Editor’s note: This essay is part of an occasional series Globe Ideas is calling Genius Loci, featuring writers’ explorations of the importance of place.

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7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Image Credit: United Artists. Author Ken Kesey hated what director Miloš Forman and screenwriters Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman did with his novel One ...

In addition to cast members Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone, the author herself would make a brief appearance as a housewife attending a meeting. Ken Kesey (Even Cowgirls Get The ...

Miles Forman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a classic for a reason ... but there's nothing remotely by-the-book about his swaggering determination. Tasked with bringing down a ring of ...

7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Image Credit: United Artists. Author Ken Kesey hated what director Miloš Forman and screenwriters Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman did with his novel One Flew ...