Milos Forman wins the Oscar for Directing for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the 48th Academy Awards. Diane Keaton and William Wyler present the award; introduced by Gene Kelly.
Fellini, Kubrick, Lumet, Altman and Forman... Wow!! And to think that Spielberg wasn't even nominated for Jaws that year just shows how much we've gone astray. Any of these men could have won and I would have been satisfied.
I'm not joking when I say this but I actually had a dream about her a few months ago. I was walking in Paris when suddenly I hear her voice and begin interacting with her. God I wish I could record it
RIP to the great Milos Forman (1932-2018). What an outstanding director. I also enjoy his work on both "Ragtime" (1981) and "Amadeus" (1984), where he'd received his other Oscar for Best Director, if my memory serves me right.
Out of all my favorite filmmakers, Milos Forman, John Landis, Cameron Crowe and John Hughes are the ones who influenced me to become a filmmaker. There's something about those guys that interests me. And Milos Forman totally deserved that Oscar for directing One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. He had a very soulful approach to directing.
One of the most deserved Winners in the catagory EVER (IMHO)! :D One Flew Over Cuckos Nest is one of the best pctures EVERMADE and Mr. Forman was the right man to direct that incredible film! He really helped the film to be a masterpiece with the actors, the funny and comiedic plot, the good producers, the writers and the screenplay and almost Everything good with that Movie! Nune of the other nominated directing efforts came near to him! :D
I think you have the Credit Ken Kesey who wrote the Novel from where it came from. If it wasn't for Ken Kesey writing that Novel there would have been no Movie..
Milos was a great director: cuckoos nest, Amadeus, Hair, etc. Took great original material and made masterful films. Cuckoos Nest is my all time favorite book and film, And Amadeus is up there as well.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Cuckoo's Nest) from 1975 is one of my favorite films of all time where every fear, madness, illness and virtue of its protagonists is explored with humor and compassion, this masterful film is ultimately an unforgettable and incomparable experience. I thank everyone who made it possible to make this film and especially those who have passed away. R.I.P. Miloš Forman (Director) (1932-2018). Saul Zaentz (Producer)(1921-2014). Jack Nitzsche (Score) (1937-2000). Lawrence Hauben (Screenwriter) (1931-1985). Bo Goldman (Screenwriter) (1932-2023). Ken Kesey (Writer) (1935-2001). Haskell Wexler (Cinematographer)(1922-2015). Bill Butler (Cinematographer)(1921-2023). Will Sampson ("Chief" Bromden)(1933-1987). Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched)(1934-2022). William Redfield (Dale Harding) (1927-1976). Sidney Lassick (Charlie Cheswick)(1922-2003). Dean Brooks (Dr. John Spivey) (1916-2013). William Duell (Jim Sefelt)(1923-2011). Vincent Schiavelli (Bruce Frederickson)(1948-2005). Nathan George (Assistant Warren) (1963-2017). Scatman Crothers ((Night Guard Turkle)(1910-1986). Phil Roth (Woolsey)(1933-2018). Louisa Moritz (Rose)(1936-2019). Peter Brocco (Col. Matterson) (1903-1992). Delos V. Smith Jr. (Scanlon) (1906-1997). Josip Elic (Bancini)(1921-2019). Ted Markland (Hap Arlich)(1933-2011).
First Comment. Man, that list of nominees and films, each a masterpiece, and all of them, bona-fide masters, and, remember, that year they snubbed Spielberg for Jaws. That truly was an amazing era for film.
I feel that Fellini nabbed Spielberg of the director’s nomination. I remember the video of Spielberg feeling sad about it and saying I’m not nominated.
Underrated? Sure, by the general public. But with critics and movie enthusiasts alike? He is held with the highest of esteem. A truly respected and remarkable auteur.
Not over any of these gentlemen. Five of the best motion pictures ever made -- "Amarcord;" "Nashville;" "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest;" "Dog Day Afternoon;" "Barry Lyndon" -- and the director was a key contributor to their renown. "Jaws" is great (as is Spielberg), but it's not in this league.
@kutuluu Yes interesting how two of the greatest directors of all time, Kubrick and Fellini, are nominated together, and yet both of them get hardly any applause at all
@Wired4Life2 Fellini DID win for 8 1/2> Though he got the award for foreign film, not director. To date, no director has won for a foreign film. PS. Would love to see the clip of Fellini getting that Oscar. It was presented by Julie Andrews!
+blinkzone1 I agree, it was common knowledge that the two best motion pictures that year were "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Nashville" so as in some other years they should have/could have "spread the wealth" and awarded one film ie Cuckoo's Nest -Best Picture and one film ie Nashville as in Robert Altman Best Director (as he should have been nominated four years earlier for what is today considered a film masterpiece "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"
