What's the Difference between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the Book and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the Movie?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Book vs Movie
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McMurphy figures out that Bromden isn't deaf when the latter refuses a sleeping pill from him without seeing what it is. |
McMurphy discovers that Bromden can hear and speak while they are waiting in the Disturbed ward. |
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When the world series is scheduled to come on TV, McMurphy sits in front of the set, which has been turned off by Ratched, and simply remains there as the other patients join him and Ratched screams for them to go back to work. |
McMurphy starts to narrate an imaginary match, which prompts the other patients to stop working and sit around him. Ratched simply uses the loudspeaker to try and get them back to work.
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Dr. Spivey is shown to be as intimidated by Ratched as the patients, and empathises with them on several occasions. |
Spivey is distant from the patients, and does not seem to be influenced by Ratched. |
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The fishing trip is agreed on by the hospital authorities (mostly Dr. Spivey) after it is proposed by McMurphy. |
The trip happens spontaneously when McMurphy seizes control of the patients' bus, and does not involve Spivey.
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George Sorensen, a germophobic patient, reveals he has had experience as a sea captain in the past, and is convinced by McMurphy to lead the fishing trip. |
Sorensen is absent from the film. |