This movie does a great job of making you feel great grief but then a triumphant relief short thereafter. Mac did his best at manning the rebellion but ultimately fails...Mac, Chief and Billy hold a special place in my heart❤The rest of the cast also shines brightly.
The Author of the book Ken Kesey was working in mental hospital and was also being paid by military to participate in experiments using LSD every week. Kesey would sweep the wards at night while taking psychedelic drugs that he had pinched from the doctors cabinet. He wrote the whole first chapter while high at work. Eventually he stole a lot of LSD and turned on all his friends who called themselves the Merry Pranksters, they painted a school bus psychedelic colors and drove around the country filming a movie that never got released. Upon returning to San Francisco he put on big parties where the Grateful Dead (whose lyricist was also being experimented on by the military with LSD.)would play. This basically started the psychedelic scene in San Fran in early sixties.
You can see Billy doesn't stutter almost at all after sleeping with Kandy, until Nurse Ratchet threatens to tell his mother. Loved your reaction. Would love to see you react to some Kubrick.
Right about now, in life, I relate mostly to the guy who always says. "... I'm tired I'm Tired..." I think his name was santini?. Correction, Banccini.
It seems that anyone reacting to this movie didn't notice that Billy wasn't stuttering at his ending scene until Ratchet threatened him with telling his mother. Great reaction. You called it with the Chief.
They all were so young at that time, the professor in Back to the Future, Dany de Vito, Billy, who played a few years later the roll of Chucky, of course Jack Nicholson, also Scatman Crothers who played with Jack in Stanley Kubrik´s The Shining.
This was an example of the brilliance of how movies can be an art form that can move people deeply. I remember watching this with my Dad (and it took a LOT to move him emotionally!) who broke down in tears after watching this, which in turn broke me down as well. Nicholson won an academy award for his performance, and the movie was lauded by virtually every film critic. They rarely, if ever, make movies with the raw emotional power this film projects today, and that's a shame. I'm not sure if it's the "wokeness mentality" in Hollywood, the lack of risk taking, or the dumbing down of our culture, but whatever and however you want to label it, it's disheartening.
It’s the same issue as with the music “business”…..only wanting to spend money on a sure thing…..endlessly copying what’s successful, never taking a chance on true creativity. And yes, even as a person who views themself as liberal, the fear of “offending” various groups is guaranteed to stifle any risk taking. So many wonderful movies from the past would never get made today…both comedy and drama. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks would have never had careers! 🙄
@@helenespaulding7562 agreed Helene. Somehow this so called "cancel culture" is destroying creativity and innovation. The fear of offending people has threatened the arts, such as comedy. Comedians shouldn't be censored, as they reflect the tone of society. Yet we see it all the time with big tech. We are rapidly descending down the slippery slope of moral decay, and folks need to stand up and shout out this cancer that is killing us as a culture. I sincerely hope it's not too late
Well it is based on a book so if people can make movies from excellent books that could happen today. But I definitely prefer independent movies because one can find more movies like this rather than the big Hollywood crap or mediocre movies.
I spent the summer of 1971 at the age of 15 in the hospital due to a accident involving a train (lost my left leg). I had an ashtray on my bedside table and was allowed to smoke whenever I wanted.
I watched this at the age of 16 in 1975 at the cinema. I was awed and stunned with everything about it. It was so brilliantly executed and such an emotional roller coaster that I really believe it changed my life, and my thinking, at that moment.
You should read the book. Much like the movie but so much more. The pov of the chief, how he disappears in the midst cause he feels so small. And Big Nurse is so tall and ominous. And how he is able to step out of the fog, and speak... And play basketball... And finally throw the sink through the window.
1. This movie won all 5 of the big Oscars. 2. Lets bot forget the all star cast.👍 3. Mac helped the guys far more than any of the staff. Especially nurse Rached who was active using their weaknesses against them. 4. They gave him a lobotomy. 5. In the book the story is told by the eyes of the Chief Bromden. 6. The Chief put him out of his misery. He knew Mac wouldn't want to spend the rest of his life like that. 7. RIP Louise Fletcher😇
Did you notice Danny Divito? And Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future? There are many others but I forgot from where. This was one of my first ADULT, movies I saw without my parents. So it will always have a soft spot in my heart. Even though it came out 2 years earlier when I was 13, the Exorcist actually was the first. One of my best buddies older sister, who was 18 at the time, took us three 13 year old dudes in to see it if we waited on line for 2 and a half hours for her and her friends and we promised to sit no where near them. LOL. Then either Jaws or this was the next adult film. Another very good movie dealing with a mental health theme is Sling Blade.
The feeling of awe from watching the movie and the curiosity to it's deeper meaning is the perfect reaction to One Flew. Nice job. Director Milos Forman, from a communist country, spoke to it's metaphor for state control, it's squelching of dissension and the complicity and docility of the country's population. I think it also goes deeper to the insistence of society for it's people to conform and the repression of free thinkers. Next stop for you should be Amadeus. Another Milos Forman masterpiece.
Isn't that just the best?!!! My favorite film of all time. Ken Kesey's novel was written as a narrative from the Chief. It shone so much light on the goings-on and abuses in mental institutions (patients over-medicated and kept docile for ease of handling, EST and lobotomies as punishment, no real oversight, et al). This novel and film raised public awareness and led to legislative changes and protections for asylum inmates. The book is worth a read. Peace -
LOVE your preface. A proper appreciation of a, basically, flawless, perfect film. I discovered it on "Star Channel" (an early HBO) back in the late 70's when I was , like, 13, and have seen it a dozen or so times since. It's one of the few movies I have seen where I can find no room for improvement. They all nailed it with golden spikes. (Kudos to author Ken Kesey, of course!) Accordingly, I can't wait to see how you react to scenes which, apparently, have brought you to the same conclusion!
I really enjoyed watching your reaction and profound emotions while watching Cuckoo's Nest. We're you aware that Danny Devito... Christopher Lloyd,..and Scat Man Cruthers were all in the cast. And the amazing Chief Bromdon was played by Will Sampson who went on to act in over 25 TV and big screen movies after this (his first acting role) including playing Crazy Horse in The White Buffalo...Ten Bears in The Outlaw Josey Wales...and Taylor in Poltergeist 11....just to name a few. He also had a recurring role as Dan Tanna's (played by Robert Urich)... side kick in Vegas.... After a stellar 12 year acting career Will passed away at just 53 of complications from a heart/lung transplant in 1987. You, more than any other first time watcher of this movie "got it" quicker than anyone else. You figured out the main villain and the heroes right away. As a close personal friend of Will Sampson it did my heart good that you figured him out and understood how important his character was in the film.👍
i've only seen the film once and the ending disturbed me so much i can't bring myself to watch it again. just seeing the short clips of the end here gave me that same feeling. i guess in a way that's the mark of a great movie.
Boy, you are young. Cigarettes were allowed everywhere in the 50s and 60s, even most of the 70s. This is supposed to be taking place in the late 50s or early 1960s. The Book is a great read as well. Nicholson is a genius. One of the best movies I've ever seen. Funny, and also very sad. Watching this movie is mentally exhausting.
Hey man, thanks for sharing your reaction and your thoughts to this greatest of movies. The definition of a "drama", it's usually the first movie I think of when I think of that genre. This is THE Jack Nicholson performance, although he's had many contenders, more than most! But you get all the different sides to him in this movie. And what a cast, and also Milos Forman was a fantastic director. He started in Czechoslazkia and he made fantastic movies there ("The Firman's Ball", "Loves Of A Blonde"), then he came to Hollywood. "Cuckoo's Nest" is his biggest and best, but "Amadeus" was also very good, and so was "Ragtime". Happy I'm a subscriber!
I saw this when it was released in 1975. There are some movies that, although masterful, I can only watch once and this is one of them. Very powerful but too emotionally "hard-hitting" for me to watch again.
@@SalvoG Thanks! Other masterful movies I can think of off the top of my head that are considered two of the greatest movies ever made but so impactful that I can't watch twice are Apocalypse Now (1979) and Schindler's List (1993). If you haven't seen them and are up for a real emotional hit, I highly recommend both.
@@jmar7631 My mother actually said If I haven't seen Schindler's List that I need to watch it ASAP. My sister said the same. That will be up for vote in the next poll!
The nurse is the authority figure. She rules that floor with an iron fist. I think if you consider everything that goes on in the movie from that perspective, it all falls into place. Why do she and McMurphy clash, almost from the start? Because he's anti-authority. The LAST thing he's going to do is meekly follow her orders like those other guys. I think that's why the chief bonds with him. The chief is also in rebellion, except his rebellion is a quiet one. He recognizes in McMurphy a fellow rebel. The nurse does everything in her power to squash this rebellion but in the end both McMurphy and the chief are free, in their own way, so she failed.
Great reaction, yes a great movie, from equally great source material. After many watches i saw the novel by Ken Kesey in a used book store and its a great book! Most interesting is its told from the viewpoint of Chief, and thus we hear much more about how he thinks he's so small, but McMurphy gets him to "grow" until he's as big as a damn mountain. The Billy scenes are the hardest to watch, heartbreaking by morning the stutter was gone, his confidence high, but true evil ended that in a hurry.
This was an outstanding movie and Jack Nicholson one of the best actors to take the screen. Frankly, it’s so eviscerating that I don’t want to even watch your review as it would bring back the emotions I had. I’m so glad that YOU watched it, Sal. One of the very best. Watch more with Nicholson….China Town…Five Easy Pieces …..such a long and great career
Absalute great film so funny yet so very sad brilliant acting from Jack Nicholson and a whole host of great actors a truly superb but deeply emotional film 👏👏
It really is close to a perfect movie -- right down to the score! So well written... the terrific novel doesn't read as something that would be easy to adapt -- it's a first person narrative from the Chief's point of view... and it's not always easy to tell his fantasies apart from the reality (of course that's what makes it a fascinating read) -- but Miloš Forman, Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman made it their own (with the help of an extraordinary cast).
Except for "Schindler's List," reaction scenes and maybe the "You bow to no one" compilation from "The Return of the King,", I think this is the only one that has gotten the waterworks flowing. Yup, got me teary-eyed and sniffly! SPOILER ALERT!!! I found it heartbreaking when you kept saying from early on how much you liked Billy. And your "premonition" of the "special friendship" between Mac and Chief also had me going "Oh, dude, you have no IDEA!" Great reaction to a perfect movie.
Hey Salvo you loved this movie now you should read both the book and the play. The author is Ken Kesey and they are excellent reads.Nicholson is great this movie is great but I always preferred the play. The Indian had a much larger role in the writings..
Love the reactions! Let me give you something that will blow you away! French films. Absolute awesome. “Jean de Florette”’and the sequel “Manon of the spring”. You MUST review these! My all time favorite and a twist that will bring tears
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@@SalvoG Stephen King book/movie. King wrote so many great novels but book to tv ratio can be hit or miss. It seemed at one point he was writing 2-3 books a year. Some movies or tv shows were really good. Some just didn't convert well. The Shining I think was his second book, was a hit even though they changed the movie a bit from the book. One of the best movies from a Stephen King book is "The Green Mile." That should definitely be on your list of must see movies.
I just gotta say as a nurse, they had the worst job ever. First, back in the 70s, nurses were sexualized by their uniforms. Then, they had no support when they were abused by patients. They were in an impossible situation.
During the 70's and before mental institution were a heavily funded government program. Today, what's left of these institutions are private. The 70's marked the end of that government funded era. My guess is that this movie is trying to convey the fact that these government funded institutions were more of a hindrance then help to the people institutionalized.
I've never seen a viewer of this classic film so damn interested in the character of Billy. What's the deal? Are you attracted to Billy? He's not that interesting of a character.
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This movie does a great job of making you feel great grief but then a triumphant relief short thereafter. Mac did his best at manning the rebellion but ultimately fails...Mac, Chief and Billy hold a special place in my heart❤The rest of the cast also shines brightly.
The Author of the book Ken Kesey was working in mental hospital and was also being paid by military to participate in experiments using LSD every week. Kesey would sweep the wards at night while taking psychedelic drugs that he had pinched from the doctors cabinet. He wrote the whole first chapter while high at work. Eventually he stole a lot of LSD and turned on all his friends who called themselves the Merry Pranksters, they painted a school bus psychedelic colors and drove around the country filming a movie that never got released. Upon returning to San Francisco he put on big parties where the Grateful Dead (whose lyricist was also being experimented on by the military with LSD.)would play. This basically started the psychedelic scene in San Fran in early sixties.
@@Hartlor_Tayleythanks for sharing! Wonderful story or should we say wonderful facts!
@@ZelbeQahi thanks.
It was the 1970's. Everyone smoked, on airplanes, our school bus drivers, and even our doctors while they were tended to us.
Grocery stores and movie theaters ☮️
You can see Billy doesn't stutter almost at all after sleeping with Kandy, until Nurse Ratchet threatens to tell his mother.
Loved your reaction. Would love to see you react to some Kubrick.
Did you notice that Billy WASN'T stuttering until nurse EVIL brought up telling his mother?????
My favorite film for more than 40 years. I can't even guess how many times I've watched it. 100 times? 200 times?
Great movie! It was fun to see a lot of these actors in very early roles before anyone really knew who they were.
At first, Martini and Taber looked familiar to me but I couldn't really tell. Wasn't until I looked the cast up afterwards where I was like, "oh WOW!"
A brilliant and devastating film. The book and movie had such an impact it actually changed the treatment of psychiatric patients.
did they stop doing lobotomies after or what
Yes it's really quite good. Check out the 1976 Ocsars it won or was nominated for. Hint it took home the Big 5.
The book is great also.
Right about now, in life, I relate mostly to the guy who always says. "... I'm tired I'm Tired..." I think his name was santini?. Correction, Banccini.
It seems that anyone reacting to this movie didn't notice that Billy wasn't stuttering at his ending scene until Ratchet threatened him with telling his mother. Great reaction. You called it with the Chief.
They all were so young at that time, the professor in Back to the Future, Dany de Vito, Billy, who played a few years later the roll of Chucky, of course Jack Nicholson, also Scatman Crothers who played with Jack in Stanley Kubrik´s The Shining.
Jack always picking on Scatman
This was an example of the brilliance of how movies can be an art form that can move people deeply.
I remember watching this with my Dad (and it took a LOT to move him emotionally!) who broke down in tears after watching this, which in turn broke me down as well.
Nicholson won an academy award for his performance, and the movie was lauded by virtually every film critic.
They rarely, if ever, make movies with the raw emotional power this film projects today, and that's a shame. I'm not sure if it's the "wokeness mentality" in Hollywood, the lack of risk taking, or the dumbing down of our culture, but whatever and however you want to label it, it's disheartening.
It’s the same issue as with the music “business”…..only wanting to spend money on a sure thing…..endlessly copying what’s successful, never taking a chance on true creativity. And yes, even as a person who views themself as liberal, the fear of “offending” various groups is guaranteed to stifle any risk taking. So many wonderful movies from the past would never get made today…both comedy and drama. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks would have never had careers! 🙄
@@helenespaulding7562 agreed Helene. Somehow this so called "cancel culture" is destroying creativity and innovation. The fear of offending people has threatened the arts, such as comedy. Comedians shouldn't be censored, as they reflect the tone of society. Yet we see it all the time with big tech.
We are rapidly descending down the slippery slope of moral decay, and folks need to stand up and shout out this cancer that is killing us as a culture. I sincerely hope it's not too late
Well it is based on a book so if people can make movies from excellent books that could happen today. But I definitely prefer independent movies because one can find more movies like this rather than the big Hollywood crap or mediocre movies.
the 'wokeness in hollywood' WTH? Many very emotional powerful films come out every year 'in hollywood'. I mean, WTH.
I spent the summer of 1971 at the age of 15 in the hospital due to a accident involving a train (lost my left leg). I had an ashtray on my bedside table and was allowed to smoke whenever I wanted.
I watched this at the age of 16 in 1975 at the cinema. I was awed and stunned with everything about it. It was so brilliantly executed and such an emotional roller coaster that I really believe it changed my life, and my thinking, at that moment.
You should read the book. Much like the movie but so much more. The pov of the chief, how he disappears in the midst cause he feels so small. And Big Nurse is so tall and ominous. And how he is able to step out of the fog, and speak... And play basketball... And finally throw the sink through the window.
1. This movie won all 5 of the big Oscars.
2. Lets bot forget the all star cast.👍
3. Mac helped the guys far more than any of the staff. Especially nurse Rached who was active using their weaknesses against them.
4. They gave him a lobotomy.
5. In the book the story is told by the eyes of the Chief Bromden.
6. The Chief put him out of his misery. He knew Mac wouldn't want to spend the rest of his life like that.
7. RIP Louise Fletcher😇
Did you notice Danny Divito? And Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future? There are many others but I forgot from where. This was one of my first ADULT, movies I saw without my parents. So it will always have a soft spot in my heart. Even though it came out 2 years earlier when I was 13, the Exorcist actually was the first. One of my best buddies older sister, who was 18 at the time, took us three 13 year old dudes in to see it if we waited on line for 2 and a half hours for her and her friends and we promised to sit no where near them. LOL. Then either Jaws or this was the next adult film. Another very good movie dealing with a mental health theme is Sling Blade.
I didnt notice until AFTER, I was surprised
Watching this in the theater was overwhelming... still is.
The feeling of awe from watching the movie and the curiosity to it's deeper meaning is the perfect reaction to One Flew. Nice job. Director Milos Forman, from a communist country, spoke to it's metaphor for state control, it's squelching of dissension and the complicity and docility of the country's population. I think it also goes deeper to the insistence of society for it's people to conform and the repression of free thinkers. Next stop for you should be Amadeus. Another Milos Forman masterpiece.
This is a movie I'd seen in my 30's but I wish had seen in my 20's. It's not "scary" it's "haunting"
Brad Dourif played Billy and is also in Mississippi Burning, another great drama with great acting! About civil rights movement.
Isn't that just the best?!!!
My favorite film of all time.
Ken Kesey's novel was written as a narrative from the Chief.
It shone so much light on the goings-on and abuses in mental institutions (patients over-medicated and kept docile for ease of handling, EST and lobotomies as punishment, no real oversight, et al).
This novel and film raised public awareness and led to legislative changes and protections for asylum inmates.
The book is worth a read.
Peace -
LOVE your preface. A proper appreciation of a, basically, flawless, perfect film. I discovered it on "Star Channel" (an early HBO) back in the late 70's when I was , like, 13, and have seen it a dozen or so times since. It's one of the few movies I have seen where I can find no room for improvement. They all nailed it with golden spikes. (Kudos to author Ken Kesey, of course!) Accordingly, I can't wait to see how you react to scenes which, apparently, have brought you to the same conclusion!
I really enjoyed watching your reaction and profound emotions while watching Cuckoo's Nest. We're you aware that Danny Devito... Christopher Lloyd,..and Scat Man Cruthers were all in the cast. And the amazing Chief Bromdon was played by Will Sampson who went on to act in over 25 TV and big screen movies after this (his first acting role) including playing Crazy Horse in The White Buffalo...Ten Bears in The Outlaw Josey Wales...and Taylor in Poltergeist 11....just to name a few. He also had a recurring role as Dan Tanna's (played by Robert Urich)... side kick in Vegas.... After a stellar 12 year acting career Will passed away at just 53 of complications from a heart/lung transplant in 1987. You, more than any other first time watcher of this movie "got it" quicker than anyone else. You figured out the main villain and the heroes right away. As a close personal friend of Will Sampson it did my heart good that you figured him out and understood how important his character was in the film.👍
i've only seen the film once and the ending disturbed me so much i can't bring myself to watch it again. just seeing the short clips of the end here gave me that same feeling. i guess in a way that's the mark of a great movie.
Brilliant movie. Chiefs act of mercy is that of the realest of friends.
Boy, you are young. Cigarettes were allowed everywhere in the 50s and 60s, even most of the 70s. This is supposed to be taking place in the late 50s or early 1960s. The Book is a great read as well. Nicholson is a genius. One of the best movies I've ever seen. Funny, and also very sad. Watching this movie is mentally exhausting.
My all time favorite movie!!
the perfect reaction to the perfect film my fave movie of all time
Belle analyse.. grand moment émotional..👍
For something different, with a movie around the same era, Might I suggest you do a reaction to A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
My dad had that shock treatment in the early 70's ... he said it really fucked him up.
Might be my favorite movie. I made my boys watch it when they got old enough.
I really enjoyed watching you watching this classic......
Hey man, thanks for sharing your reaction and your thoughts to this greatest of movies. The definition of a "drama", it's usually the first movie I think of when I think of that genre. This is THE Jack Nicholson performance, although he's had many contenders, more than most! But you get all the different sides to him in this movie. And what a cast, and also Milos Forman was a fantastic director. He started in Czechoslazkia and he made fantastic movies there ("The Firman's Ball", "Loves Of A Blonde"), then he came to Hollywood. "Cuckoo's Nest" is his biggest and best, but "Amadeus" was also very good, and so was "Ragtime". Happy I'm a subscriber!
Thank you :) New movie every week
"Amadeus" is also a flawless Milos Foreman film, imo. Like this one, both fun and profoundly moving. Incredibly watchable all around.
I saw this when it was released in 1975. There are some movies that, although masterful, I can only watch once and this is one of them. Very powerful but too emotionally "hard-hitting" for me to watch again.
I respect that
@@SalvoG Thanks! Other masterful movies I can think of off the top of my head that are considered two of the greatest movies ever made but so impactful that I can't watch twice are Apocalypse Now (1979) and Schindler's List (1993). If you haven't seen them and are up for a real emotional hit, I highly recommend both.
@@jmar7631 My mother actually said If I haven't seen Schindler's List that I need to watch it ASAP. My sister said the same. That will be up for vote in the next poll!
@@SalvoG apocalypse Now came in second in poll, I believe. I hope you watch it on your own if not with us.
@@SalvoG if you watch Schindler's List, BE PREPARED. It NEVER leaves you. Seriously.
The nurse is the authority figure. She rules that floor with an iron fist. I think if you consider everything that goes on in the movie from that perspective, it all falls into place. Why do she and McMurphy clash, almost from the start? Because he's anti-authority. The LAST thing he's going to do is meekly follow her orders like those other guys. I think that's why the chief bonds with him. The chief is also in rebellion, except his rebellion is a quiet one. He recognizes in McMurphy a fellow rebel. The nurse does everything in her power to squash this rebellion but in the end both McMurphy and the chief are free, in their own way, so she failed.
One of my Top 10 films ever. Great reaction.
Thanks! New movie reaction once a week
The actor who plays Billy plays the bad guy in Mississippi Burning great movie
He also plays the roll of Chucky, yes, the devil´s doll, The Good Guy.
Great reaction, yes a great movie, from equally great source material. After many watches i saw the novel by Ken Kesey in a used book store and its a great book! Most interesting is its told from the viewpoint of Chief, and thus we hear much more about how he thinks he's so small, but McMurphy gets him to "grow" until he's as big as a damn mountain. The Billy scenes are the hardest to watch, heartbreaking by morning the stutter was gone, his confidence high, but true evil ended that in a hurry.
Glad you enjoyed it, it's one of my favorite films.
This was an outstanding movie and Jack Nicholson one of the best actors to take the screen. Frankly, it’s so eviscerating that I don’t want to even watch your review as it would bring back the emotions I had. I’m so glad that YOU watched it, Sal. One of the very best. Watch more with Nicholson….China Town…Five Easy Pieces …..such a long and great career
THAT is perhaps the best movie you will ever see man............
Honestly I might agree
Absalute great film so funny yet so very sad brilliant acting from Jack Nicholson and a whole host of great actors a truly superb but deeply emotional film 👏👏
couldnt agree more
Good movie. I saw it when it first came out. Excellent performances by all.
absolutely
It really is close to a perfect movie -- right down to the score! So well written... the terrific novel doesn't read as something that would be easy to adapt -- it's a first person narrative from the Chief's point of view... and it's not always easy to tell his fantasies apart from the reality (of course that's what makes it a fascinating read) -- but Miloš Forman, Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman made it their own (with the help of an extraordinary cast).
Such a great movie!! Great job I enjoyed this!
Saw this one in the theater when it came out. I’m still a little scared by it
Great movie. 💥💥💥👍😎
I was wondering if you recognized Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown from Back to the Future) in the cast?
Except for "Schindler's List," reaction scenes and maybe the "You bow to no one" compilation from "The Return of the King,", I think this is the only one that has gotten the waterworks flowing. Yup, got me teary-eyed and sniffly! SPOILER ALERT!!! I found it heartbreaking when you kept saying from early on how much you liked Billy. And your "premonition" of the "special friendship" between Mac and Chief also had me going "Oh, dude, you have no IDEA!" Great reaction to a perfect movie.
Hey Salvo you loved this movie now you should read both the book and the play. The author is Ken Kesey and they are excellent reads.Nicholson is great this movie is great but I always preferred the play. The Indian had a much larger role in the writings..
I need to do that
Chief Broom is the narrator of the book. It's told from his p.o.v. Ken Kesey of the Merry Pranksters wrote it. The book is always better.
If you don't catch the premier, don't worry, as soon as the premier is over you can replay the video whenever you want.
Love the reactions! Let me give you something that will blow you away! French films. Absolute awesome. “Jean de Florette”’and the sequel “Manon of the spring”. You MUST review these! My all time favorite and a twist that will bring tears
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Great reaction -
You've won my subscription.
Thanks -
Thank you ! Come back Saturday night/Sunday morning for the next movie
Well ya knew Mac and the Chief couldnt both make it out, the title says otherwise.
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Ahh ..Juicy Fruit...
You should watch The Shining. Jack Nicholson was great.
I still need to see that
@@SalvoG Stephen King book/movie. King wrote so many great novels but book to tv ratio can be hit or miss. It seemed at one point he was writing 2-3 books a year. Some movies or tv shows were really good. Some just didn't convert well. The Shining I think was his second book, was a hit even though they changed the movie a bit from the book. One of the best movies from a Stephen King book is "The Green Mile." That should definitely be on your list of must see movies.
@@boki1693 You have to add The Shawshank redemption.
Great movie
👍
I just gotta say as a nurse, they had the worst job ever. First, back in the 70s, nurses were sexualized by their uniforms. Then, they had no support when they were abused by patients. They were in an impossible situation.
Billy's mother abused him ☮️ He's afraid of her
During the 70's and before mental institution were a heavily funded government program. Today, what's left of these institutions are private. The 70's marked the end of that government funded era. My guess is that this movie is trying to convey the fact that these government funded institutions were more of a hindrance then help to the people institutionalized.
I've never seen a viewer of this classic film so damn interested in the character of Billy. What's the deal? Are you attracted to Billy? He's not that interesting of a character.