One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a book by Ken Kesey, later made into a [Milos Forman]? film of the same name, in which Randle Patrick McMurphy, a prisoner whose term is nearly over, decides to have himself declared insane so he'll be transfered to a mental institution, where he expects to spend the rest of his time in peace. The mental institution is run by an unyielding tyrant, Nurse Ratched, who has cowed the patients--who are mostly there by choice--into dejected submission. It was a widely lauded film that won Academy Awards for Best Actor for [Jack Nicholson]?, Best Actress for [Louise Fletcher]?, Best Direction for [Milos Forman]?, as well as Best Picture and [Best Adapted Screenplay]?. It ranked number 20 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American films, and consistently ranked in the top 15 on the Internet Movie Database.