One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest began life as a 1962 novel by Ken Kesey, was adapted for the Broadway stage by Dale Wasserman in 1963, and became a feature length film in 1976. All three are set in an Oregon asylum, and the film won five Academy Awards.

References

• The film was spoofed in a Monsterpiece Theater segment on Sesame Street, where the Number 1 flew over a cuckoo's nest.

• A movie marquee displays the title of the film in a Sesame Street video segment of a father and daughter riding a bus around town. (EKA: Episode 0926)

Connections

• Edwin Cooper played Frank Scanlon in the 1971 off-Broadway production
• Danny DeVito played Martini in the film
• Anjelica Huston made an uncredited appearance in the film as an extra
• Christopher Lloyd played Taber in the film
• Rex Robbins played Dr. Spivey in the original Broadway production
• Gene Wilder played Billy Bibbit in the original Broadway production

External links

• IMDb
• Internet Broadway Database