Music mogul Saul Zaentz and actor Michael Douglas were first-time movie producers on the film version of Ken Kesey’s novel, a box office smash that won Best Picture and Director Oscars for its gravely funny portrait of not-so-quiet rebellion at a mental hospital in 1963. Kael complimented Oscar winners Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher for, respectively, letting “you see into him, rather than controlling what he lets you see” and her “masterly performance.”