Alex, a teenage hooligan in a near-future Britain, gets jailed by the police. There he volunteers as guinea pig for a new aversion therapy proposed by the government to make room in prisons for political prisoners. “Cured” of his hooliganism and released, he is rejected by his friends and relatives. Eventually nearly dying, he becomes a major embarrassment for the government, who arrange to cure him of his cure. A pivotal moment is when he and his gang break into an author’s home: the book he is writing (called “A Clockwork Orange”) is a plea against the use of aversion therapy, on the grounds that it turns people into Clockwork Oranges (Orang is Malay for “Man”): they are not being good from choice (sentiments later echoed by the prison chaplain). The film reflects this: many bad scenes in a Clockwork Orange are accompanied by jolly music; if we are to experience them as we should, we have to do it consciously, by realising they are bad, and not because the director tells us so through the use of music and images.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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  • Taglines:Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he ? » Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. »
  • Runtime:136 minutes
  • Director: Stanley Kubrick
  • Countries:UK, USA
  • Actors:
    Alex
    Malcolm McDowell
    Mr. Alexander
    Patrick Magee
    Chief Guard
    Michael Bates
    Dim
    Warren Clarke
    Mrs. Alexander
    Adrienne Corri
    Stage Actor
    John Clive
    Dr. Brodsky
    Carl Duering
    Lodger
    Clive Francis
    Tramp
    Paul Farrell
    Catlady
    Miriam Karlin
  • Genres:Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
  • Producers:
    Stanley Kubrick
    producer  
    Si Litvinoff
    executive producer  
    Max L. Raab
    executive producer  
    Bernard Williams
    associate producer  
  • Plots: Protagonist Alex is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programed to detest violence. If he goes through the program his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating. Written by Nikki Carlyle
A Clockwork Orange
  • User's comment:Best movie ever made by Christian Jahnsen

    A Clockwork Orange is the finest film that has ever been made, in my view. Stanley Kubrick has made so many masterpieces, and is by far the best director that ever graced our world. A Clockwork Orange is simply his finest hour!

    The film grabs you and glues you to your seat from start to finish. Malcolm McDowell gives us a shining example of superior acting, and the movie is as perverted as any of Kubrick's masterpieces (and then some!). It contains horrifying violence, extreme emotions, perversity and weirdness at it's very worst. It all boils down to serve you a plethora of thoughts for you to take with you and contemplate, after the film ends.

    However, with all the perversity bursting out of this film, you will probably NOT like this film the first time you see it. I know I didn't. Fortunately, I gave it a second chance, and thought: Hey, it was actually not bad at all. After the third time, I was lost for words.

    After the fourth time, there was little doubt in my mind, that this was the finest film ever made, and regardless of how many great masterpieces I see, A Clockwork Orange still towers above them. I'm sure you'll agree, if you give it the chance it deserves, although it may require for you to see it more than once.


  • Quotes: Alex: Appy-polly-loggies. I had something of a pain in the gulliver so had to sleep. I was not awakened when I gave orders for wakening. Alex: Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit? Minister: As I was saying, Alex, you can be instrumental in changing the public verdict. Do you understand, Alex? Have I made myself clear?
  • Also known as: La naranja mecánica (Argentina), La naranja mecánica (Mexico - imdb display title), La naranja mecánica (Peru), La naranja mecánica (Spain), Clockwork Orange (Denmark - imdb display title), Clockwork Orange (Germany - TV title), Clockwork Orange (Sweden - imdb display title), Laranja Mecânica (Brazil - imdb display title), Laranja Mecânica (Portugal - imdb display title), Orange mécanique (Canada - imdb display title, French title), Orange mécanique (France), Заводной апельсин (Russia), Arancia meccanica (Italy), Clockwork Orange - Kellopeliappelsiini (Finland - imdb display title), Clockwork Orange - Urverkappelsin (Finland - imdb display title, Swedish title), Kellavärgiga apelsin (Estonia - promotional title), Kellopeliappelsiini (Finland - TV title), Mechanický pomaranc (Slovakia), Mechanický pomeranc (Czech Republic), Mechaniczna pomarancza (Poland), Mechanikus narancs (Hungary - imdb display title), Naranja mecánica (Mexico - imdb display title), Otomatik portakal (Turkey - Pay-TV title, Turkish title), Paklena pomorandza (Serbia), Portocala mecanica (Romania - imdb display title), Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (USA - poster title), Stanley Kubrick'ten a clockwork orange (Turkey - Turkish title), To kourdisto portokali (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Tokei Jikake no Orenji (Japan), Uhrwerk Orange (West Germany),

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