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Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dead at age 88
Posted on 9/23/22 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 9/23/22 at 8:37 pm
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Louise Fletcher, whose Oscar-winning performance as the sadistic Nurse Ratched in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest gave Hollywood one of its greatest all-time villains and provided the culture with a portrait of bureaucratic evil so indelible that the character’s last name could carry a TV series 45 years later…
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Posted on 9/23/22 at 8:40 pm to RollTide1987
Birmingham, Alabama native.
She also had a major part in DS9 as Wynne.
I know she is morally repugnant, but Ratched was still hot as frick. She could give me my pills any day she wanted.
She also had a major part in DS9 as Wynne.
I know she is morally repugnant, but Ratched was still hot as frick. She could give me my pills any day she wanted.
Posted on 9/23/22 at 8:45 pm to RollTide1987
One of the weirdest Oscars.
1) Her performance is quite unremarkable to say the least (think of what someone like Anne Bancroft could have done with the role) and 2) her part is quite small. But 1975 was an especially bad year for actresses, with little to choose from.
1) Her performance is quite unremarkable to say the least (think of what someone like Anne Bancroft could have done with the role) and 2) her part is quite small. But 1975 was an especially bad year for actresses, with little to choose from.
Posted on 9/23/22 at 8:52 pm to Kafka
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1) Her performance is quite unremarkable to say the least (think of what someone like Anne Bancroft could have done with the role) and 2) her part is quite small.
1) there is no accounting for taste
But
2) How can you say her part was “small”?
Posted on 9/23/22 at 9:03 pm to RollTide1987
She was the grandmother in Flowers in the Attic… even worse than the Ratched performance.
This post was edited on 9/23/22 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 9/23/22 at 10:38 pm to UndercoverBryologist
quote:I googled "Louise Fletcher screen time nest":
2) How can you say her part was “small”?
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16.96%
Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Screen time: 16.96%
Regardless of the power she wields, the size of Ratched's role doesn't justify lead status. She is a supporting villain no matter how iconic she is or how much analysis she inspires
Posted on 9/23/22 at 10:52 pm to Kafka
Would it surprise you to know that Robin Williams was only on screen for 26 percent of Dead Poets Society’s run-time?
Posted on 9/23/22 at 10:54 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 9/23/22 at 10:57 pm to Kafka
quote:
1) Her performance is quite unremarkable to say the least (think of what someone like Anne Bancroft could have done with the role) and 2) her part is quite small. But 1975 was an especially bad year for actresses, with little to choose from.
The frick? Nurse Ratched is one of the greatest and most memorable villains ever.
Analyzing Evil: Nurse Ratched
Posted on 9/23/22 at 11:01 pm to Honest Tune
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She was the grandmother in Flowers in the Attic… even worse than the Ratched performance.
Of movies I truly hate, Flowers in the Attic is up there. Just a vile film/book.
Posted on 9/23/22 at 11:02 pm to UndercoverBryologist
quote:Would it surprise you to know that he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
Would it surprise you to know that Robin Williams was only on screen for 26 percent of Dead Poets Society’s run-time?
Posted on 9/23/22 at 11:04 pm to Kafka
For Good Will Hunting, not for Dead Poets Society. He was nominated for Best Lead Actor for DPS.
And Brando was only on-screen for 23 percent of The Godfather.
And Brando was only on-screen for 23 percent of The Godfather.
This post was edited on 9/23/22 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 9/23/22 at 11:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist
quote:My bad. I hate both those movies and mixed them up
For Good Will Hunting, not for Dead Poets Society. He was nominated for Best Lead Actor for DPS
quote:Been waiting for someone to bring this up
And Brandon was only on-screen for 23 percent of The Godfather
Yes, Brando in tGF is, at most, a second lead. And that's pushing it. Pacino is the lead in tGF.
IIRC Pacino didn't attend the Oscars that year b/c he was pissed he'd been placed in the supporting category.
And before anyone mentions him, Anthony Hopkins was in the leading actor category for SOTL b/c his contract stipulated the studio would advertise him that way for the Oscars that year, rather than in supporting.
While his performance is great, I've always found it curious Lee Marvin won a lead Oscar for Cat Ballou. It's not really a lead.
I don't want to get hung up on numbers, but Ratched is clearly a supporting role.
It works in reverse sometimes. Pacino in tGF. You can make a strong case Tatum O'Neal is the lead of Paper Moon. And George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke has a huge second lead part -- remember he's on screen for a long stretch when Newman escapes.
Posted on 9/24/22 at 12:47 am to Honest Tune
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She was the grandmother in Flowers in the Attic… even worse than the Ratched performance.
Never knew this. She played cold, emotionless evil pretty damn good.
Posted on 9/24/22 at 1:40 am to RollTide1987
Great actress. Also enjoyed her on Shameless as Frank's Mom
This post was edited on 9/24/22 at 1:42 am
Posted on 9/24/22 at 1:42 am to Kafka
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One of the weirdest Oscars.
1) Her performance is quite unremarkable to say the least (think of what someone like Anne Bancroft could have done with the role) and 2) her part is quite small. But 1975 was an especially bad year for actresses, with little to choose from.
The more recent film to sweep the big 5 at the Oscars (Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Actress) had Sir Anthony Hopkins on screen for only 16 minutes.
Posted on 9/24/22 at 1:52 am to OMLandshark
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Of movies I truly hate, Flowers in the Attic is up there. Just a vile film/book.
That was a huge book at the time.
Fletcher deserved the Oscar because I got lost in the fact she was acting...just thought they hired a sadist.
And apparently she was a sweetheart IRL. RIP She's iconic.
This post was edited on 9/24/22 at 1:54 am
Posted on 9/24/22 at 5:52 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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And apparently she was a sweetheart IRL. RIP She's iconic.
Apparently she excelled at playing villains because it was fun playing a character so different from who she was off the screen.
Fletcher "retired" from acting for 11 years to raise her children and came back just in time to land a string of great roles, including Nurse Ratched.
Posted on 9/24/22 at 5:59 am to RollTide1987
As a Star Trek fan I have to say she played one of the best Villains as the power hungry religious leader Kai Wynn in Depp Space Nine
This post was edited on 9/24/22 at 6:13 am
Posted on 9/24/22 at 5:59 am to RollTide1987
F’s in the chat
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