The Rake's Progress Jul 13, 2008
The nodding donkey pumping oil in front of a panoramic Texas landscape in the first scene immediately references James Dean's Giant, and as the opera unfolds there are homages to Destry Rides Again, Sunset Blvd., One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and so on. All these images are strikingly rendered in Carl Fillion's designs, but for all their stagecraft and virtuosity - an inflatable caravan bursts from the floor at one point - the effect is static and dramatically inert. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Could Heath Ledger really win an Oscar? Jul 4, 2008
Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award. People who have seen Heath Ledger's "Dark Knight" performance compare him to the great screen villains. (CNN -- Law)
Heath sparks Oscar buzz Jul 3, 2008
"It's like he's found a radio station that the rest of us can't hear. And that happens to actors sometimes. "Over the years when I've seen great performances (Jack) Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Al Pacino in 'Dog Day Afternoon' you go: 'Wow, there's something really special at work here. And I think Heath's done that here. (iAfrica.com)
No joke: Ledger's Batman villain has Oscar shot Jul 2, 2008
Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award. Ledger's performance in the Batman tale "The Dark Knight" is so remarkable that next Jan. 22, the one-year anniversary of his death, he could become just the seventh actor in Oscar history to earn a posthumous nomination. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
How to mend a broken mind Jun 28, 2008
Some people say this is barbaric One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest kind of stuff, Dr. Lozano adds, but more than 40,000 Parkinson's patients have already had DBS ease their tremors by targeting parts of the brain where motor neurons misbehave. People have no problem operating for Parkinson's, but they have a problem operating for psychiatric conditions, he says, adding that we can go anywhere in the brain now. (Globe and Mail)
Bridger performs 'Seekers of the Fleece' at Flicker Jun 15, 2008
" The Louisiana native has enjoyed a fascinating career, having collaborated with the likes of Nashville guitarist Fred Carter Jr., playwright and screenwriter Dale Wasserman ("Man of La Mancha," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), author Vine Deloria, director Joe Sears ("Greater Tuna"), actor David Carradine and American West painter Alfred Jacob Miller, who died 100 years before Bridger wrote his epic trilogy, but whose works were included in Bridger's first published work. He has also served... (Athens Banner-Herald)
YouTube geezers are a reel hot ticket Jun 10, 2008
In 1974, Nasatir broke through the glass ceiling when she was hired as a v.p. at United Artists, where she worked on Rocky and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She later produced movies, including 1987's Hamburger Hill and 2000's Vertical Limit. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Oregon State Hospital still not meeting staffing standards Jun 8, 2008
When the new, 620-bed state mental hospital is built and opened by 2011, Oregon will finally be rid of a dangerous and dilapidated place the world came to know through the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." But other serious problems will remain unless the hospital increases its staff. Federal investigators who visited the hospital in November 2006 found there were not enough nurses on staff to ensure even the most basic care, such as regular monitoring of a patient's vital signs. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Conservatives for Clinton? May 25, 2008
Ten years ago, I wrote a column comparing her gaze to that of the infamous Nurse Ratched in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." In it, I noted that actress Louise Fletcher "had to work hard to achieve the look and mannerisms of a power-crazed control freak. With Hillary, it comes naturally.". That assessment was a bit uncharitable perhaps. (NJ.com -- News)
Summer Blockbuster Clips May 15, 2008
Apocalypse Now; badlands; Bosom Buddies; splash; Tom Hanks; Alan Arkin; breakout role; I Know What You Did Last Summer; Little Miss Sunshine; louise fletcher; Martin Sheen; matt rubin; nurse ratchett; one flew over the cuckoo's nest; Ryan Phillippe; Chef Wolfgang Puck goes organic in a Mediterranean alfresco dining setting. 2003 Red Carpet Cabernet Sauvignon; 2005 Chardonnay; 2007; Chris Millard; Laurent Perrier; lobster; Petron; sterling vineyards; Tiffany Tonnerre; Wolfgang Puck; champagne;... (Variety)
Gibson the guru: master's one-liners could pack a wallop May 14, 2008
"In my life I've always found that the best people of the lot are the ones who had their mouths shut because they didn't think it was necessary to talk," he once told me, conceding he would have found a place in his team for the silent chief in the 1975 movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. But lack of knowledge did not equate with inaction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Theater: 'Future' King Goes Back To 'Camelot' May 8, 2008
" It's a homecoming of sorts for Lloyd, a former Connecticut preppie who started in the theater longing to make the leap to film. When he did, it was as an inmate of the asylum in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Jack Nicholson, an actor Lloyd not only admired but also found a hoot to work with. "One of the cast members got married on the set at 1 in the morning, and Nicholson arranged for a mariachi band," he recalls. "We had a lot of fun. " At 69, with iron-gray hair and enviable biceps,... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
How We Beat the Mental Health Stigma May 8, 2008
"one flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest.". Eletroconvulsive therapy is a controversial -- but useful -- tool, say psychological experts. (ABC News)
Celtics following Doc's orders Apr 23, 2008
" Rivers was drafted in the second round by the Hawks in 1983 as a junior out of Marquette. Neither while he played for Atlanta from 1983-91, nor when he played for the Clippers, Knicks or Spurs, was he remotely Celtic-esque. He is not a New Englander by birth, nor is he from a small, crusty backwoods town, like Boston legend Larry Bird of French Lick, Ind. He did not play with a set of moves unique unto himself, as did former Celtics forward Kevin McHale. He had no personality traits peculiar... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Subhash K Jha speaks about Krazzy 4 Apr 13, 2008
Krazzy 4 isn't Milos Forman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Priyadarshan did that in Kyun Ki. (IndiaFM)
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' opens April 18 Apr 12, 2008
Russ Matiland as Dale Harding in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". The Courthouse Center for the Arts in West Kingston will present "One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest" April 18-20 and April 25-26. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Local movie buffs create their 'dream' festivals Apr 10, 2008
Strangelove") - boasts a star-studded cast, the cinematography of Haskell Wexler ("One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," "Matewan," "Who's Afraid Of Virgina Woolf. ") and the editing genius of future director Hal Ashby ("Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," "Coming Home"). "The Loved One" is frightfully overlooked and overflowing with slapstick wit, poking fun at everything from the burial of citizens of the English Empire in America to the Italian Mafia's influence on Hollywood and the ridiculous... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Why we still heed the Rolling Stones Mar 30, 2008
" There's plenty to quibble about with the Rolling Stones. I still have a $50 ticket stub from the Voodoo Lounge tour in San Antonio, the last time I even bothered. At the time, the ticket price seemed sky-high (hah!), the seats offered a fine view of the rafters, and the show included giant, inflatable honky-tonk women. I don't recall if there was an inflatable Satan for Sympathy for the Devil, but it wouldn't have surprised. Without the context of having grown old with the band, my Stones... (Houston Chronicle)
An unpredictability you can rely on Mar 21, 2008
As a movie fan, he says he's as devoted to the anarchic comic parts of John Belushi in Animal House or Bill Murray in Stripes as he is to the bravura performances of De Niro in Taxi Driver or Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. His role in Snow Angels represents a chance to play a character who is both absurd and deeply alarming. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: Go 'Wild' for Sean Penn's moving film Mar 7, 2008
As the quirkiest filmmaker to have won two Academy Awards for direction (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus), the great Milos Forman will never turn out "just another movie." A two-part story broken by an extensive time lapse in the middle, this barely released epic is the director's first misfire since 1989's Valmont. Awkward and unrealized, though entertaining up to a point, it begins during the Spanish Inquisition as a Goya model (Natalie Portman) is unjustly imprisoned and raped in... (USA Today -- Life)
An Oakville Repertory Group Puts on Productions Like... Mar 7, 2008
Plays presented in the past have included "Godspell," "I Hate Hamlet" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Several new plays on the roster have included "Four Days In November (The Kennedy Assassination)," "Whatever Happened to Amelia Earhart?" and "A Christmas Carol," which was the first new production done when the couple moved to the theater in Oakville. The new plays are often works the couple has written themselves. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Cast set for new Neil LaBute play Mar 7, 2008
Helmed by Terry Kinney ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), the world preem of "pretty" begins a limited run at the Lucille Lortel Theater May 14 ahead of a June 2 opening. In recent years MCC has produced LaBute plays "Fat Pig," "Some Girl(s)," and "In a Dark Dark House," among others. (Variety)
Tribe mailbag: Will Crowe get a callup? Mar 4, 2008
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The unfortunately true tale of Trader Lane's dim-witted decision to swap Rocky Colavito for Harvey Kuenn. Platoon: Two outfielders. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Continuereading Feb 28, 2008
And, in a look back at the favorite Oscar-winning films of each decade, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest claimed the 1970s prize, Rain Man was voted the Favorite Oscar Winner of the 1980s, Forrest Gump beat Titanic for the 1990s honor, and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was named the Favorite Film of the new century so far. COPYRIGHT 2008 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NETWORK LTD. All Global Rights Reserved. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
What's so funny? Feb 26, 2008
In the modern era, Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Sting (1973), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Terms of Endearment (1983), Rain Man (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and even Forrest Gump (1994) won best-picture prizes by leavening their bread of life with humour. In contrast, the best animated-feature Oscar almost always goes to a comedy. (Winnipeg Sun)
If we get lucky, Corey Feldman will duet with Jerry Lewis! Feb 25, 2008
(Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1976). I'm going to cry because this show has been as long as my career. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Sarah Polley's write of passage Feb 24, 2008
" She murmurs something about the arbitrary nature of awards. Presenter Joan Fontaine takes her seat and still Garson continues ... for seven minutes.Louise Fletcher 1976 Fletcher, who won Best Actress for her villainous performance as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tells the audience, "I've loved being hated by you" and thanks Jack Nicholson for making "being in a mental institution like being in a mental institution. " She then proceeds to sign her acceptance speech to her... (Toronto Star)
Debate regarding appropriateness of novel dominates much of meeting Feb 22, 2008
An impassioned debate regarding appropriateness of Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," offered in conjunction with a dual credit English class at Mexico High School during the recently completed fall semester, was the focal point of much of Tuesday night's Mexico School District board of education meeting ... In a 2001 BBC News interview in which he reflected on "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," especially its final scene, Forman stated "that was the dream of anybody living in... (Mexico Ledger, MO)
The anti-hero isn't new to the world of Oscar Feb 21, 2008
A few irredeemable villains do sneak through now and then, such as Louise Fletcher as sadistic Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) or Denzel Washington's corrupt cop in Training Day (2001). Pure goodness can reign, too, as it did with Bing Crosby's priest in Going My Way (1944) or Julie Andrews' practically perfect nanny in Mary Poppins (1964). (USA Today -- Life)
Students take the stage in High School Musical Feb 19, 2008
Lupecito wrote on Feb 16, 2008 1:47 PM:" I have never understood why people think southwest shows are the best. I mean, they constantly sell out, if not very well, and shows performed by Brawley High struggle to find audiences. The wierd thing is, Brawley shows tend to be much better! They have some really talented kids. And when I watch a southwest show, it's just like the movie version. Brawley shows dare to be different. Oh, and why wasn't there an article on Brawley's production of One Flew... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Venus allowed to descend into the underworld Feb 16, 2008
A Sadler's Wells poster for Insane in the Brain, a dance version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, was also reprieved. It shows a dancer with his modesty preserved only by a large red cuckoo clock, and was first turned down not just for nudity but because the graffiti style graphics might encourage further contributions. (Guardian Unlimited)
An old proJack Nicholson on the art of seduction and ageing disgracefully Feb 16, 2008
1976 - Best actor: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1984 - Supporting actor: Terms of Endearment 1998 - Best actor: As Good As It Gets. Director Rob Reiner said it had initially been hard to attract interest from the studios in the idea of a film "about old guys dying of cancer" in the "ageist" film industry. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Does anyone care about the Oscars? Feb 16, 2008
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975 8. "The Towering Inferno," 1974 9. (CNN -- Showbiz)
The Bucket List Feb 15, 2008
For a brief moment I thought Rob Reiner's film might actually be OK. The early, shaven-headed segments are far and away the best, as Nicholson - all glamour gone - vomits into his toilet bowl or is seen ignominiously taped, tubed and twitching as he undergoes a brain operation under general anaesthetic (shades of his indelible ECT session in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). Then these glimmers of mortality are swept under the carpet in favour of a boisterous globe-hopping jaunt in the manner of... (Guardian Unlimited)
Milos Forman: A director's universal language Feb 13, 2008
" More precisely, Forman lives in New York City, as he has since he came to the United States in 1969. He shot his first American movie on the streets of New York: "Taking Off" (1971), a comedy centered, like so many of his films, on the distance between parents and their children. Starring Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as a suburban couple whose teenage daughter (Linnea Heacock) has disappeared into the wilds of the East Village, it remains one of the most closely and compassionately observed... (International Herald Tribune)
Wells College features the ‘Psychology' in films Feb 10, 2008
Later screening will include: Memento on March 3, The Hours on March 31 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on April 28. If you go. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Sundance film a valentine to Chicago Feb 6, 2008
He has gone on to direct "A Streetcar Named Desire," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Streamers" there as well as the Tony Award-winning revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on Broadway. With "Diminished Capacity," Kinney had the opportunity to take the helm of a feature film that combines quirky elements of humor with a classic tale of redemption, as offbeat and improbable as it might seem. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
This week's DVD releases Feb 2, 2008
The King of California is a likeable, loopy film much in the vein of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Michael Douglas stretches himself again as a bi-polar mental patient who is released from hospital to reunite with his teenage daughter played by Evan Rachel Wood. (Prince George Citizen)
Lights, camera, inaction! Staring at the wall is part of the plot in sci-fi thriller filmed in Windsor Jan 22, 2008
After a long moment, actress Jennine Corbin - in a role reminiscent of Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - stomped out of the kitchen and barked, "What's all the hubbub about?". This was just one of 250 detailed shots that will work together to create the 15-20-minute episode called "Rocked d." It is the second of four episodes that will make up the science fiction thriller, "The Last Day.". (Journal Inquirer, CT)
AMC now major drama player Jan 19, 2008
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" got a 30th anniversary sendoff under the "AMC Celebrates" umbrella. The network constructed another 30th-anni special around "Taxi Driver," Collier says, inviting director Scorsese and cast members including Jodie Foster and Cybill Shepherd to do some on-air interviews about the cultural impact of the movie. (Variety)
Fool for Love Jan 18, 2008
He's received 12 Oscar nominations, winning for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Terms of Endearment" and "As Good as it Gets.". The March/April issue of AARP The Magazine will be available the week of Jan. 24. (Fox News)
Electroshock therapy makes a comeback Jan 17, 2008
The treatment has long been portrayed as a form of torture, with flailing patients strapped to gurneys and involuntarily subjected to jolts of electricity while awake, as depicted in the 1975 movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.". "It used to be done without anesthesia," Hill said. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain Jan 15, 2008
For most people, it remains indelibly associated with dramatic invention: with the dazed, incoherent character of Catherine in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer or with Jack Nicholson's Oscar-winning performance as a deranged asylum inmate in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. But for a time in the 1930s and Forties, the procedure was at the forefront of neurosurgery, viewed by the medical establishment as a cutting-edge treatment for mental illness. (Guardian Unlimited)
Jack Nicholson's top 5 films Jan 12, 2008
3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): The best example of what would become almost self-parody in later films. Nicholson goes almost over the top but not quite as Randle Patrick McMurphy, faking his way out of a prison term. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Directors chew the fat Jan 12, 2008
Schnabel: There was a great line in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) where Jack Nicholson says, "Don't be on my side.". THR: How difficult was it for you to go from one art form to another. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Literary War: Booze Vs. LSD Jan 11, 2008
In "Wallace Stegner and the American West," out next month from Knopf, Philip Frad kin reveals that boozing, drug- using Kesey, who later penned "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," considered strait- laced Stegner a "fairly talented illiterate" who was "not writing to people any longer, not people he knows and loves, any way. He's writing to a classroom and his col leagues . . . [His] aca demic life has come to the end of its usefulness." The in sults so in- furiated Stegner, author of "Angle of... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Jack (Nicholson) of all trades Jan 11, 2008
He would be nominated again for "Five Easy Pieces," and then finally win his first Academy Award for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He would win a second gold statuette for "Terms of Endearment" and a third for "As Good As It Gets.". But even when he wasn't winning Oscars, he was creating cinematic history in films such as "Chinatown," "The Shining" and "Prizzi's Honor.". (New Haven Register, CT)
'Bucket' Of Mischief Jan 6, 2008
Some screw is permanently loose, leading to such whacked-out delights as "The Shining," the nastiness in "Five Easy Pieces," the raunchy rebelliousness of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Terms of Endearment," even the surly focus of "Chinatown." He has the gift of being ironic and totally present at the same time. "The Bucket List," opening Friday in the Bay Area, is part of the Nicholson oeuvre that includes "Anger Management," "Wolf," "Batman," "Something's Gotta Give," even "The... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Golden Globe History & Trivia Jan 4, 2008
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is the only film to win in all five major categories (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay). From 1958 to 1963, the awards were only televised locally in the Los Angeles Area. (Suite101.com)
Jon Voight glad to be the hero Dec 31, 2007
" That willingness to seek out unusual roles saw unsuccessful attempts by Voight to land parts in Milos Forman's classic "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List. " "These were unique characters and the actors who portrayed them gave inspired, memorable performances," Voight says. A movie set is no place for prima-donnas With "National Treasure" on release, Voight has two more films in the pipeline: "Pride and Glory," a crime film co-starring Colin Farrell and... (iAfrica.com)
Critics pick the best of 2007 Dec 29, 2007
Best Male Actor: Jonathan Epstein, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, July 10 to 28, Educating Rita, August 22 to October 30, The Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge. If there was a better performance by a male actor in 2007 than Jonathan Epstein's portrayal of McMurphy in a staggering production of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest at Berkshire Theater Festival, it was Jonathan Epstein as an irascible, middle-aged failed poet/professor who has reluctantly agreed to tutor a 28-year old, married,... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Czech, thanks Dec 20, 2007
APART from perhaps Milos (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) Forman, Jiri Menzel might be the most famous Czech film director. Forman fled communism to make his name in Hollywood but Menzel remained in his homeland to wrestle with the authorities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Michael Douglas named Nightly announcer Dec 19, 2007
Douglas won a best actor Oscar for 1987's "Wall Street." He won a best picture Oscar for 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.". Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)
Cops: KFC manager beat to death with chair Dec 15, 2007
wrote on Dec 13, 2007 11:57 AM:" I think I have an answer that will make everyone happy. Anti-death penalty people as well as those of us who don't want to waste tax-payer $$$$ on repeat offenders like this monster... Have you seen the movie "One flew over the cuckoo's nest"? Give animals like this a lobotomy and send him home to his loving family. ". To Pastor Meyers wrote on Dec 13, 2007 11:53 AM:" WHAT?? HARD LIFE?? I can't wait to hear your sermon about excuses vs responsibility. ". (Munster Times, IN)
Nicholson doesn't hug; Dec 12, 2007
From "Five Easy Pieces" to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" to "As Good as It Gets," Nicholson has been the nation's resident anarchist -- rebellious, angry and sardonic. With his easy confidence, Freeman has come to represent a benign, wise paternal figure -- the voice of authority without its brutalizing edge. (Los Angeles Times)
No Country wins season's first film award Dec 6, 2007
He and Saul Zaentz shared a best picture Oscar for producing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1976. The awards can be an indicator of what to expect for the Academy Awards, the top honors of the film business, which will be presented in February. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Vote with the remote Dec 1, 2007
It's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest meets All The Movies About Teams That Can't Possibly Win And Then Do. This is delicate. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lee Grant's 10 book-to-box office adaptations that worked Dec 1, 2007
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962): Academy Awards for best picture, actor, actress, director and adapted screenplay (from Ken Kesey's killer book). The film features Jack Nicholson's cuckoo mental patient, Randall P. McMurphy, and the scary Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Top heroes and villians named in movie list Nov 28, 2007
Villains 1 The Joker (Batman: The Movie) 2 Darth Vader (Star Wars) 3 Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) 4 Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 5 Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) 6 Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) 7 Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men) 8 Michael Myers (The Halloween series) 9 Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) 10 Norman Bates (Psycho) 11 Bridget Gregory/Wendy Kroy (The Last Seduction) 12 Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th series) 13 Saruman the White (The... (NEWS.com.au)
After ending his feud with Creedence's old record label, John Fogerty is having a revival with that CCR sound Nov 27, 2007
" He attributes his good mood, in part, to having settled his long-standing differences with Fantasy Records. Actually, his feud was with longtime label owner Saul Zaentz. Fogerty sued for the rights to his Creedence songs, but Fantasy owned them. Then in 1985, Zaentz sued Fogerty for defamation over the solo songs Mr. Greed and Zanz Can't Dance and for copyright infringement, charging that the new song Old Man Down the Road copied Creedence's Run Through the Jungle. Zaentz won the defamation... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Reasons to watch this get lost in 'The Mist' Nov 21, 2007
Better than "The Godfather Part II" and "Casablanca" and even "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". . (Boston Globe)
Letters to the Editor Nov 21, 2007
I haven't attended a navigation district meeting in years, but the sequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is still alive and well in Aransas County. Actually, I'm not convinced the outgoing board members aren't the real winners after all. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
New on DVD: 'Shrek' has great first and final thirds Nov 16, 2007
Back story: Full of "writer's angst" despite his character's literary success, Albert Finney is edgily unpredictable, honoring an admired script by Bo Goldman, an Oscar winner for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and 1980's Melvin and Howard. And Diane Keaton (family-exhausted wife) is close to her peak. (USA Today -- Life)
Read on... Nov 8, 2007
Three Films That Mean A lot to Me:Annie Hall, directed by Woody AllenScarface, directed by Brian De Palma One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, directed by Milos Forman. Last CD I Bought:Heavier Things, John Mayer. (Variety)
A Revival for Creedence Clearwater's John Fogerty Nov 7, 2007
" Adding insult to injury, the guy who held control of his songs and all the Creedence recording masters, Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz, used that money to seed a prestigious film production company, first achieving acclaim with the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Later, an ungrateful Zaentz had the tenacity to sue Fogerty for writing/performing new songs that "sounded too much" like Creedence material. And Fogerty's former bandmates signed away (also to Zaentz) their... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
