The book One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest by Ken Kesey was also made into a movie which was directed by Forman. I believe that there are a few main differences between the book and the movie, which leads me to believe why Kesey did not approve of the film when compared to his book. "Kesey has been quoted as saying that he has never watched Forman's rendition and sued the producers because the rewriting of the screenplay, and especially the narration, not being told from the eyes of the Chief was one factor that Kesey couldn't understand" (International Writers Magazine). Not only do they not see it from Chief`s view, but the way that Nurse Ratched is Portrayed is totally wrong.
In the book she is reffered to as "The Big Nurse. "They make her seem as though she is a a big stocky lady who everyone is afraid of and she gets mad extremely easy and blow up. "She`s going to tear the black bastrads limb from limb, she`s so furious. She`s swelling up, swells till her back`s splitting out the white uniform ans she`s let her arms section out long enough to wrap around the three of them five, six times"(Kesey 5). In the movie the nurse is portrayed as a skinny tall nurse that`s not "big" in any way. She has a cool and calm temper. You can tell the difference in the scene where she walks into the ward the night after the boys had their let loose with Mac. She is very calm and just asks the security guard to check and see where everyone is and to shut the window. When she founds out where Billy is she calmly says she will have to tell his mom. In the book she would have got red and been ready to tear someone apart(McMurphy). There are more than just those two differences in the book and movie which proves why Kesey didn`t approve of the movie.
URL - http://www.hackwriters.com/oneflew.htm
Name-Hackwriters.com
Published-1999 2005
