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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Original title)
Date: 1975 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Milos Forman

Production company billing: ©N.V. Zwaluw Fantasy Films presents a Milos Forman film Produced through the facilities of Fantasy Films, Berkeley, California
Synopsis: R.P. McMurphy, a maverick prisoner, is transferred to a State Mental Hospital. He proceeds to energise the patients to such a degree that "society" (i.e. the staff), have only one solution. They perform a lobotomy that leaves McMurphy catatonic.

Genre:
Medical drama

Subjects:
Mental hospitals, Lobotomy
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)

Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 1880 FeetStock date: 1988BFI identifier: C-1252530
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)



Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 1880 FeetStock date: 1988BFI identifier: C-1252530
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 12028 FeetStock date: 1988BFI identifier: C-1252531
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film