One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 · Movie · R · 133 min

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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5

Its director stated on the record that "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…" 1. Its producer stated on the record that "i think it just is a good reminder, particularly in our country right now, on the importance of the individual, the importance of individuality, This is what m…" 2. Its producer stated on the record that "it was not anti-woman, it was anti-institutional power over the individual" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 19 of 100 5. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementdirector: "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."Directors Guild of America, cited in film retrospectives source ↗
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    Creator statementproducer: "I think it just is a good reminder, particularly in our country right now, on the importance of the individual, the importance of individuality. This is what makes our country so special, and the str…"Newsweek, 2025 (50th anniversary) source ↗
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    Creator statementproducer: "It was not anti-woman, it was anti-institutional power over the individual."The Wrap, 2025 (50th anniversary interview) source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 19 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 88, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men100
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
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Quadrant Scores

Young Men
58
Young Women
0
Older Men
100
Older Women
42
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Audience Representation

White
88
Black
48
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
54
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

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Advocacy

Advocacy19
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Synopsis

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

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Cast & Crew

Irby Smith (director) · Haskell Wexler (director)