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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Ratings: 8.5/10 from 268,468 users
Metascore:
78/100
Reviews: 1,178 user | 165 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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Michael Bates | ... | |
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Warren Clarke | ... | |
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Adrienne Corri | ... | |
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Clive Francis | ... | |
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Paul Farrell | ... | |
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Miriam Karlin | ... | |
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Michael Gover | ... | |
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James Marcus | ... | |
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Godfrey Quigley | ... | |
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Sheila Raynor | ... | |
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Storyline
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
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Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. See more »Parents Guide:
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Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,200,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£618,615 (UK) (19 March 2000) (328 Screens)Gross:
$26,589,355 (USA) (1973)Company Credits
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Alex: There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
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opening shot of Alex the Droog. Although it is now commonplace for major
films to not have opening credits, in 1971 it was considered rather unusual
and was considered a trademark of director Stanley Kubrick. See more »
(uncredited)
Composed by Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
Arranged and Performed by Wendy Carlos on synthesizer
Produced by Rachel Elkind See more »
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Trivia
Malcolm McDowell is actually urinating in the toilet scene early in the film, when he goes home and prepares for bed. He drank a lot of coffee before filming the shot. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Devotchka, the Russian word for a little girl who has not yet developed, is used throughout the movie to denote a grown-up, sexually mature woman. Debushka is the term for that. The novel had the same error. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Alex: There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits after the title, which is followed by theopening shot of Alex the Droog. Although it is now commonplace for major
films to not have opening credits, in 1971 it was considered rather unusual
and was considered a trademark of director Stanley Kubrick. See more »
Soundtracks
"Country Lane"(uncredited)
Composed by Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
Arranged and Performed by Wendy Carlos on synthesizer
Produced by Rachel Elkind See more »
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