CTV29 presents a special 50th anniversary screening celebration of one of Oregon most important films — “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Saturday, December 6th, 2025. 5 p.m. CTV29, Lane County Film Studios, Oregon Film, Travel Lane County, and McKenzie Reel Film are proud to present the first in an upcoming series of iconic Made in Oregon films, starting with a special 50th anniversary screening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, based on local author Ken Kesey’s best-selling novel. The film accomplished something only two other films in history have ever done: at the 1976 Oscars it won Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film. The only other films to garner the full sweep, you ask? “It Happened One Night” (1934), and “Silence of the Lambs” (1991).Filmed at the Salem Mental Hospital, with some active patients serving as extras, the film is a landmark in cinema…