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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 29, 1999
• R2: 10 Sep 2001
Budget $2,200,000
Official Website:
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Running Time
2 hours, 17 minutes
Country UK
Production Companies
Hawk Films Ltd., Polaris Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• A Clockwork Orange
• Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Uhrwerk Orange (1972)
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Genre: Drama, Murder, Futuristic, Disturbing, Psychos, Cult Classic, Black Comedy, Thieves, Serial Killer, Satire, World War II, Surreal, Psychodrama, Drugs, Prison, Revenge, Doctor
Tagline: 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 ?
Plot: From its opening shot of Malcolm McDowell staring with evil intent directly into the camera (which pulls back to reveal him drinking a glass of milk), Stanley Kubrick's brilliant A CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. The film, set in an unidentified future, overwhelms the senses with its almost comic depictions of rape and violence set to an upbeat classical and pop music score. Kubrick based his chilling masterpiece on Anthony Burgess's culture-shaking novel about a young man growing into adulthood, but unable to shake his huge problem with authority figures. The first part of the film shows Alex (a career-defining performance by McDowell) and his "droogs" (his cohorts) indulging in what they refer to as "a little bit of the old ultraviolence." After establishing Alex and co. as unremitting psychopaths, Kubrick's movie changes tact, and shows Alex getting caught and forced to undergo controversial treatment that will make it impossible for him to commit violent acts, leading to a fascinating ending to the film. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE purposely confuses crime and punishment, cause and effect, hero and villain, irony and satire, and many other concepts, creating a truly unique work of art in the process. Its magnificent, colorful,
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