One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the story of a man trying to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
 He then lifts the hydrotherapy console off the floor, smashes it through the window gates, and escapes alone (thus being the one who flew over the cuckoos nest), all while the remaining inmates, having been woken up by the glass breaking noise, watch and cheer him on
 Eventually, he sold the rights to his son Michael Douglas, who succeeded in getting the film producedbut the elder Douglas, by then nearly 60, was considered too old for the McMurphy role, Gene Hackman, James Caan, Marlon Brando, and Burt Reynolds were also considered, but all four turned down the role, which ultimately went to 37-year-old Jack Nicholson

