While there’s all sorts of hoopla surrounding the 40th anniversary of “The Goonies,” another movie filmed in Oregon is celebrating a big birthday this year. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the Oscar-winning film adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, opened in 1975.
“The Goonies” may have a 40th birthday bash “Goonies Weekend” coming up, but the 50th anniversary of “Cuckoo’s Nest” is being marked in a less boisterous way, with a campaign that connects with themes explored in the film.
A community initiative called “Knit for Mental Fitness” is inviting members of the public to knit Watch Caps, like the headgear Jack Nicholson’s character, Randle P.McMurphy, wore in “Cuckoo’s Nest.”…