@@luigipinna4135 I just watched the movie again a few days ago. Knowing the plot, I was able to concentrate on the performances. The cast was definitely one to remember. So many of them and they all were great.
My heart just melted when she started to sign for her parents, who are deaf and she's trying to hold back her tears. What an honor it must have been for them to be acknowledged by their daughter on her winning night.
Jeff Kiper I met her father since I was young teenager in my ex-school at Alabama school for the deaf . Her father was pastor. He had been in Alabama school for the deaf at talladega, Alabama very long time ago when he was graduated then went to seminary in was first deaf man enter up there . I remember.
Her acceptance speech remains one of the most genuine and touching speech in Oscar. I love how she thanked her parents with sign languages. Just wonderful. RIP.
And, to a gorgeous Jill Ireland and handsome Charles Bronson. Ms. Fletcher's acceptance speech was truly one of the best, and signing to her parents is heartfelt. May you all enjoy the stars togethers! 🙏
Ann Margret grew as actress but few truly bothered to recognized those subtle qualities. Monroe suffered the same indescression. Personally, I loved seeing her tenacious core-strength. She's a person of considerable power.
The director Milos Forman said in documentary he wanted such nice looking woman, playing the nasty woman, or something like that. He usually chosed actors who were not famous. or unknown actors playing famous characters as unknown man plying Amadeus.
It’s the ultimate display of characterisation vs character revelation in drama writing, what appears on the outside contrasts dramatically the choices & actions (inside) hence the emotional effect
@@egglady pretty accurate depiction man they usually have more emphaty than anybody, that what makes understand feelings so much better than anyone, good actors are usually bunch of good people
“I absolutely loved being hated by you. All the actors and their capacity for getting into their rolls, made being in a mental institution like being in a mental institution.” I have never loved an acceptance speech like I loved this one. Her directness, her ability to speak succinctly. Her humor that wasn’t some contrived, stupid one-liner, but had a point. I’m watching this movie again with a new love for Louise Fletcher.
We can see in this speech what a superb actress Louise Fletcher is. In the movie she is rotten and cruel, but in reality she is humble and sweet. It was a beautiful tribute she made to her parents at the end.
It was a role that no actress wanted (they offered it to several, all of whom turned it down) and Louise Flecther rose to the occasion. I also love her acceptance speech - one of the best that was ever made - because it is truly honest and heartfelt and not made for show as so many others. I also think that she got the Oscar for this role because she played Ratched as morw than just a stereotypical villain...There is a scene where she leaves the ward after her shift has ended and she lloks totally lonely when she walks down that aisle on the ward. Ratched is clearly a committed nurse, but it is also suggested that her life apart from that is empty.
Well she certainly made us hate that character. Takes a wonderful and brilliant actress to get an emotion from people like that. Nurse Ratched will always be one of the best villains of all time.
Captain Cartman I was genuinely happy when Randal was strangling nurse Ratched but sad that she didn't die. Now THAT takes a good actress to make someone hate a fictional character that much.
@@angelacarleton9575 Nurse Ratched withstands the test of time. People use that name in various phrases to this day and don't even know who she is and what it means.
Today we lost a truly gifted actress. She was humble, warm, down to earth and devoted to her parents, and yet she dug deep and delivered us a villain we all loathed. A beautiful human and a class act.
thats what surprised me most about this clip. in the film shes such a hag faced witch... but, it turns out she was a massive mega babe! haha! hollywood why you lie?
PepsiMama2 So is Nurse Ratchet a wonderful, generous and kind person. She is the only character that stood for honesty and decency. She was truly a great American and Jack was a pimp moron who got what he deserved. Actually she turns me on in the movie.
@Lousy Sexy Flanders looking at all the nominee's credits, Louise was a relatively nobody who won the oscar beating out well established actors. That's called dry hate #dryhate
@@bridgetryder5352 That's not why they look pissed dummy. Did you mean a serial rapist in Hollywood? If not, murders and rapes happen all the time. That doesn't mean random people are going to sit around all the time upset.
@@casanova2469 Carol Kane was just as unknown as Miss Fletcher, she had tiny little roles in Carnal Knowledge and another one in Dog Day Afternoon the same year she was nominated for Hester Street, a tiny independent movie. She was not a name and neither was Miss Adjani, a French actress in an Foreign Language Film, Glenda Jackson already won 2 Best Actress Oscars in 1970 and 1973, she WAS NOT Winning for Hedda, another indie movie and then you have Ann Margret in Tommy, a supporting role in a so so movie. Fletcher was the front runner
Heard this morning that she passed away, age 88, she will always be remembered for the role she played and this heart felt acceptance speech! RIP Louise Fletcher! ❤️
Beautiful, rare and charismatic actress..She performed the best female-vilain character ever in 1975...And this hommage to her deaf parents is very moving. RIP Mrs Fletcher. France.
One of the best actresses in film & cinema has gone, but her memory will live on! She was great in "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Brainstorm" RIP sweet lady.
What a beautiful, eloquent speech. This makes me appreciate the humble actors who speak from the heart and are truly appreciative of being part of a creative work. I wish the academy awards were still like this
Gosh she is beautiful! I'd never seen her so natural looking before. Only in costume. She's a brilliant actress and one of the classic timeless "villains" that will live on. I had no idea she was born to parents who were deaf. Makes her all the more brilliant in my opinion. What a wonderful gesture in acknowledging them in her speech. They did a marvelous job with their children. Bravo 👏
@Aldo Flores Bonilla I am saddened to hear this news. Thanks for the information. Knowing me I would've found out months or a year later! RIP to a gifted and humble actress (that speech was memorable) and the scariest grandmother ever! (Flowers in the Attic)
This is mid May, 2022. I'm 68. This is the first time I have ever seen this woman in 'real life'. I had only seen her in Cuckoos Nest. She is shockingly Sweet. Tender hearted. Kind. Humble. Sincerely grateful. Bravo.
I’m 28, I was introduced to her as the evil principal Evelyn Doyle in ‘High School High’ with Jon Lovitz. I’m actually offended that the cast from that movie have not expressed condolences for Louise, like Lovitz (who also worked with her in another film), Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Guillermo Diaz. Each of them shared scenes with her and that film is arguably the only thing my age group knows her from unless they’ve seen ‘Cuckoos Nest’ as well. Though I doubt there’s a lot of 20somethings out there who have.
This is one of the greatest Oscar-winner speeches in history. Eloquent, funny, moving, intelligent, and classy. All in a short, succinct little package. Wonderful!
Just love this, so sweet, when she runs across that stage she looks like a flying angel and especially how she says "And now if you'll excuse me..." before she starts signing. I've never seen a more beautiful acceptance speech.
+Lynn Turman Thank you for the tip. I watched the Orson Welles AFI acceptance and it is, of course, momentous what else would we expect from this man. How many directors of his equal do we have today ?
This is one of the best Oscar speeches I've seen. She even started signing at the end! I certainly hated her in The Cuckoo's Nest, and I love that she loved being hated by us 🤗🤗
Favorite Best Actress gown ever. She was floating on stage, with the waltz going on, and her hair, her smile, and that touching speech. Golden moment! This was really for her.
Such a cold villain, she represented tyranny and the way she delivered her lines with such gentle but mean way was amazing!! her stae was terrifying, really good performance
+Paulo Araujo Ikr. They all look pissed off at something. Someone told me that they thought everyone here was on drugs at this Academy Awards, if so then they must be coming down.
+Paulo Araujo Simple answer, they all wanted that award VERY MUCH. People smile now, but their desire is still the same. They smile because they don't want people to hate them.
She is so beautiful. Her real smile is so full of joy and kindness. In character she could never smile. It would show her light. She had to be so stern. She played the role perfectly.
Beautiful person, totally deserving of the oscar for perfectly executing a perfectly written character. Also, it's nice to learn that Carol Kane once embodied all the female characters ever created by Tim Burton.
I love everything about this clip. Isabelle Adjani. Carol Kane's look. Angelica Huston. Also, the fact that all the nominees look like they just can't be bothered. And that speech!
I didn't come here expecting to get choked up. I'd heard that she was a doll face in real life and had to check it out. She was actually a genuine lady of class and grace. RIP Ms. Fletcher.
Frequently revisit this win because after all the usual pomp and circumstance speeches about thanking the academy and producers, her true thanks in ASL to the people that really matter to her is just so genuine and sincere. And enormous thanks to Louise for playing the grandmother role of Olivia Foxworth in the first adaptation of Flowers in the Attic. My first haunting experience of her superb acting!
Thank you, Louise, for reminding us there was a beautiful human being behind that fearful role you played in one of the best movies ever made. Be blessed, and may you rest in peace.
Even at 10 years old, I thought Nurse Rachett was HOT. On another note, that was about the most sincere and graceful award speeches I have ever heard. Especially when she "signed" to her parents watching. Well done!
Bless her heart, how very lovely. Surely a richly deserved recognition for what was a chillingly believable performance in one of the best movies of all time. RIP 🌹
aw bless her. Thats what it used to be about. Seeing someone have their dreams come true... brings a tear to my eye! I wish it was still as beautiful as it was then x
This whole moment is why I loved the Oscars in the 70's. Louise Fletcher's speech was genuine, heartfelt and to the point; Unlike the overly exaggerated emotional bull fest speeches that (most of) the newer actors tend to spew out today. I also appreciate that the losing nominees were openly pissed off, as they should be. These days, they just smile and fake modesty at their loss.
Animal House - Your complaints make no sense to me. How do you know the current speeches are just bull? You can’t read minds. You are just exposing the very common trope of romanticizing the past, as if things were better then, when things weren’t nearly as good as people pretend they were. Times are hard in every era, and good times are good in any era. Our culture has certainly changed, but just because it happened 30, 40, or 50 years ago doesn’t mean it’s better.
The Oscars were much better back in the day. The folk on stage in the bygone days were much more entertaining, they were much more themselves. And the 1970s was the first decade of mass colour broadcasting on television. People wanted to put on a good show with everyone in mind. Nowadays they try to pitch awards events at young people. And this "youth fixation" bores even the youth.
@@sign543 How can you romanticize your own experiences? I lived through the 90s and to me those were the best times for me because I lived and remember what life was like compared to now. I draw a comparison and see the stark differences between then and now. Same as this person talking about how life was like then and now. Nobody is romanticizing anything here. Wth are you talking about?
That is grotesquely unfair. There were both fake and artificial reactions in the 70s as well as genuine reactions today. I have no doubt that Fletcher's remarks were prepared and very possibly rehearsed. Although that doesn't mean she wasn't genuine
Because smiling during the announcement was considered to be inappropriate and presumptious. Like they expected to win.. Not smiling meant being polite.
What a nice and beautiful lady, great speech, I could at last separate the character from the person, her role as a nurse is such a great and memorable one. Thank you for posting.
LOL they all look pissed compared to today's nominees that actually smile. I love the way Louise Fletcher looks like she's floating across the stage in that dress, and it shows how great of an actress she is that her character was so cold and morose, and in real life she is a wonderful and grateful person. I loved her speech, and for some reason I got chills when she mentioned her deaf parents. Congrats Louise!! 👏👏🏆
What beautiful eyes and a wonderful smile. Louise deserved more good roles after this movie. I suppose she was too tall for most leading men for that era. It was certainly not because of a lack of talent.
