A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Written by Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Running Time: 150 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1971

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Colour

Famous for the copycat violence that controversially surrounded the film's release in 1971 and director Stanley Kubrick's decision to withdraw it in the UK in 1973 until his death in 1999, A Clockwork Orange can now be judged for what it is: intelligent, visually stunning but still incredibly disturbing.

Based on Anthony Burgess's disturbing novel about England in the totalitarian future, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) - a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk - leads his gang of "droogs" on ultra-violent assaults.

When he is eventually captured by the authorities, Alex is subjected to nasty behaviour-modification therapy and is conditioned to abhor violence. After he becomes a victim to his past victims, society sees what the state has done to him and the tables are ironically turned.

An extraordinary film.

Cast

	Malcolm McDowell		Alexander 'Alex' de Large
	Patrick Magee		Mr. Alexander
	Michael Bates		Chief guard
	Warren Clarke		Dim
	John Clive		Stage actor
	Adrienne Corri		Mrs. Alexander
	Carl Duering		Dr. Brodsky
	Paul Farrell		Tramp
	Clive Francis		Lodger
	Michael Gover		Prison governor
	Miriam Karlin		Catlady
	James Marcus		Georgie
	Aubrey Morris		Mr. P. R. Deltoid
	Godfrey Quigley		Prison chaplain
	Sheila Raynor		Mum