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Mar 2, 1972 · A 1971 action drama film based on Ken Kesey's novel, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda as feuding Oregon loggers. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
Sometimes a Great Notion (a.k.a. Never Give A Inch on some commercial television broadcasts) is a 1971 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, and Lee Remick. The cast also includes Richard Jaeckel in an Academy Award-nominated performance.
Sometimes a Great Notion is the second novel by American author Ken Kesey, published in 1964. While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus.
Kesey's next novel, Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), appeared two years later and was also made into a film, this time directed by Paul Newman. The story was set in a logging community and centered on two brothers and their bitter rivalry in the family.
Paul Newman directs and stars in this drama about a timber family defying a strike in the Northwest. The review praises Newman's direction, the lumber scenes, and some of the characters, but questions the Fonda character's pride.
Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A family of independent Oregon loggers refuses to participate in a local strike against the big lumber...
A film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel about a family of lumberjacks in the Northwest. Starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick and others, directed by Paul Newman.