@gretan50]

R.I.P. William Redfield

[@VoiceOfThe]

I always thought the young nurse was cute... still do.

[@ScosilVIDEOS]

looks like a young mila kunis

[@matthew3774]

That expression Nurse Ratched has at the end of this clip is actually really scary if you look at it for longer than a few seconds, the book talks about her being like a "well oiled machine" and in that final shot she really just looks like one of those realistic humanoid robots. Uncanny valley they call it, she looks almost human but not quite! Like a realistic mannequin or something!

[@n1x.aeritttt]

For some reason, System of a Down used this scene to start some shows from 1998 to 2001.

[@lespaul9078]

Mastodon used the part where the guy is yelling for an intro

[@VOYAGEUR-YT]

Two of my favourite bands lol. I didn't know System used it but I came here because of the Mastodon song

[@dimakos33]

Mastodon's song "Shadows that Move" brought my here...

[@cariweb]

please upload the whole movie, i saw this movie in high school and read the book...

[@thedevster]

can u PLEASE!! put the whole movie up!?

[@Pixoldyne]

Great scene, great cast... William Redfield, was a really talented actor (especially in his radio days during the 50s: X-Minus One, etc.). some of the best episodes are the ones he starred in...

[@bumblecreek477]

i love how sefelt just laughs right after harding's angry lecture, lol.

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

Best film ever!

[@edwardbliss8931]

The moustache really helps William Redfield play a convincing bitter neurotic middle-aged guy. Without it he'd look like an accountant.

[@robertdubs9466]

Or a therapist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoKao42sf6-WgLc

[@DJSkywalka1]

'But dont you want me to-' "Please" 'But I only wanna h-' "Please" 'But I only wanna help you' "PLEASE!!"

[@marysutton434]

LOL

[@justinm4323]

Mushroomhead. 43

[@jonbutterfield1956]

Mastodon. "Shadows That Move"

[@aleksanderziokowski4791]

And also Dope - Blood Money

[@hawklord4076]

Mastodon brought me here. Metal teaches.... ;)

[@zad35]

This one scene alone, is much better than some of the bs films they make today.

[@gravelandgrain100]

@bapyou - Never thought of it like that before, I'll have to watch it again with those ideas in place.

[@lilly243]

1:16 Lmao too cute

[@billhicks3306]

I'm talking about form! I'm talking about content!

[@tuttt99]

I agree. Nobody does villains like Louise Fletcher!

[@shaddowcarter817]

Movie is very painful for me...as the general reality of an alcoholic goes I see a total shutdown of logic and like a primal acceptance of carnival geek psychotherapy here...whats scary is this shit went down back in those days

[@alexcurd]

masterpiece scene-- only for this and two or three other scenes, oscars well deserved!

[@sanfranciscobay]

@techyesboy My favorite part is Bancini saying "I'm tired and its a lot of baloney". Starts at 2:30 and goes to 3:00.

[@utopiachild71]

theres a really awesome band that uses sound bites from this scene in one of their songs. It's badass.

[@AntonDoesMusic]

So many outstanding actors in this movie... and not one of them were hired for their looks. Pure acting. They don't make movies like this anymore.

[@mandolinhooper]

For me, the loss of William Redfield is up there with the loss of John Cazale. An actor who could have truly made his mark on the history and form of acting for the screen had he been given the full career filled with powerful roles like Harding that he deserved.

[@soap8404]

I've been looking for this clip since hearing Shadows That Move by Mastodon lmao

[@donkeypoopoo]

@techyesboy Bancini is the hidden gem in this movie! You ever notice has when he wakes up in the very beginning it's the only time he says he feels "rested"?

[@fjbutch]

What can I say....bloody fabulous movie...acting was so damn convincing....!!!!!

[@TakeMeBackTo1986]

R.I.P. William Redfield :( i remember recently seeing him in some old 1950's Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode called the "Oregon Boot" where he is a suave and mustache-less sophisticate-Thief! xD he is always GREAT!

[@PartMiniBus]

I love this film !!

[@sanfranciscobay]

@donkeypoopoo Can you tell me who posted it and at what point he says it? I'd like to see it.

[@finalman25]

this might be my favorite part of the whole movie

[@majestic68]

so funny the final scene when his looking at her say "you failed miserably" when her looking says "you got it"

[@MusEsther]

Taber isn't even in the book, he is only mentioned of having lived on the ward. But he is in the whole movie. I have to read the book for school and I watched the movie before that. It's fun to see how they added and left out so many things in the movie that were or weren't in the book :)

[@spaceace4387]

That is correct, Taber never actually appears in the novel. The novel also went into detail about how Ratched actually had Dr. Spivey afraid of her, interesting little detail.

[@62SG]

"Say, what are you tryin to say?" ".... XP!" Perfect response!

[@noveltybobel]

To echo another comment, the guy playing Harding was dying of cancer when he made this movie. If you notice in almost all the scenes he is in he is sitting down because he barely had the energy to move at this point. He actually died before the movie was released. It's sad that he never got to see the incredible success it had.

[@ficacar99]

Not really, he died in 1976. The movie premiered in 1975.

[@AngusYoungGboy]

@utopiachild71 Mastodon, by any chance? Haha. Same reason I looked this up.

[@utopiachild71]

@AngusYoungGboy It's actually a band called Floater. I couldn't tell you what song though, sorry. It may be from the glyph album. Just a guess.

[@arabianzeppelin]

Nurse Ratchet's stare off with McMurphy at the end of the scene only says " welcome to my world bitch". Hahaha this is cinema.

[@CaptainPommby]

Im tired! Jack's like wtf? LOL!

[@TheSpark717]

old school amiga tracks sampled this scene

[@olivierdlc1833]

Chill bump - pointerlude bring me there

[@mat12128]

reminds me of sunday lunches with the family.......

[@TakeMeBackTo1986]

William Redfield aka "Harding" was a roommate of Marlon Brando's before Brando and/or Redfield were Famous or well known... when Brando's career starting slumping and he started to take what William Redfield thought were "easy roles just for the money" his friend Redfield was the ONLY friend to tell him "Marlon you're not an actor anymore, you're a 'moviestar' & just in it for the money..." Only this best of his friends & fellow actors did Brando ever listen too. Too bad he didn't live longer :(

[@smenkinsa]

this was a great cinema experience

[@jsteffey88]

"Harding, why don't you knock off the bullshit and get to the point." XD Thank you, Christopher Lloyd

[@twhite113]

@lonelygirlthomas well, thanks for that

[@WileyCylas]

He’s actually a friggin genius 🤣🤣👌🏽

[@gravelandgrain100]

@donkeypoopoo - my lord-if I had a dollar for everytime I had a conversation that started like that. Great clip!!

[@ginos90]

Best scene ever!!!!

[@swyke]

Brilliant stuff!!!

[@caltrof]

What a great scene!

[@TakeMeBackTo1986]

Wow the only other person i've met on the net that knows this! Bravo!

[@62SG]

Taber is so awesome.

[@TheMaceymacreary]

my group therapy sessions were never like this, but we never had nurse ratchet :)

[@densereaper]

0:30 Anyone else come here because of Blood Money by Dope?

[@SgtJok3r]

loooooooooool cheswick at 0:52

[@Whoknowsuknow]

Actor playing Harding was dying of cancer when he did this scene. Let that shit deepen your appreciation.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Bancini stole this scene with his I'm tired and ready to deliver some serious blows to anyone in his way!

[@Dunkster23]

0:38 - progress presents the boy wunda

[@gustavramirez2891]

Harding's my favorite character

[@mclvstac]

what film is this from?

[@spaceace4387]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. You need to see it, one of the greatest films ever made.

[@AndreaGarst]

@squeegy29 Towards the end, McMurphy finds out most of the men are voluntarily there, including Harding. I don't think they ever say exactly why he is there, but I'd guess he has trouble relating to people in social situations, and probably has OCD or something.

[@spaceace4387]

Ratched convinced them that they can’t hack it in the outside world and she made them dependent upon the institution.

[@ScienceOfStupidity]

37 year old Christopher Lloyd, god dammit! He's the king in every of his movies.

[@jingerhaley5886]

Seen a randy concerned about his wife

[@Filipeeno]

3:01 "And that's Day 1!"

[@markrjg]

What about nurse Pilbow, loverly

[@PeterOwen88]

sefelts laugh at 0:48

[@bapyou]

@gravelandgrain100 I've just had an insight: Cheswick is the Cowardly Lion; Harding, the Tin Man; Billy Bibbit is the Scarecrow; McMurphy is Dorothy; Nurse Ratched is the Wicked Witch of the West (natch); The Chief represents the WW's body guards who turn on her, and the rest of the nuts are eihter a Munchkins or a Flying Monkey. What do you think?

[@spaceace4387]

I’d call McMurphy the wizard.

[@Leo90]

I so laughed when I saw this scene. ROFL!!!

[@NikolayTach]

"Lil marian" lol

[@temetrusross4050]

I love how taber liked pissing off harding just for kicks 😂😂 "Yeah Harding Your So Fucking Dumb I can't believe it"

[@matthew3774]

"Play the game, Harding, play the game!"

[@brucedavis3816]

McMurphy satisfied now! Nurse Ratched you got it baby!!!

[@twhite113]

@Warwickcain macmurphy is supposed to be a huge guy too. they went for acting over being faithful to the plikeness when it came to casting

[@sirfrancischl]

System of a Down Suite Pee intro!!! they used the 0:20 part in their presentations a lot!!! Epic scene by the way! =D