A Clockwork Orange

Also known as Clockwork Orange

1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

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"A Clockwork Orange" is a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a violent young man in a dystopian future and his experience with a controversial rehabilitation program. The film is considered a landmark work in cinema, notable for its striking visual style and its exploration of themes around violence, free will, and state control.

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In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

Released: 1971-10-28137 minDir: Stanley KubrickScience Fiction, CrimeBudget: $2.2MBox office: $27.0M

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Cast

Malcolm McDowell as Alex
Patrick Magee as Mr. Alexander
Carl Duering as Dr. Brodsky
Michael Bates as Chief Guard
Warren Clarke as Dim
James Marcus as Georgie

Themes

london, england
police brutality
robbery
street gang
great britain
based on novel or book
nihilism
parent child relationship
society
sexuality

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Ratings

IMDb

8.2/10

930,482 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Metacritic

77/100

Year: 1971
Runtime: 136 min
Genres: Crime, Sci-Fi
Rated: R
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 12 wins & 26 nominations total

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Duration: 136
FilmAffinity ID: 745383
Image: Clockwork Orange Trailer poster.png

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Commons category: A Clockwork Orange (film)
publication date: 1971-00-00
title: A Clockwork Orange
review score: 77/100
box office: 26589355
capital cost: 2200000

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A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel. The film employs disturbing and violent themes to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and broader social, political, and economic issues in a dystopian near-future Britain.

Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, anti-social delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially that of 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.