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harry chickpea · 02-20-2013, 01:34 PM

I wonder if the OP saw "Sterile Cuckoo" and mixed up the title?

jaypee · 02-20-2013, 01:38 PM

It is one of my favorite movies ever as well. .

Woof · 02-20-2013, 01:44 PM

The humor is dated because it's an old movie, right? Or did someone come up with a new version? I haven't been paying attention.

Natural510 · 02-20-2013, 02:15 PM

It came out the year I was born, but it's always been a favorite of mine. Great story, great acting, genuine emotion.

Blinx · 02-20-2013, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Woof

The humor is dated because it's an old movie, right? Or did someone come up with a new version? I haven't been paying attention.

Good comedy is funny no matter how old it is. Some of my favorite movie comedies are from the 1930s.

Mike from back east · 02-20-2013, 06:40 PM

My wife loves the movie, watches it every time it's on cable.

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Originally Posted by EnricoV

It definitely is not a comedy. It's a tragedy, if anything.

Oh, and it's a great movie. And a great book.

I'd say that it has some dark comedy in it, but there are some laughs. And yes, it's a tragedy, in some ways like Cool Hand Luke is also a tragedy - the tragedy being how we treat others, especially when we have power over them.....

sky1949 · 02-23-2013, 10:04 PM

Never thought of it as a comedy.

caco54 · 02-24-2013, 02:56 PM

I saw the original play off broadway and as I recall it was listed as a "Black Comedy". I was in High School as it was around 1970. The "patients" ran up and down the aisles. Scared the hell out of me.

Dale Cooper · 02-24-2013, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by harry chickpea

I wonder if the OP saw "Sterile Cuckoo" and mixed up the title?

Oh, my goodness, I haven't thought of that movie in years and years. And years. Pookie, the Sterile Cuckoo.

I loved it at the time, but for the life of me can't remember a single thing about it. I don't even remember who was in it. Liza maybe?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest wasn't a comedy. One of the best movies of all time, imo.

Marv101 · 03-06-2013, 01:17 AM

It was the second movie ever to win the Oscar 'grand slam' for Best Picture/Director/Actor/Actress/Screenplay, following 'It Happened One Night', and a feat which was eventually matched by 'The Silence Of The Lambs'.

I never considered it a comedy since the subject matter (mental illness) isn't funny to begin with.

It was an exceptional movie nevertheless, and I was really happy that Jack Nicholson won the Best Actor Oscar that year after losing to Art Carney despite his stellar work in 'Chinatown'.