Before last night I’d somehow never seen Jack Nicholson‘s BAFTA Best Actor award acceptance reel, which was shot in early ’75 during filming of One Flew over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
Honestly? I’ve never been in love with Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s fine but it’s illogically plotted (McMurphy could have scooted any number of times), and I didn’t care for the lobotomy finale.
HE’s favorite Nicholson performances can be found in The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Easy Rider, The Departed, Reds, As Good As It Gets, Wolf, The Shining, Terms of Endearment, Prizzi’s Honor, Heartburn, The Passenger, The Kings of Marvin Gardens. What is that, 15 films?
And what’s Hollywood Elsewhere without the seventh or eighth re-posting on my Robert Evans-Jack Nicholson-Bryan-Singer story from October ’95?