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 CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. Banned in Britain for decades, the film, set in an unidentified .. Read more
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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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 CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. Banned in Britain for decades, 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; its magnificent, colorful, futuristic set designs; and its utter determination to shock, frighten, and thoroughly entertain its audience. Kubrick based his chilling masterpiece on Anthony Burgess's culture-shaking novel about a young man, growing into adulthood, who has a bit of a problem with authority figures. (Interestingly, Burgess's stunning piece of fiction contains 21 chapters, but Kubrick ends his film after chapter 20.) When Alex (a career-defining performance by McDowell) and his droogs go out for a little bit of the old ultraviolence, he is caught and forced to undergo controversial treatment that will make it impossible for him to commit violent acts--but has severe side effects. Kubrick's film purposely confuses crime and punishment, cause and effect, hero and villain, irony and satire, filled with oxymoron and paradox, taking on science, politics, societal mores, education, sexual awakening, and parental responsibility all in a new language (both verbal and visual) that would change the cinema forever. No one who has seen it has ever been able to hear "Singin' in the Rain" or Ludwig van again in quite the same way.
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin, David Prowse, John Savident |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 11 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 16 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 11 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 16 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections | American Film Institute's top 100, Multi-coloured Movie Collection |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English HD DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1971 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 25 Jun 2010 To Rent: DVD: 10 Sep 2001 Blu-ray: 03 Mar 2008 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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A Clockwork Orange - Feature - HD
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Bonus Features Comprise: Channel Four Documentary Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange - New Feature...
Kubrick's fantastic meditation on a violent future has seemed more prescient with every passing year. In extraordinary images of clown-like delinquents, he orchestrates to electronic music mindless street violence, which leads to mindful state violence a
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A dreadful film , pretentious, violent just for the sake of it....and plain tedious
Having just done a 'hatchet job' on Kubrick's awful '2001-Space Odyssey', I cannot resist immediately doing the same for this nasty little ... read more »
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The Future of Cinema
Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
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A dreadful film , pretentious, violent just for the sake of it....and plain tedious
Having just done a 'hatchet job' on Kubrick's awful '2001-Space Odyssey', I cannot resist immediately doing the same for this nasty little ... read more »
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Utterly Enthralling
When people ask what film this is like, there is no answer. Truly unique. A wonderful narrative, combined with a brilliant, visionary of a director, with a ... read more »
Actor Malcolm Mcdowell's biggest regret is not making peace with A Clockwork Orange director Stanley Kubrick before he died. The legendary filmmaker hired McDowell to play young sociopath Alex DeLarge in his violent 1971 masterpiece, and the pair became close while working on the movie. McDowell admits he was devastated when Kubrick stopped contacting him once the film was finished, and the pair never spoke again. And the Brit reveals he can't forgive himself for failing to put his pride to... Read more
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