One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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The Film Junk Podcast is a goddamn miracle of modern science and this week we're taking a look at another (indisputable?) all-time classic. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has won its fair share of awards over the years but it's time for a modern diagnosis. Is Nurse Ratched one of the most chilling villains ever put on screen or does she actually seem kinda reasonable? Is this a career-best performance for Jack Nicholson? How do we feel about the portrayal of mental illness in the movie? It makes us feel very... peculiar. We're talking about form, content, interrelationships and so much more on this week's podcast.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, welcome to film junk.
0:10.1	My name is Sean.
0:11.7	My name is Jay.
0:13.4	And my name is Frank.
0:15.0	And on this week's episode, it's a big one.
0:18.3	We've been waiting for this one.
0:19.3	One Flew Over the Cuckers Nest, directed by Milo Shformin, released in 1975.
0:25.7	And I'm going to give you a plot synopsis, as always.
0:28.5	A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963, Oregon,
0:34.1	and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.
0:42.9	So, I mean, this is, this movie won, is one of three movies to win the big five at the Oscars.
0:51.3	Do you guys know what the other two are?
0:54.2	Oh, Silence of the Lambs?
0:57.0	Yep, that's one of them.
0:59.0	And is it older?
1:02.0	Gorky's place?
1:04.1	A man for all seasons?
1:06.5	No, it is, it happened one night, I believe.
1:11.1	Okay. I should double check. I'm pretty one night, I believe. Okay.
1:11.6	I should double-chap.
1:12.7	I'm pretty sure.
1:13.8	Epic fail.
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