Michael Douglas, Restored ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ at KVIFF

Michael Douglas will join this year’s parade of stars attending the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which has long been a magnet for Hollywood stars.

The star will travel to the picturesque Czech spa town to present a screening of a newly restored version of Czech-American directing legend Milos Forman‘s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, on which Douglas was a producer and which starred Jack Nicholson. The screening will be part of KVIFF’s “Out of the Past” section.

“The 1975 classic, which swept the Oscars and earned dozens of international awards, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year,” the festival highlighted. “Michael Douglas, one of the film’s producers and recipient of the Academy Award for best picture, will personally introduce the restored version at a special gala screening. He will be joined by fellow producer Paul Zaentz — nephew of the late Saul Zaentz, who co-produced the film, as well as members of Milos Forman’s family.”

The screening is also a celebration of Karlovy Vary’s long-standing ties to Cuckoo’s Nest and its creatives. “Forman was a loyal supporter of the festival, and he, along with Douglas, Zaentz, and actor Danny DeVito, who also starred in the film, are all recipients of the festival’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema,” the fest noted. “The film made Oscar history as only the second to win all five major Academy Award categories: best picture (Douglas and Zaentz), best director (Forman), best actor (Jack Nicholson), best actress (Louise Fletcher), and best adapted screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).”

Michael Douglas and late Karlovy Vary International Film Festival president Jiri Bartoska (right).

Courtesy of Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary

Douglas last visited Karlovy Vary in 1998, when he and Saul Zaentz were honored with the Crystal Globe.

Said KVIFF executive director Krystof Mucha: “The presence of Michael Douglas, Paul Zaentz, and the Forman family will make this an unforgettable moment in the festival’s history.”