I recently realized that movie night at the Lincoln house started seven years ago. It started with my near-Uncle Paul telling me about the epics I needed to see, and with me agreeing that I was lacking in certain cinematic knowledge. So, it began that he, my dad, and I would watch movies on Thursday nights. We started with BEN HUR and TEN COMMANDMENTS and EL CID. Soon, Liz and John were added to our roster, along with whatever friends happened to be around that week (at least thirty people have participated at one time or another, with out highest total for one week being twelve). As the years went by, and as Paul could no longer attend, movie night became more about seeing newer movies we had missed, with the occasional classic. Liz and I were on our honeymoon, and movie night came up in conversation. We talked about how we should, along with newer films, be mixing in more of the older stuff that some of us never seen. The regular attendees were now her, myself, John, and my Dad with my mom watching approximately half of them, and some other friends making it intermittently. The following week, as luck would have it, John and I had a conversation about Robert Parish, and I mentioned the nomenclature of his nickname, The Chief. This led to John telling me he hadn’t seen CUCKOO’S NEST, and the first movie night of what felt like a new era (since Liz and I hadn’t made it in a month plus due to wedding commitments) was decided there!
Continue reading ‘johnlink ranks ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)’
Posted in johnlink favorite flicks, ~ O ~, ~~~ 1975 ~~~
Tags: drama
johnlinkmovies 