One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Celebrates ’50’ With 4K Release

Miloš Forman‘s critically acclaimed One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest will be 50 years old in November. To celebrate the milestone, the film will be released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time!

Originally released on 19th November, 1975, it gave Jack Nicholson his first Academy award. It also featured Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, William Redfield, Brad Dourif and Christopher Lloyd, with the latter two making their feature film debuts.

Based on the 1962 novel of the same name by author Ken Kesey, the film is considered by critics and audiences to be one of the greatest films ever made. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture – Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz; Best Actor – Jack Nicholson; Best Actress – Louise Fletcher; Director – Miloš Forman; and Screenplay – Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman) and in 1993, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

A feisty misfit sent to a mental hospital inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves, much to the chagrin of the strong-willed head nurse, who turns out to be more dangerous than any of the inmates. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey and the play by Dale Wasserman.

The 4K UHD and 4K UHD SteelBook contains the following new and previously unreleased special features:

●Conversations on Cuckoo: Group Therapy (NEW)

Producer Michael Douglas leads a star-studded conversation with Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd and Brad Dourif on the unorthodox casting process that launched the careers of the famous ensemble fifty years ago.

●Conversations on Cuckoo: Moviemaking Memories (NEW)

Memories of working with Jack Nicholson and director Miloš Forman and filming the Academy Award-winning film are shared by Producer Michael Douglas and cast members Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, and Brad Dourif.

●Completely Cuckoo

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, tracing the path from Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel to the 1963 Broadway play starring Kirk Douglas to the 1975 film that would sweep that year’s Academy Awards ^®.

●Deleted Scenes

• Pecking Party (2:17)
• Where are your Clothes? (1:50)
• Meet Nurse Ratched (1:39)
• First Group Therapy (2:36)
• Shaving Chief (0:49)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest will be released on 4K UHD Blu-ray as well as 4K UHD Steelbook from 10th November.