In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
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Character
Classical in form, intimate, earnest and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
133 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonRandle Patrick McMurphy
- Brad DourifBilly Bibbit
- Louise FletcherNurse Mildred Ratched
- Danny DeVitoMartini
- William RedfieldDale Harding
- Scatman CrothersOrderly Turkle
- Christopher LloydMax Taber
- Will SampsonChief Bromden
- Dean R. BrooksDr. John Spivey
- Michael BerrymanEllis
Crew
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Bo GoldmanScreenplay
- Lawrence HaubenScreenplay
- Ken KeseyNovel
- Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
- Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
- Sheldon KahnEditor
- Lynzee KlingmanEditor
- Michael DouglasProducer
- Saul ZaentzProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Dangerous Liaisons 198873% alikeBoth classical in form, meticulous, prestige.
The Talented Mr. Ripley 199973% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest.
The Hustler 196172% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest.- Illmatic 199468% alikeAlbum · Both earnest, classical in form, meticulous.
The Secret History 199267% alikeBook · Both earnest.
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