Movie Club is a seasonal series exploring different cinematic themes. The inaugural edition delves into literary adaptations and films connected to the Hudson Valley. Read the book (optional), watch the film, and join an engaging discussion led by educator Vic Messick.

Purchase the entire Movie Club series for $150 by emailing programming@bedfordplayhouse.org

When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He’s on one side of a brewing war, soft-spoken, cooly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward.

This electrifying adaptation of Ken Kesey’s acclaimed bestseller swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas), Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, it soars.

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