One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Aleksander Hemon will do a brief intro before the screening. He is a Professor of Creative Writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts. Professor Hemon often teaches screenwriting courses and is currently teaching a First Year Seminar on Film.

Jack Nicholson stars in a memorable performance as R.P. McMurphy, a free-spirit who defies authority at every level. He ends up in an asylum after faking insanity and there he finds himself in an all-consuming struggle with Head Nurse Ratched. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST is a biting, tragic satire about society and the human spirit.

Aleksandar Hemon is the author of the novels The World and All That It Holds, which won the 2023 Grand Prix de Litterature Americaine in France; and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. His three collections of short stories include The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles. His other works include two books of nonfiction, My Parents: An Introduction and The Book of My Lives; the novel The Making of Zombie Wars, journalism, screenplays, and content for the Netflix original show Sense8. His works of fiction have been published in Norway, Italy, Germany, France and Slovenia, among others.

Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for a matter of months. While he was there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. Prior to Princeton, Hemon taught at Northwestern University and New York University.

Director Milos Forman

Cast Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Danny Devito

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 1.85

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