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Peter Brocco as Col. Matterson Delos V. Smith Jr. Actor Kirk Douglas —who had originated the role of McMurphy in the —64 Broadway stage version of the Ken Kesey novel—had purchased the film rights to the story, and tried for a decade to bring it to the big screen, but was unable to find a studio willing to make it with him.

Eventually, he sold the rights to his son Michael Douglaswho succeeded in getting the film produced—but the elder Douglas, by then nearly 60, was considered too old for the McMurphy role, Gene Hackman[5] James Caan[6] Marlon Brando[5] and Burt Reynolds [7] were also considered, but all four turned down the role, which ultimately went to year-old Jack Nicholson. Forman flew to California and discussed the script page by page, outlining what he would do, in contrast with other directors who had been approached who were less than forthcoming. The Communist Party was my Nurse Ratched, telling me what I could and could not do; what I was or was not allowed to say; where I was and was not allowed to go; even who I was and was not".

Nicholson had never played this type of role before. Production was delayed for about six months because of Nicholson's schedule.

Douglas later stated in an interview that "that turned out to be a great blessing: it gave us the chance to get the ensemble right". Chief Bromden, played by Will Sampsonwas found through the referral of Mel Lambert who portrayed the harbormaster in the fishing scenea used car dealer Douglas met on an airplane flight when Douglas told him they wanted a "big guy" to play the part. Lambert's father often sold cars to Native American customers and six months later called Douglas to say: "the biggest sonofabitch Indian came in the other day!

While screening Thieves Like Us to see if she was right for the role, he became interested in Louise Fletcherwho had a supporting role, for the role of Nurse Ratched.

A mutual acquaintance, the casting director Fred Rooshad already mentioned Fletcher's name as a possibility. Even so, it took four or five meetings, over a year, during which the role was offered to other actresses such as Colleen DewhurstEllen BurstynAngela LansburyAnne Bancroftand Geraldine Page [11] for Fletcher to secure the role of Nurse Ratched. Her final audition was late inwith Forman, Zaentz, and Douglas. The day after Christmas, her agent called to say she was expected at the Oregon https://modernalternativemama.com/wp-content/custom/research-paper/alliteration-in-hardys-titanic-and-her-collision-with-the.php Hospital in Salem on January 4 to begin rehearsals. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher also witnessed electroconvulsive therapy being performed on a patient.

John Spivey in the film. Brooks identified a patient for each of the actors to shadow, and some of the cast even slept on the wards at night. He also wanted to incorporate his patients into the crew, to which the producers agreed. Douglas recalls that it was not until later that he found out that many of them were criminally insane. Douglas convinced Forman to show Nicholson something, which he did, and restored the actor's confidence. Wexler believed his dismissal was due to his concurrent work on the documentary Undergroundin which the radical militant group the Weather Underground were being interviewed while hiding from the law.]

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