"Ken Kesey\u00B4s successful novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u00B4s Nest became not only a cult text but the author assumed the role of the protagonist in real life and created a following of fans, the Merry Pranksters. There was an element of dissent in Kesey\u00B4 s writing and life which appealed to the Czech immigrant film director, Milo\u0161 Forman. The two artists never met and Kesey never realized that his rebellion against the totalitarian ?combine? was successfully transformed into a protest story against the Communist regime in Forman\u00B4s Czechoslovakia." . "RIV/61989592:15210/08:00006714!RIV10-MSM-15210___" . "Ken Kesey\u00B4s successful novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u00B4s Nest became not only a cult text but the author assumed the role of the protagonist in real life and created a following of fans, the Merry Pranksters. There was an element of dissent in Kesey\u00B4 s writing and life which appealed to the Czech immigrant film director, Milo\u0161 Forman. The two artists never met and Kesey never realized that his rebellion against the totalitarian ?combine? was successfully transformed into a protest story against the Communist regime in Forman\u00B4s Czechoslovakia."@en . "1"^^ . "Ken Kesey: The Laying of Cuckoo Eggs"@en . . . . "15210" . "Ken Kesey; counterculture; hippie movement; cult literature; cult films; dissent; Milo\u0161 Forman"@en . "Ken Kesey: The Laying of Cuckoo Eggs" . . "[2A249EDB7CD1]" . "Z(MSM6198959211)" . "16"^^ . . "374731" . "Ken Kesey: The Laying of Cuckoo Eggs"@en . . . . . . . . "RIV/61989592:15210/08:00006714" . . "Ken Kesey: The Laying of Cuckoo Eggs" . "258"^^ . . . "978-80-244-2126-1" . . . "Ja\u0159ab, Josef" . . "Cult Fiction & Cult Film: Multiple Perspectives" . . "Univerzita Palack\u00E9ho v Olomouci" . "1"^^ .