One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a film about a group of
patients at a mental institution, opened in theaters. Directed
by Milos Forman and based on a 1962 novel of the same
name by Ken Kesey, the film starred Jack Nicholson and
was co-produced by the actor Michael Douglas.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest went on to become the
first film in four decades to win in all five of the major
Academy Award categories: Best Actor (Nicholson),
Best Actress (Louise Fletcher, who played Nurse Ratched),
Best Director, Best Screenplay (Adapted) and Best Picture.
Filming was on location in Salem, Oregon and surrounding
area, and in Depoe Bay on the north Oregon coast.
The producers shot the film in the Oregon State Hospital in
Salem.
Louise Fletcher (1934 – 2022) & Jack Nicholson (87).
