Oscar Alert
Oscar Nominations: 5
Picture, produced by Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Supporting Actress: Lily Tomlin
Supporting Actress: Ronee Blakley
Original Song: “I'm Easy,” music and lyrics by Keith Carradine
Oscar Awards: 1
Original song
Oscar Context
In 1975, Milos Forman's “One Flew Over the Cuckoko's Nest” swept most of the Oscars, including Picture, Director, Actor Jack Nicholson, and Actress Louise Fletcher, who initially was cast in the role that Lily Tomlin played, based on her deaf parents; Fletcher was fired by Altman in a well-publicized case.
