LOUISE FLETCHER IN ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

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A free spirit incarcerated in a mental institution locks wills with a tyrannical nurse when he tries to bring levity to the lives of the other patients. IMDB. An excellent summary of the film. An excellent article on the film. Epinions on the film. A Milos Forman fan page.

Nurse Ratched was placed fifth on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 all-time greatest movie villains, behind only The Silence of the Lambs' Hannibal Lechter, Psycho's Norman Bates, Star Wars' Darth Vader and The Wizard of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West.

Big Nurse

Glass wall

At the desk

McMurphy goads Nurse Ratched

Body Block

Therapy

Scolding

"I was so jealous of all those actors being able to cavort and do all the crazy things they did that one day it just got too much for me and I stood there and unbuttoned my dress and ripped it off and threw it down on the floor. I thought I’ll show them I’m a real woman under here you know. I think that must have been what I was thinking you know; I’m not this monster."

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