A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Cast & Crew.
Malcolm McDowell
Alex
Patrick Magee
Mr. Alexander
Carl Duering
Dr. Brodsky
Michael Bates
Chief Guard
Warren Clarke
Dim
James Marcus
Georgie
Michael Tarn
Pete
Miriam Karlin
Catlady
Adrienne Corri
Mrs. Alexander
Sheila Raynor
Mum
Philip Stone
Dad
Aubrey Morris
Deltoid
Clive Francis
Lodger
John Clive
Stage Actor
Paul Farrell
Tramp
Michael Gover
Prison Governor
Godfrey Quigley
Prison Chaplain
Madge Ryan
Dr. Branom
Anthony Sharp
Minister
Pauline Taylor
Psychiatrist
Margaret Tyzack
Conspirator
Steven Berkoff
Det. Const. Tom
Lindsay Campbell
Police Inspector
David Prowse
Julian
Barrie Cookson
Dr. Alcott
Jan Adair
Handmaiden in Bible Fantasy
Gaye Brown
Sophisto
Peter Burton
Junior Minister
John J. Carney
Detective Sergeant
Alec Wallis
Conspirator D.B. Da Silva
John Savident
Conspirator
Vivienne Chandler
Handmaiden in Bible Fantasy
Richard Connaught
Billyboy
Prudence Drage
Handmaiden in Bible Fantasy
Carol Drinkwater
Nurse Feeley
Lee Fox
Desk Sergeant
Cheryl Grunwald
Victim of Billyboy's Gang
Gillian Hills
Sonietta
Craig Hunter
Doctor
Shirley Jaffe
Nurse
Virginia Wetherell
Stage Actress
Neil Wilson
Prison Check-in Officer
Katya Wyeth
Girl in Ascot Fantasy
Jack Arrow
Mustachioed Ludovico Technician (uncredited)
Shane Shelton
Burbling Boy (uncredited)
Norman Gay
BBC Producer (uncredited)
Katharina Kubrick
Girl Passing Alex in the Record Store (uncredited)
John Alcott
Director of Photography
Si Litvinoff
Executive Producer
Wendy Carlos
Original Music Composer
Anthony Burgess
Novel
John Barry
Production Design
Max L. Raab
Executive Producer
Stanley Kubrick
Director / Producer / Screenplay
James Liggat
Casting
Bill Butler
Editor
Brian Blamey
Sound Designer
Milena Canonero
Costume Design
Ron Drinkwater
Focus Puller
Barbara Daly
Makeup Artist
Bernard Williams
Associate Producer
Frank Bruton
Property Master
Russell Hagg
Art Direction
Bill Rowe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eddie Haben
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Budge
Grip
Olga Angelinetta
Hairstylist
Bill Welch
Construction Foreman
Derek Cracknell
Assistant Director
Dusty Symonds
Assistant Director
Terence A. Clegg
Location Manager
Peter Glossop
Boom Operator
Mike Molloy
Camera Operator
Tony Cridlin
Grip
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Supervisor
John Jordan
Sound Recordist
Peter Sheilds
Art Direction
Lou Bogue
Electrician
Derek Gatrell
Electrician
Peter Burgess
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Budget$2,200,000
Box Office$27,033,812
Filming LocationsFriars Square · Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Manor Lodge School · Chelsea Embankment · Shipton-under-Wychwood · Brunel University · Brunel University London · Pinewood Studios · Oxfordshire · Elstree · HM Prison Wandsworth · Thamesmead · Bricket Wood · Borehamwood · Hertfordshire · London, United Kingdom
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A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain.
Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, anti-social delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), committing rape, theft, and "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian word друг, which is "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via an experimental psychological conditioning technique (the "Ludovico Technique") promoted by the Minister of the Interior (Anthony Sharp). Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic languages (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang.
The film premiered in New York City on 19 December 1971 and was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 1972. The film was met with polarised reviews from critics and was controversial due to its depictions of graphic violence. After it was cited as having inspired copycat acts of violence, the film was withdrawn from British cinemas at Kubrick's behest, and it was also banned in several other countries. In the years following, the film underwent a critical re-evaluation and gained a cult following. It received several awards and nominations, including four nominations at the 44th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the world's greatest films, A Clockwork Orange was ranked 75th in the directors' poll and 235th in the critics' poll. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".