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Michael Douglas to Present Restored 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

The gala presentation unites Paul Zaentz with members of Forman’s family under the festival’s Out of the Past series.

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Overview

  • At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival running July 4–12, Michael Douglas will unveil a newly restored print of the 1975 classic to mark its 50th anniversary.
  • The special gala screening on July 4 is programmed in the festival’s Out of the Past section, which highlights landmark films from cinema history.
  • Producer Paul Zaentz will join Douglas at the screening alongside members of director Miloš Forman’s family.
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest remains one of only two films to sweep the five major Academy AwardsBest Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay.
  • Douglas, Forman, Zaentz, and actor Danny DeVito have each received Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.