Rated or Dated: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rated or Dated.
0:10.4	I'm Jen Offered and I'm joined by this week of Mickey Noonan.
0:14.8	Hello, Mickey.
0:15.4	I am Mickey Noonan this week.
0:17.0	Oh, I did it you.
0:18.6	You did do with me.
0:19.8	I got in too soon. I got in too soon. I'm not used to it being this way around. I know, me either. Can you tell by the enthusiasm in my voice? I was actually quite freaked out. I know. She's like, what the fuck is going on? Hannah reversed into a wall. It was intense. We've had an online conversation that you've not been party to, Hannah.
0:39.0	Oh my God, do you two talk with, aren't they?
0:41.5	Occasionally, when Mickey says, can you do this, please?
0:45.7	Hannah Donleavy, picker of this week's film, hello.
0:49.2	Hello?
0:50.1	So, Hannah, what film did we watch this week that had me deeply confused about the aging process among Hollywood's octogenarian community?
0:58.5	They've all looked the same for like 40 years.
1:02.2	Makes no sense.
1:03.5	I think that's a little bit unfair on Brad Doroth.
1:06.0	But anyway, he definitely looks young in this.
1:09.0	He looks so young in this, Billy the Kid.
1:11.8	Anyway, this week we watched 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
1:17.1	a film often placed on Best Ever lists,
1:20.4	and the second of just three to pick up the Big Five Awards at the Oscars.
1:27.2	Okay, do you know what the Big Five Awards are?
1:29.1	Best, picture, best director, best actor, actress, screenplay.
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