Michael Douglas Shares a Great Jack Nicholson 'Cuckoo's Nest' Story | The Rich Eisen Show

[francinecorry]

Nicholson makes any producer look like a genius.

[JustMe-vkfn]

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was an excellent book too. They created a great movie from it.

[adrianpoesiat]

Great direction and actors. Especially the interplay between Louise Fletcher (nurse Ratched) and Jack Nicholson. Brilliant

[fluidjazz]

Wow! I never knew he produced this! One of my favorite films, I also went to a theatre production of the film back in the 80's.

[tomsinsky]

Cockoo's Nest is one of the best American movies ever made.

[brendanperry]

The Commonwealth - The Jason Davis Story - Pitch Deck Reel. The pitch deck for this movie project was recently placed on YouTube; already acquiring some decent attention in just a few days. It's based on a true story, sharing many synergies with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Michael Douglas needs to know about this opportunity; The Commonwealth.

[df]

Michael Douglas doesn’t get enough credit for producing Cuckoo’s Nest. His father Kirk Douglas owned the rights to make the film for years with the intention of playing the McMurphy role. Kirk even sent the book to Milos Forman to get him to direct. But the Czech censors intercepted the book and Milos never knew it was coming. It was after Kirk became too old for the role that Michael Douglas asked to take a stab at getting the film made and the first director he asked was coincidentally Milos Forman. The stars were all aligned for this film. And Michael Douglas won an Oscar when the film got Best Picture.

[ferdtothefuture]

I never knew this. Michael Douglas is also a legend. The Game, and Falling Down are some of my all time favorites.

[michaelknapp]

In 1957 my dad was a 21 year old college student at Willamette University which was just down the street from the Oregon state mental hospital. He got a night job at the hospital as an orderly. If you remember the big day room where a lot of the scenes were shot, that’s the room my dad worked in most of the time. He got a kick seeing the hospital in the film.

[iambiggus]

The one time you can say 'Everyone around me is crazy!' and it's true.

[geekay]

love the stories behind the great films

[jackdaniels]

Jack was so charismatic in that movie (he's obviously charismatic in all his movies, but that one stands out).

[jacomans]

Always liked him as an actor, great acting family, the slur may be from surgery, ....talented family, loved his Dad in Spartacus, one of his best roles.

[SohamShivoham]

One of the best Hollywood movies ever made

[tomgio]

For all the “he’s pickled” comments: he had medical operations/procedures for oral cancer, and it has affected his speech to some degree. Watch the great show he’s on now (with equally brilliant Alan Arkin), “The Kominsky Method, ” and you can hear the same pattern occasionally. IMHO, it doesn’t take away from his performance at all.

[SonnyGTA]

I never knew Michael had something to do with that movie!!

[brainscott]

"Don't squeeze the ball too hard, Chief. You'll crush all the air out of it..."

[MapleSyrupPoet]

Michael looks great...Rich has a great voice...take care of those pipes Rich 😎

[jackwilloughby]

I've watched Cuckoo's Nest quite a few times over the years and every time it's been a "Wake Up Call". These people exist (Nurse Ratched, Billy & Mr. Martini for instance) and they keep entering my life at unexpected moments which I never see coming and still don't know how to deal with. They are all sort of Misfit Archetypes.

[txmetalheadxk]

Kirk Douglas and I share the same birthday! Something I am very honored by. May He Forever Rest in Peace.