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    A Clockwork Orange (film) - Wikipedia

    • A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel. It employs disturbing and violent themes to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McD… See more

    Release dateFebruary 2, 1972 (USA)
    Content ratingR · TV-MA · X
    GenreCrime · Sci-Fi
    Directed byStanley Kubrick
    A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Plot - IMDb
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    Plot

    In a futuristic Britain, Alex DeLarge is leader of a gang of "droogs": Georgie, Dim, and Pete. They engage in an intoxicated evening of "ultra-violence", which includes beating a vagrant and fighting a rival gang. They beat … See more

    Cast

    • Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge
    • Patrick Magee as Frank Alexander
    • Michael Bates as Chief Guard Barnes
    • Warren Clarke as Dim… See more

    Themes

    The film's central moral question is the definition of "goodness" and whether it makes sense to use aversion therapy to stop immoral behaviour. Kubrick, writing in Saturday Review, described the film: "A social satir… See more

    Comparison of film and novel

    Kubrick's film is relatively faithful to the Burgess novel, omitting only the final, positive chapter, in which Alex matures and outgrows sociopathy. While the film ends with Alex being offered an open-ended governmen… See more

    Production

    Anthony Burgess sold the film rights of his novel for US$500 (equivalent to $5,000 in 2023), shortly after its publication in 1962. Originally, the film was projected to star the rock band the Rolling Stones, with the band's lea… See more

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