RIP Louise Fletcher

[matt_garth]

 

[swingline]

So great in that role. Truly menacing.

 

[BTExpress]

I always thought Nurse Pilbow was cute.

 

[MileHigh]

So incredible in that role. Off-the-charts amazing.

 

[tea and ease]

Excellent in that Ratched role. I hated her. RIP

 

[UPChip]

Suck it, Kai Winn.

 

[DanOregon]

The original Karen as Ratched. I never understood why she didn't get better roles afterward.

 

[Songbird]

A movie everyone should see.

She was phenomenal as Ratched.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

In the 80s, there was a film adaptation of VC Andrews’ book, “Flowers in the Attic” about a nutty mother keeping her kids locked in their rich grandparents’ attic as part of her attempt at rejoining the family and getting rich. (My wife was a huge fan of Andrews’ books).

Fletcher played the role of the evil grandmother who kept the kids locked up in tbr attic. She played her hateful heel role beautifully.

RIP

 

[dixiehack]

A movie everyone should see.

She was phenomenal as Ratched.

I watched it once, and never again. Powerful movie, but once is enough.

 

[Songbird]

Sometimes you play a character that makes it impossible for us to see you as anyone else ever again.

Fletcher was that with Nurse Ratched.

I think Christoph Waltz was that with Col. Hans Landa in Basterds.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I guess recreation time is over.

RIP.

 

[Ookpik]

RIP.

 

[swingline]

Another movie that held up to or surpassed the book, which is amazing in its own right.

 

[BartonK]

Best part about that clip is nearly-unrecognizable Christopher Lloyd and nearly-unrecognizable Danny DeVito.

 

[Songbird]

Best part about that clip is nearly-unrecognizable Christopher Lloyd and nearly-unrecognizable Danny DeVito.

The first few looks of confusion that DeVito gives Nicholson as things are ratcheting up are pure gold.

 

[outofplace]

Sometimes you play a character that makes it impossible for us to see you as anyone else ever again.

Fletcher was that with Nurse Ratched.

I think Christoph Waltz was that with Col. Hans Landa in Basterds.

It was difficult to see her as anything but a villain after that. UPChip posted the clip of her character's death in Deep Space 9. Fletcher played Kai Winn Adami as a ruthless, manipulative religious leader who was driven more by politics and power than faith. It was political commentary that absolutely holds up today and she played it well.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I haven't seen Cuckoo's Nest, but I loved her work in Canadian Bacon.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I disagree on Landa, actually. Waltz was pretty damned good in Django, too, and his character was plenty memorable.

 

[OscarMadison]

Best part about that clip is nearly-unrecognizable Christopher Lloyd and nearly-unrecognizable Danny DeVito.

Vincent Schiavelli was in that scene, too.

The current pictures of the cast are less recognizable. Lloyd looks like he could be Alton Brown's dad.

buckaroo banzai - Google Search

Edited to add: Well, that was interesting. I couldn't remember Schiavelli's name and a search for his book on Italian home cooking brought up nothing, so I had to think of something else he'd been in. Here is the cast of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest:

one flew over the cuckoo's nest cast - Google Search