people in the institution? >> mcmurphy was maybe the equipment essential role for jack nicholson. it was a part he could be completely wild and crazy and bounce off-the-walls and bring that kind of unhinge d energy. >> there was a sensibility back then of being fed up with authority, its rigidity. >> i want that television set turned on right now. >> and that's nurse ratchet. so this is film about a rebel. >> who do you think you are for christ's sake? crazy or something? well, you're not. you're not. you're no crazier than the