Oscar's Golden Moments: Jack Nicholson Wins His First Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Against heavy competition from Al Pacino, Walter Mathau,  Maximilian Schell, and James Whitmore, a young Jack Nicholson won his first Best Actor Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975).

The film received nine Oscar nominations, winning five for Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay.