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12. One Studio Wanted McMurphy to Live

When the producers were shopping the film to various studios, 20th Century Fox expressed interest in distributing it. However, they had one stipulation. They wanted to change the ending so that Jack Nicholson’s character, Randle Patrick McMurphy, wouldn’t die in the end. The producers steadfastly refused to compromise the integrity of the story, and ultimately United Artists got the distribution deal.

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