ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) Movie Reaction w/ Coby FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@criminalcontent]

Jack is back, Coby is back - it's all gonna be alright.

[@christhompson6010]

I'm surprised you didn't recognize a lot of the actors in this movie. this is before they became famous for later parts in films. saw this at the drive in in 75 when it came out

[@Ilurk247]

A lot of them became iconic character actors, Jack - The Shining Scatman Crothers- The Shining/The Twilight Zone, Vincent Shiavelli - Ghost/Horror movie icon Danny DeVito - Taxi,/Renaissance Man Brad Dourif - Charles Lee Ray & The voice of Chucky Christopher LLoyd - Taxi/ Back To The Future Michael Berryman - weird looking dude from Weird Science/The Hills have eyes/The Devil's Rejects

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

there's a movie from 1967 called "cool hand luke" starring paul newman also with a GREAT ensemble cast that deals with the same themes as this. except it takes place on a southern chain-gang. a few other great films from this era include "the graduate" (1967), "bonnie and clyde" (1967), "midnight cowboy" (1969), "deliverance" (1972), "dog day afternoon" (1975) and "network" (1976). all the films listed are MUST-SEE films for any movie aficionado. watch ALL these films and your viewers will LOVE YOU! thanks for the video.

[@criminalcontent]

@@cjmacq-vg8um thanks ! agreed and aready taped dog day and cool hand luke, coming soon

[@Reclining_Spuds]

Thank you, young lady! "The Graduate" is a must see! 👍👍​@criminalcontent

[@izzonj]

The American Film Institute voted Nurse Ratched one of the 5 biggest villian in American Film history. This movie (and Ken Kesey's novel) are about how our instituting strip away our freedoms. Nurse Ratched represents the institutions, pretending to help us but acting to dehumanizing us. McMurphy represents free will, trying to save the others from their subjugation. The fact that most of the men are self- committed shows how we participate in our own dehumanization. It's a really, really dark story.

[@dannygjk]

You miss that Nurse Rachet thinks she is doing the right thing.

[@Davaldod]

@@dannygjk That's what makes her such a great villain.

[@johno1765]

Underlying the utter darkness is the spark of light that Mac brings to the other patients and which frees the one who flies over the cuckoo's nest with the Gospel stories serving as the framework. Mac is the Jesus figure (Mac means Son in Scottish) and the other patients are the disciples. The institution and Nurse Ratched are the religious authorities and high priest. Billy, who betrays Mac then kills himself, is Judas. When Mac is lobotomized, the other followers believe in stories of his escape as with the resurrection stories in the Gospels. The Chief is the follower who is beneficiary of Mac's mission and who doesn't let that mission go to waste. When the Chief lifts the sink, the Fountain of Life (another reference to Christ) springs up, as he breaks through the locked window to his freedom leaving the window opened to others who would choose to follow.

[@rcpsammy7186]

​@@dannygjk HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@johno1765]

It is really dark, but hovering above the utter darkness of the institution is the spark that Mac brings, cast within the framework of the Gospel stories. Mac (which is a Scottish name prefix meaning "Son of") is the Christ figure. The other patients are his disciples. The institution and Nurse Ratched represent the Jewish authorities and high priest. Billy, who betrays Mac then kills himself, is Judas. When Mac is lobotomized, the other patients come to believe stories of how he escaped that fate as Christ's followers came to believe in his resurrection. The Chief is the follower who is the beneficiary of Mac and his mission. When he lifts the sink, the "Fountain of Life" (another reference to Christ) springs up. The Chief then breaks through the locked window and escapes, leaving it opened for others in the ward to follow him if they so choose.

[@safespacebear]

Chief putting him out of his misery is one of the sweetest, intimate, and heartbreaking scenes.

[@wesleybrown4397]

I know

[@williamknox4240]

yeah definately

[@YvonneSanders-hv2gc]

and using the water fountain to break out, doing what RPM said he'd do to escape

[@TheNeonRabbit]

The most evil thing about Ratched is that she uses the knowledge she's gained by "treating" the patients as a way to target them. She's learned all their weaknesses, their fears, their triggers for self-loathing as weapons against them. Billy had finally gained some self-confidence, even lost his stutter but Ratched knew his weak spot was fear of the judgement of his mother. She broke him with the things he'd shared in therapy.

[@SMacCuUladh]

I have an ex girlfriend who did the same thing.

[@kendavis5853]

@@TheNeonRabbit my ex wife did the same thing.

[@stevieb3077]

I love how McMurphy introduces each patient as "Doctor" except for the pompous Harding who is introduced as "Mr. Harding."

[@criminalcontent]

he really trolls Harding every step of the way lol

[@macker33]

Mr is higher than doctor, misters typically are teachers of doctors.

[@stevieb3077]

@@macker33 Harding doesn't take it as a compliment. He has an annoyed look on his face.

[@macker33]

@@stevieb3077 Hardings problem is that everything annoys him.

[@feather031]

????🤔🤔🤔

[@MrGlenspace]

Christopher Lloyd and devito both starred in tv show “ taxi” which is absolutely hilarious.

[@leroythemaster4268]

And Jack teamed up with Scatman Crothers again in the Fortune and The Shining.

[@victorsixtythree]

"Taxi" is one of my favorite shows! If my memory is correct I believe besides Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito, Vincent Schiavelli (who played Fredrickson in Cuckoo's Nest) also appeared on "Taxi" a few times as a Reverend from Latka's country.

[@DannyCheek]

Reverend Jim's Driver's License Written Test scene is hilarious and is a bona fide classic. In my opinion,that episode is on equal ground with the "turkey episode" of "WKRP".

[@andreshernandez1180]

And both Nicholson and De Vito went on to face Batman

[@stuartparker-q3o]

@@DannyCheek And Lloyd explaining to Devito (in sommelier detail - while Devito tries not to crack up) about the "vintage" of Latka's 'special cookies'.

[@shainewhite2781]

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture.

[@TheJuRK]

It won 9 Oscars, including what's called "the top five" (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay).

[@TheJuRK]

Only two other films have won all five: It Happened One Night in the 1930's and Silence of the Lambs!

[@briantwiss9078]

@@TheJuRKIt “only” won five, but it was nominated for nine total

[@TheJuRK]

@@briantwiss9078 I don't mean to sound flippant about "only" five, but those top five belongs to a very exclusive group!

[@9Ballr]

Chief is one of my favorite characters in all of film.

[@garytiptin6479]

Wasn't the "Chief" the narrator of the novel this movie was based on?

[@9Ballr]

@@garytiptin6479 Yes, Chief Bromden.

[@dancarter482]

_You'd be Ten Bears?_

[@davidleedutton]

I saw this movie a week after it opened in 1975, and the audience stood up and cheered at the end.

[@ColonelPatchy1]

That's amazing. You may as well have been patients in the ward for that moment.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

This was written by Ken Kesey, a university student whom was a part of human LSD trials. He snuck LSD into work where he was a warden at a psychiatric ward which is where he got the inspiration. With the money he made from book sales he bought a bright yellow school bus and toured California with The Grateful Dead and his team of Merry Pranksters throwing "electric cool aid" (acid) orange punch parties. They were almost single handedly responsible for kicking off the psychedelic movement in America in the 60s.

[@RodneyBray-p7p]

Everyone is so young, but Brad Dourif is the one that gets me because he looks like a kid.

[@andylyns6594]

Thought he's acting in Mississippi burning was rather good

[@MrRondonmon]

The book was from the "Chiefs" perspective. As a 10-12 year old in the mid 70s we had some great movies. Dog-day Afternoon with Al Pacino (true story "MOSTLY") about a bank robbery gone wrong is another mid 70s classic.

[@meanstreetmook]

Book was brilliant, Chief and how big he perceived himself makes way more sense if familiar with the book.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

22:52 She wants to keep him there so she can break him. She's all about maintaining control.

[@dcoughla681]

She is controlling that’s for sure but also she’s blindly following the orders of the doctors and psychiatrists without any form of critical thinking whatsoever.

[@ericsadler9664]

Henceforth all mean nurses shall be known as Nurse Ratchet

[@jubeaumont6305]

I've met a lot of women like that. Usually in minor supervisory roles in factories where I've worked . They use the tiniest bit of authority to make life a living hell WPC's I've 'met' also very similar

[@davidotis5598]

This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

[@greypossum1]

I worked in a psych hospital like this in the late 70s and early 80s. It had no security fence at all as the residents were too afraid to wander outside the wards to begin with. When taken for bus trips, they would panic if we got more than a mile outside the front gate. All their securities were inside the wards where most were volunteer patients. This was an excellent review of such a wonderful movie. keep up the good work.

[@Wref]

It's wild to see Danny DeVito still going strong after 50+ years in the acting business.

[@criminalcontent]

legend

[@andreshernandez1180]

This is where The Joker, The Penguin and Doc Brown went insane.

[@archipelagotsunami]

Don’t forget about Charles Lee Ray (Chucky)

[@HuntingViolets]

Doc Brown isn't insane, though.

[@Reggiela-zc3cc]

I was a bit stunned when Coby indicated she is older than 38. She looks way younger than that.

[@timcarr6401]

I was surprised too.

[@slayerrocks2]

Me too. Doesn't look "augmented" either. Good genes and a kind life.

[@tim130417]

I thought she was in her twenties.

[@Nickxxx85]

@@tim130417 nah in her teens,11 at best

[@tonyporenshenko425]

I was thinking she was early 20's

[@louremington6975]

I was 15 when I got into Ken Kesey. 1972. Iv'e read all the comments on his movie's and his books. Read the books first and saw the movies second. A brilliant writer. I know his whole history. He holds a special place in my heart of American writers.

[@billwoods9302]

Timeless classic. Top shelf acting from everyone involved and an absolutely iconic ending. This is the one movie that seems to melt the hardest of hearts. It's very difficult not to be moved by it.

[@criminalcontent]

hope more people discover it !

[@richardfriedman2633]

I saw this as a play before the movie came out. I grew up in New York City (Queens) - in 1972 my 10th grade high school english class read this book - the whole class and teacher took the subway to lower Manhattan one night as a field trip to see Cuckoo’s Nest at an Off Off Broadway Theater. The theater held less than 100 people who all sat in chairs surrounding the small set of a psych ward. The play was INCREDIBLY INTENSE as you felt like you were in the ward. The last scene where Chief hurls the sink through the window still disturbs me to this day. When he picked it up off the ground the was a huge explosion (REALLy really loud in such a small space). All of us hardcore tough NYC teenagers were shaking from the emotions brought out from the characters. The was one character with a shaved head who was chained to the wall drooling for the entire show. and never uttered a word. So hard to watch. After it ended I saw him leaving the theater in his street clothes carrying an attache case!! Then juxtaposition of his real self with that character totally messed with my 15 year old head.

[@sderoski1]

I was also a high school student in New York City (in the 80s) and it was an education, both the city and both of my schools and the teachers.

[@JWar-]

This movie will be hard for a lot of people to understand with a first viewing because it goes against the grain of our current cultural understanding concerning how men work, and how women can have their own unique brand of evil. Nurse Ratched is icy cold, controlling, and emotionally manipulative. She keeps these men in a state of perpetual sickness and underdevelopment. They are basically neutered. McMurphy is a shot of pure unfiltered toxic masculinity, which in this case is what these men need. Broken down men need adventure, risk, aggression, and confidence in order to heal and thrive. McMurphy is trying to help them and it becomes a contest between him and Nurse Ratched for control. It's not just a mercy killing, he can't let Ratched use McMurphies body as a symbol for the other men. The escape scene is beautiful for another reason. Earlier, McMurphy bets he can lift the fountain. The thing is made of marble; it's impossible and he knows it. He puts literally everything he has into it knowing he will fail. Men need to fight. They need to fight for the sake of fighting, ESPECIALLY when it's impossible. Internalizing that attitude is what allows you to accomplish the impossible.

[@JWar-]

@@McW-b7x Why?

[@JWar-]

@@McW-b7x Why?

[@sderoski1]

@@McW-b7x Every Nazi soldier had a father and mother who kissed them and buttoned their uniform and told them how proud they were.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

Get Therapy.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

I don't think nurse Ratchet choose to became a nurse in order to subjugate men, it's more about a power struggle then it is about a war between the sexes.

[@waynesguitar]

This was filmed in a real psychiatric hospital in Oregon. The psychiatrist who interviewed Jack Nicholson was an actual psychiatrist who worked at the institution. And at least one of the nurses was an actual nurse who worked there as well.

[@taniele84]

And from what Michael Douglas said in an interview, the hospital would only agree to allowing them to use the hospital in the first place, _if_ they allowed actual patients to work as extras in the movie, where they’d get to play as patients in an asylum, lol. Pretty cool request on the hospital’s part. He went on to talk about how Nicholson wasn’t there when they were working all this out, with using the real patients as extras in the movie. So when Nicholson shows up, late, they dive right into shooting, and he has no idea that all the extras playing patients, are actually criminally insane patients at this institution, and in between shooting, during breaks, Douglas noticed Jack getting increasingly impatient and aggravated, until he finally just jumps up and leaves without a word to anyone, clearly pissed off. Douglas follows after him to figure out what the problem is, and when he catches up to him and asks him what’s up, why’s he so mad, Jack tells him: “What is with these people?Everyone’s just pretending that they’re actually crazy, like they’re actually mental patients, they won’t give it fuскing rest. I hate method actors. And these are extras for God’s sake!” (I’m improvising on his exact words, or the exact words that Michael Douglas quoted him as saying, in that interview, I obviously can’t remember the exact words, but I can say, those were his exact sentiments lol) I’d give anything to have seen to look on Jack’s face when Michael told him that these extras that have him reaching his boiling point, these annoying, method extras- which would absolutely be like, the most infuriating thing to deal with on set, ever- are not just extras, they’re real patients here, criminally insane, at that; they’re 100% real mental patients, non voluntary and totally institutionalized, and having the time of their lives acting as extras on a movie set, that happens to be filming in their asylum, for a movie about patients in a psychiatric asylum. I can only imagine Jack registering that information as Michael shares it 😂 And from what I know of Jack, I truly believe he would have gotten an absolute kick out of it, _and_ he would have been absolutely thrilled, and soooo grateful, that they really _were_ crazy, and that they weren’t just annoying method actors who were casted as extras in the movie lol

[@waynesguitar]

@@taniele84 Thank you for such a detailed account detailing facts that most people would never be aware of.

[@memark67unrau]

I remember how crazy all these great actors looked-but when Jack introduces them as doctors it was like an optical illusion suddenly they looked like doctors I got this endorphin rush too awesome

[@jbfox100]

As someone who actually worked in a state mental hospital, I can attest to the accuracy of this film.

[@jbfox100]

Both of my parents were Psych Technicians for over 30 years each. I managed to do it for about 6 months and decided that it was not the job for me.

[@thedrewsephYT]

This movie brings me to tears every single time I watch it. As someone who suffers from PTSD, I’ve been treated horrible against my own will because of things that have sadly been done to me. I’m a harmless human being, and they stuff a LOT of good kind innocent people into places like that as a means of punishment all the time. It’s wrong. It’s not okay. Jack had his issues and needed to remain in jail, but that’s the terrible system America has and always will have with mental health. If you don’t understand them, treat them worse and even more monstrous and it’ll all be fine. Sickening.

[@muddeer5383]

Cuckoo's Nest was directed by Milos Forman, a famous Czech director who came to US in 1968. This movie is a commentary on communism. In the 1960's, the communist government of Czechoslavakia allowed unusual amount of freedom to film makers. Some great movies came out of that Czech New Wave, including Forman's The Firemen's Ball and my favorite and one of the greatest movie about the Holocaust, The Shop on Main Street.

[@gaffo7836]

Interesting Trivia, I know about the 68 "uprising" (a remake of the 56 one in Hungry). making a mental note to myself - love smart movies about real things "the Firemen's Ball" and "the shop on main street" I hope they are findable with english subtitles. i only speak english ;-/. thanks for the movie name drops - welcome more if you have them. none of my business, but wondering are you Check? - now it more complicated i assume, if you are then you will be one or the other - Check or Slovok (why did they break in two in the 1990's anyway).

[@jonhenry8268]

The movie is based on the book in which kesey wrote about his experiences working in the mental institution in Oregon. I highly suggest reading the book. Based on kesey lifestyle at the time I have no doubt this book makes any commentary on politics at all.

[@Dej24601]

@@jonhenry8268 Forman infused a tone in the film about the oppressive, psychological manipulation that a power structure can use to keep its people under control, and using guilt, using fear, playing on people’s vulnerability and of course physical controls that include drugs, medical treatments, and threats. Some of that is present in the novel, with those in power making decisions to maintain their position, but Forman added a clear political atmosphere based on his experiences in WW2 (when he lost his parents in concentration camps) and the years following in Eastern Europe. The issues of individual freedom and rights, as well as responsibilities, versus community needs and social order is woven in themes within both the book and film script.

[@jonhenry8268]

@Dej24601 no, no it's not. Kesey is very clear about the book. The movie has no reference to anything political. Mental health treatment was in its infancy when this book was written. If anything this is perhaps tangently related to focault's critique of the the prison system.

[@patrickflanagan3762]

How is it a commentary on communism when it's set in a capitalist institution in a capitalist society?

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

so many things to say about this film - so i won't say nuttin'! there's a movie from 1967 called "cool hand luke" starring paul newman also with a GREAT ensemble cast that deals with the same themes as this. except it takes place on a southern chain-gang. a few other great films from this era include "the graduate" (1967), "bonnie and clyde" (1967), "midnight cowboy" (1969), "deliverance" (1972), "dog day afternoon" (1975) and "network" (1976). all the films listed are MUST-SEE films for any movie aficionado. watch ALL these films and your viewers will LOVE YOU! thanks for the video.

[@DianaWoods-n7r]

Regarding Deliverance- Great flick, but, it's too bad Burt Reynolds started his career at the top. 😆✌🏼

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

@@DianaWoods-n7r ... just the other day i saw a 1960 episide of "alfred hitchcock presents" that starred ole burt. he had his own 1966 tv show called "hawk." it may seem he achieved sudden stardom but he worked in hollywood for a decade before achieving that success.

[@tomhartley9001]

Cool Hand Luke has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it in the theatre when I was 10 years old. Every time I see it I pick up more details. It is an amazing movie.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

@@tomhartley9001 .. i first saw "cool hand luke" on tv. as a horny kid i fell in love with joy harmon and her car wash scene. i couldn't believe they showed that on tv. but i was very grateful! it surprises me just how similar "cool hand like' and "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" really are. i can see newman and nicholson switching roles and not changing the respective films one bit. but its the ensemble cast of both films that give them that extra little push to movie legend status. do you agree?

[@tomhartley9001]

@@cjmacq-vg8um absolutely. In both films you see younger versions of actors who became legends.

[@dsscam]

What a spectacular reaction to a classic. Coby is top-notch!

[@shaomongoloid]

Brad Pitt always brings this film up as one of his early all-time favorites. Makes you realize why he took almost no money to be in 12 Monkeys at the early height of his fame to turn out one of his greatest performances as a colorful mental patient.

[@michaelgatton907]

The plot was suppose to take place in 1963 and shows how very different mental illness was treated then. Many institutions were even far worse before major changes in the '70s.

[@andrewreisinger6860]

Labotomies were a very dark period in our recent medical history. Thousands of people were given labotomies for "their own good". We are repeating it again with "gender affirming care" on minors. We are doing irreversible medical procedures on kids (hormone therapies that leave them sterile and chopping off breasts and genitalia) because we think it's better for them than treating the underlying gender dysphoria. History will not be kind to these people in the future.

[@handfuloftrains4781]

My favorite moment in this film is when Chief says, "Thank you." Gosh that is a great reveal.

[@maxlevett7474]

Mmm Jucy fruit (chewing gum)

[@slashgg1501]

One of the many masterpieces of art that we had in the period between the 60s and the 80s. An unrepeatable period in the history of human beings. Nowadays the quality of the filmmakers and above all of the audiences is too low to be able to replicate that

[@hoya1178]

What a load of bs, you clearly only watch mainstream hollywood movies. Maybe you should start watching indie movies and some foreign ones before going with the old "it was better in the old days" nonsense.

[@slashgg1501]

@@hoya1178 mate you have no idea what you're talking about. Indies are little more than onanism. Furthermore, when you compare yourself with the opinions of others (which you may not share obviously) express yourself with polite language.P.S. I am Italian and I watch movies produced all over the world and NOT just the Hollywood mainstream (which has nevertheless produced notable movies in almost every decade). when you recover from the fool you just made, do yourself a favor: connect your brain with your fingers you use to write this nonsense and start from the basics, for example from German movies of the 20s and 30s and then continues with the Italian ones 40s to 60s and not forgetting some masters like Bergman Lelouch etc.Come on... even you can do it

[@hoya1178]

@@slashgg1501 You call indie movies "onanism" and then you say that you have watched movies from the masters like Bergman and Lelouch, you do realize that most of their films are indie movies? lol You are just talking bs and you don't know what indie movie is, there are fantastic movies made these days you just have to look for them and not just watch mainstream movies. Also people saying that "they made better movies back in the day" are just people ignoring all the bad movies made back then, because only the classics live on in their minds.

[@slashgg1501]

@@hoya1178 mate...again..... i disagree.But first lets agree about the definition of indie:is any film made mostly without the help of a major studio....right?In Europe we have NEVER had what you in the USA call majors so you CANNOT define a Lang film as indie based on this category which was born again in the USA in the 60s in the wake of the cultural protest you had in those years.And...yes most of the indie are onanism....to refer to a narcissistic, sterile behavior that does not obtain noteworthy artistic results.It's not enough to be outside the mainstream circuits to have a filmmaker's "license".Finally, I agree with Bogdanovich: all the great films have already been made between the 1930s and the 1960s, and contemporaries have nothing left to do but propose a poetics of nostalgia.with the sad result of not being understood by the vast audience accustomed to CGI and incompetents who act in tight suits

[@hoya1178]

@@slashgg1501 lol, you don't know what a indie movie is so you try to change it now and you think I'm american 😂. You have no idea what you're talking about and you just sound obnoxious and pretentious with using words you don't understand. There are many indie movies in europe, you just can't accept that you don't know what indie movies are and you clearly only watch mainstream movies, you are very close minded.

[@errolgreen7267]

Brad Dourif who played Billy was also in Deadwood and the Lord Of The Rings.

[@nedvva]

Mainly Chucky ❤

[@giannag4581]

​@@nedvvaI disagree. Mostly his voice as Chucky. The best was Grima Wormtongue in Lord Of The Rings.

[@errolgreen7267]

@@giannag4581 it's amazing how he can portray such a sympathetic character and also such a repulsive one.

[@robertocarbonvarela6387]

He was nominated for an academmy award for this role... And he should've won an Oscar for his performance in "Mississippi Burning".

[@Groose1972]

And the Exorcist III

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

I was eleven years old when this came out. I can still hear the theater audience cheering at the end ☮️

[@zmarko]

Such an absolute classic, and IMO one of Nicholson's best roles. He literally gives every ounce of everything he has to this role. His Oscar for this role is SO well deserved, as is Louise Fletcher's oscar. Just a brilliant movie.

[@orangeandblackattack]

outstanding reaction. Chief running away at the end was so bittersweet. Classic

[@flibber123]

Milos Forman directed this, I can recommend Amadeus if you want to see something else by him. The People vs Larry Flynt is also pretty good but the content is not for everyone.. The nurse was evil. Everything she was doing was for the purpose of maintaining total control. She never actually helped anyone. I think that's why she wanted to keep McMurphy there. He was helping them and that threatened her authority. She couldn't tolerate the idea that he'd get away with challenging her so she made it her business to break him. That's why she deliberately triggered Billy at the end. She got back at McMurphy in a way that she knew would hurt him. If he does nothing about it, he looks weak in front of the other patients. If he does something about it, he falls into her trap. McMurphy wins though. He is set free of that place and inspires Chief to escape. That's how I see this story.

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

3:23 Will Sampson is Chief. He was also Ten Bears in the old movie The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood western), as well.

[@iangb6627]

I signed in just to say: "Coby you look more than 10 years younger!!!"

[@drdavid1963]

So great, Coby that you loved it. It's an all-time classic and it's so loaded with meaning when you get into it. But, I can't believe that McMurphy is younger than you, that's insane. Can't wait for Dog Day Afternoon now. You're gonna LOVE that too.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Brilliant reaction to a great movie. I only saw it for the first time myself 2 years ago.

[@js09js09]

"RM" on his shorts stands for "Randall McMurphy" which is the name of Nicholson's character,

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

One of my favorite Jack Nicholson Movies 👌😆👍 Classic MAsterpeace Academy Award Winner 👊😎✊🍁

[@criminalcontent]

Miss him

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

I Heared That He Jack Nicholson Retired 😎🍁

[@calebwilliams7659]

I was in a stage version of this movie and played the Indian Chief. It was a surprisingly tough role to play despite how little dialogue there was or maybe just because of it. I threw everything I had into it though and it must've made an impact because even years later people will bring it up to me.

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Coby so good to see you leave in content that many would edit out! It gives better understanding of the characters for the viewers!

[@tlamb1379]

I was glad to see the movie affected you the same way it did me when I first watched it as a kid. So I'm now a subscriber. Great job!

[@sconni666]

33:12 Jack and Scatman were in thr Shining a few years later together.

[@criminalcontent]

they were indeed !

[@Packard63]

Loved your Danny Devito moment which lifted the dark cloud that normally comes down at the end of this movie. Many thanks for the chance to enjoy this exceptional movie again Coby.

[@markcreemore4915]

It's weird how this movie had two actors who, a few years later, ended up on the same sitcom, Taxi, one of the funniest shows of all time.

[@benjauron5873]

The Joker, Doc Brown, Frank Reynolds, Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray, Kai Winn, Mr. Vargas and the bald guy from every horror movie you've ever seen? This movie? *Best cast ever.*

[@meganlutz7150]

Great reaction to a complicated, unforgettable film ! More classics please ❤

[@criminalcontent]

always will do the classics, but we're still too small to shed much light on them, so trying kind of a "two for them, one for us" type schedule. see how it works

[@nickfeeee]

You are so welcome Miss Coby, I enjoyed watching you react to this film, I was too young to watch it in the year of it's release, and it's one of those films I never managed to get the time to see, you are a delight to watch as you react

[@ashleywintle572]

Everyone raves about Jack Nicholson, but the fella who played the chief was the real star of this movie

[@bvrsteve]

Your réactions are so good. You did this film justice.

[@MegaToronto1]

I was wondering "How does she not know Danny DeVito?" LOL! Danny & Christopher ended up on TAXI together and Jack & Scatman (Turkle) were in The Shining.

[@PatrickWagz]

Wait, is she going to realize that it's Danny DeVito? HAHAHAHA! That realization was outstanding! As was your entire take on this masterpiece. Well done!

[@vincentsaia6545]

The movie was shot at the Oregon state mental hospital (where the exteriors of.THE SHINING were also shot).

[@jlhanlon1980]

One of my top 5 favorite movies of all time.

[@RP_Williams]

Another great actor you may not recognize was (Billy) Brad Dourif, who is the voice of Chucky (Child's Play), Wormtoungue from Lord Of The Rings, and (perhaps his most underrated/unknown role) as the Gemini killer in the excellent and underrated Exorcist 3.

[@realBkay]

An absolute classic.

[@seansteyer8851]

It is a tough film to watch, but glad you shared it with us

[@GranpaMike]

Lovely reaction to this classic film. Such an amazing cast! Brad Dourif is one of my all-time favorite actors -- LOTR (Grima Wormtongue), Child's Play (Chucky), Halloween (Sheriff Brackett), Deadwood (Doc), and many more.

[@tomreichardt6044]

Nurse Ratchet is considered one of the greatest movie villains of all time.

[@LJSpit]

One of the greatest flicks ever. I had read the book for English lit at school in 1975. The book was amazing. The film came out and did the book justice. I doubt they had a audience for this movie. It is a piece of art.

[@josephkearny5874]

Cuckoo's Nest was the 2nd highest grossing film of 1975; Jaws was #1

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction Coby to one of my fav jack movies

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Good catch, that's totally the train station dude from Ghost. "WHAT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, YOU THINK I JUMPED!? WHO ARE YOU!? WHY ARE YOU HOUNDING ME?!?!" That scene was so awesome, and jarring, it really made you feel the confusion and suffering that the lost souls were experiencing. "Ohhh, what I wouldn't do for just one more drag..." Gash, too good. I might should have to put that on for the fam tonight.

[@nickrizzi4927]

Great reaction! Haven't seen this in forever, so thanks!

[@gordonflowers9560]

Jack Nicholson. The greatest living actor. " The Last Detail" is incredible.

[@MrGlenspace]

Him and Pacino.

[@kennethrussell1158]

Also, "A Few Good Men".

[@reservoirdude92]

I make a point to recommend The Last Detail in every Nicholson movie reaction. It really is his best performance, in my eyes.

[@markcreemore4915]

Yes, the Last Detail is an amazing and criminally overlooked movie. And so quintessentially 70s.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

you can't beat the restaurant scene from "five easy pieces" (1970). there's a movie from 1967 called "cool hand luke" starring paul newman also with a GREAT ensemble cast that deals with the same themes as "... cuckoo's nest." except it takes place on a southern chain-gang. a few other great films from this era include "the graduate" (1967), "bonnie and clyde" (1967), "midnight cowboy" (1969), "deliverance" (1972), "dog day afternoon" (1975) and "network" (1976). all the films listed are MUST-SEE films for any movie aficionado. watch ALL these films and your viewers will LOVE YOU!

[@757GLG]

So glad you reacted to and liked this film. It is by far one of my all-time favorites. It had the same effect on me when I first saw it.

[@stevedotwood]

superb reaction. More than a classic

[@criminalcontent]

thank you !

[@mitchrogers4217]

I've just found your reactions and I love your reaction to this movie, so many reactors just didn't seem to get this movie but you did, it's a masterpiece and the ending is so emotional and impactful

[@rickjean63]

This movie was shown for 10 years strait in a cinema here in Stockholm/Sweden.

[@criminalcontent]

That’s awesome

[@gesundheit602]

A great personality, and a great reaction! 🙂

[@GonzoTheMediocre]

Imagine watching this movie, and pretending to be on Nurse Ratched's side the whole time lol

[@Cheryworld]

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was a great novel by Ken Kesey, in the early 1960s. The movie is largely faithful to the novel, except that it is written from the point of view of the Chief , who is real crazy and hallucinating at the befining of the novel, (which makes the story really wild, as he relates his hallucinations as real) and becomes more and more sane under the influence of McMurphy

[@MrDootDali]

Beautiful and thoughtful reaction!

[@tonyporenshenko425]

Truly a great classic

[@TrevorHarden]

Fantastic fantastic film. First introduction to your channel - I’m in.

[@criminalcontent]

thank you!!

[@ghefley]

Amazing story and Jack really brings the pages to life.

[@jonsprong1842]

Loved watching this with you. Thank you for what you do. New subscriber here 👍🏻

[@criminalcontent]

thanks and welcome aboard!

[@jimmyb.6272]

I really enjoyed watching your first watch of one of my favorite movies! I subscribed and am looking forward to watching more of your channel!

[@criminalcontent]

Thanks for the sub!

[@byroniasmaximus924]

I love Cuckoo, especially after reading the book. Another interesting film from the 70s, one we studied in film school and that is largely forgotten, Peter Sellers in "Being There." A movie that critiques TV, media, pop culture, and how we project our desires onto celebrity. Amazing film with a truly amazing and hotly debated ending.

[@gaffo7836]

Being there BEING THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! I rem seeing this as a kid and just bought the Criterion Bluray last month, and rewatched it after 40 yr of not - only last week - ITS SO GREAT!!!!! and exactly the social commentary you stated above. "do you know Rafeal?, tell Rafeal............." "I like to watch"...............etc. and Melvin Douglas was so good in this movie too - him and Seller's make the movie. Their relationship was so honest (though of course Douglas was projecting his idea of who Sellers was - I have no doubt if it knew he was really "just" a gardener, he's still love and value him as a true friend just because of his non-pretentious interactions to all people)- that way Douglas "Ben" liked him from the start anyway! and "Ben" was the same way in reverse - spoke his mind, unpretentious. "Being There" is a truly forgotten classic with nearly NO reactors for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----------------- there is one other as good and as forgotten and never reacted to......................... Ordinary People. out the same year or near so. 1979? they don't make movies like those anymore ;-(.

[@kennethcamilleri4678]

This won five Academy Awards tied a record at that time….Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Douglas), Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor…..Jaws should have waited another year…..

[@NikoRM78]

Idk from where u have that director was Michael Douglas,becouse is not,it was Milos Forman (Czech rep.,Czechoslovakia at that time)

[@brodyschum]

Michael Douglas was a producer on the film.

[@Piquet2]

Think my favorite is Cheswick, he’s just adorable. I remember when I watched this movie as a kid in the 80’s, that I thought the actors who played the patients were real patients and not acting. Then a few weeks later I saw the actor who played Cheswick in “Carrie” and it blew my mind that he was an actor. They all did a fantastic job.

[@clarkness77]

Definitely one of my favorite casts

[@randybass8842]

For those of us familiar with Depoe Bay, Oregon, the high point of the movie is when the boat leaves the harbor going under the bridge to head out to sea. It's an iconic place on the Oregon Coast. The mental hospital was in Salem, about 70 miles inland.

[@Js-fr1ov]

Hey, I know I'm late to the party but in case it wasn't mentioned, the actor who played Billy was also Chucky (Charles Lee Ray) in Child's Play, as well as Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings.. among many other roles he played over the years.

[@smadaf]

Jack Nicholson turned 38 in April of 1975. Dr. Spivey is played by Dean Brooks, who in real life was the superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital in 1955-1982.

[@Dej24601]

The story is set in Oregon, and much of the shooting was done in Oregon.

[@TTM9691]

That was one of the greatest reactions to this movie. In all the years I've turned people on to this movie, and all the reactions I've watched of it, I've never seen someone guess the Chief plot twist. All the humor, all the drama, all the detailed character work, she was plugged in as soon as the credits ended right till the very end. Oddly enough, I've noticed this movie is not a slam-dunk; some reactors don't get it or have a feel for it, others love it. Weird! Coby is one of the greatest reactors for this whole era of movies, first all those great Scorsese/De Niro reactions, and now this. I love watching actors and film-makers see these movies for the first time.

[@criminalcontent]

thanks ! as you know, we taped this one a while ago, but after a slew of modern movies, so it was refreshing for her to see a truly character-based film where the plot points are second fiddle to the larger themes

[@TTM9691]

@@criminalcontent I didn't realize this was taped a while ago! Of course, you must have a backlog of stuff to edit. Well, always good to see ALL the reactors on this channel. Nicolette's "Chinatown" reaction the other day was fantastic, Johnathan is always great : i love hearing the "inside baseball" stuff that actors notice when watching these movies. As well as the emotional impact, and all the other stuff. (Coby choking up at the end was so heartbreaking! I never saw her get so emotional! I appreciate that side of reaction videos as well, don't get me wrong!)

[@scotchbudmeister9018]

I've watched a couple of your movie reviews. Your observation skills are awesome. Looking forward to watching more 🙂

[@criminalcontent]

Thank you very much!

[@williamjones6031]

1. Gold nuggets in the cast. 2. This movie snagged all of the top 5 Oscars. 3. Harding physically resembles my old barber/friend WWII vet. 4. "She's a something of a cunt ain't she Doc." 5. Mac did more for those guys than Nurse Ratched and her crew. 6. Ratched uses Billy's mother as her weapon. They all have their weaknesses, and she uses whatever they are against them for control. 7. They gave Mac a lobotomy and the Chief put him out of his misery. He knew Mac wouldn't want to live like that. 8. Nicholsen and Scatman worked together in, "The Shining". 9. The book is written from Chief Bronden's POV. 10. RIP Louise Fletcher

[@eschiedler]

I lived where this was filmed Salem, and the OR coast and drove by the hospital many times. Great place to live but never saw any escapes. Or vengeful nurses....

[@BJAZADI]

I love to see folks reactions to movies that I have loved! OFOTCN is the best in its genre, with a wonderful cast and outstanding dialogue. It has a great pedigree too, coming from a stage play, which had Kirk Douglas playing the lead and wanting to reprise the role on film. His son, Michael, was a producer on this and scuppered his dad's dream role, giving it to Jack instead.

[@criminalcontent]

the making of it is almost a movie, itself !

[@BJAZADI]

@@criminalcontent Agree! Looking fwds to checking out your other flicks. you have a strong back-catalogue: How about, Good Fellas, The Departed, The Rock, There will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter... to name but a few.

[@criminalcontent]

@@BJAZADI all on the docket - trying to find good reactors who haven't seen them is the harder part

[@MaineTim]

When a great film meets a great reactor... awesome things happen.

[@Therealone07]

great video , i love your reaction . i came here after watching the movie for the very first time , thanks for sharing!

[@turbompson4546]

Ya, this movie is up there for me for sure as one of the best movies i've ever seen. Crazy to think just about everyone in this movie has died, except just a few of them.

[@PE4Doers]

If you really liked this as much as I do), then you should read the Novel. I was fortunate enough to have read it as a Freshman in College as part of my 2nd Semester assignments. In that book Nurse Ratchet is much more evil, McMurphy is mush more of a caring person who helps the rest of the inmates, and the Chief is actually psychopathic, but became sane by McMurphy.

[@MrGadfly772]

Rocky Marciano was a real boxer not to be confused with Rocky Balboa (which is Sylvester Stallone's character). This was quite the drama. It is about conformity and how those who choose not to conform get punished. Luckily this was made in a time before test audiences. Nurse Ratchet exemplifies Hannah Arendt's phrase "the banality of evil." Thank you for watching this great movie. Please watch more classic movies. the 70s are filled with dramatic gems.

[@MrGlenspace]

Martini is Danny devito. Jack Nicholson and devito are both from asbury park. New Jersey.

[@sderoski1]

Jack Nicholson and Danny Devito are from Neptune, NJ, right next to Asbury Park. I lived in that area for a while. Red Bank is also an interesting place to spend some time.

[@williamweiss6128]

One of the best. One of my favorites.