In this episode we discuss the forty-eighth Best Picture winner, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, its “big five” sweep at the Oscars, original author Ken Kesey and his inspiration for writing, Michael Douglas’s push to make his father’s, Kirk Douglas’s, dream come true, and Louise Fletcher’s return from retirement in her Oscar winning turn as Nurse Ratched!

**Content Warning** mentions of intense themes in relation to the plot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (mental health, psychiatric facilities, suicide, violence) starting at 32:05**

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