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Kirk Douglas had developed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and staged it on Broadway, but the production did not succeed.
“My father had developed and gone back himself to Broadway to do the show. It hadn't worked out.”
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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Jason Bateman says One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest went on to win all five major Academy Awards.
“It did take a while to get it going, and then it go, then it does eventually go on to, uh, become the film that it is. Wins all five major Academy Awards.”
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Milos Forman flew to California and met Douglas and Saul Zaentz at Douglas's home in Benedict Canyon, where he laid out his vision for Cuckoo's Nest.
“he flew all the way out to California. And he sat down with us at my my place up in Benedict Canyon and opened the first page, and he told us exactly what he wanted to do.”
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Michael Douglas says the Cuckoo's Nest producers tried to cast Gene Hackman as the lead, but he declined.
“We tried, uh, we tried to get Gene Hackman, Gene Hackman passed.”
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Michael Douglas says several actresses, including Colleen Dewhurst and Geraldine Page, turned down the role of Nurse Ratched in Cuckoo's Nest.
“Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, they all turned it down. They, they didn't, they didn't wanna play play the, uh, play the part.”
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