Read 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' and recall laughing as hard as I have ever laughed in my life and crying just as hard. The book literally changed my internal landscape. Led me to a broadening of cultural perspective I, otherwise would have never experienced. I'm grateful to Mr. Kesey and deeply saddened by his passing. If at all possible would suggest finding the Rolling Stone article he wrote re John Lennon. I think it was Jan/81. I agree, the movie couldn't hold a candle to the book. Always pictured Ernest Borgnine as McMurphy for some reason.