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Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 1971
Country: UK
Runtime: 136
Rating: 7.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sound: Mono, Dolby Digital
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Writing by: Stanley Kubrick – (screenplay)
Anthony Burgess – (novel)

Produced by: Stanley Kubrick – producer
Si Litvinoff – executive producer
Max L. Raab – executive producer
Bernard Williams – associate producer

Cast: Malcolm McDowell – Alex
Patrick Magee – Mr. Alexander
Michael Bates – Chief Guard
Warren Clarke – Dim
John Clive – Stage Actor
Adrienne Corri – Mrs. Alexander
Carl Duering – Dr. Brodsky
Paul Farrell – Tramp
Clive Francis – Lodger
Michael Gover – Prison Governor
Miriam Karlin – Catlady

Music: Randy Edelman
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Plot Outline: In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve societys crime problem… but not all goes to plan.
Plot: Alex and his three droogs, live in a futuristic Britain void of proper law and civil protection. They do drugs, drink, skip school, and wreak havoc during the night. They beat up an old drunkard, steal cars, rape helpless women, and start gang fights in the streets. Alex, being a rather arrogant leader, is rude and disrespectful towards his other droogs, and because of this they plot behind his back against him. In their plan to rob a woman on the outskirts of town, Alex enters the house alone to unlock the door for the other. When confronted by the owner of the house he strikes her in the head in attempt to knock her out. Meeting his droogs outside he is met with a bottle being smashed over his own head, stunning him long enough for the cops to finally arrive and arrest him. It turns out the woman he struck inevitably ended up dieing from the blow and Alex now finds himself with a 14 year prison sentence. In hopes of severely shortening his sentence, Alex signs up for a new breakthrough treatment that “cures” criminals of their want to do evil. The Ludovico treatment, as it is called, consist of Alex living a very high lifestyle while twice daily being subjected to gory and hateful films full of all that is considered wrong and evil. Part of Alexs diet contains a special drug that causes him to slowly get sick as he is forced to watch these films. After a short period of time he is shown as being cured and when, in front of a small audience, he is subjected to another bullying man and a beautiful woman, he is unable to fight back or do what he would like to do, and instead is utterly paralyzed with sickness. The process stripped him not only of his evil, but more importantly and symbolically stripped him of his right to think and be free and live the life he wishes to. After being released from prison and kicked out of his home he is taken in by small group of people who want to get Alexs pitiful story out to the public to attempt to harm the current regime in time for the next election. During this process, Alex attempts suicide and fails, but because of this the doctors of the original Ludovico treatment set out to cure him. Alex awakes from his coma cured of the sickness and is finally able to think and do what he wishes again.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
There are no opening credits after the title, which is followed by the 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.

Goofs: We know about 23 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: A black dirt mark on Alexs right thigh is made by Dims boot brushing against it as hes falling into the water. But it disappears as Alex is seen crouching down to cut Dims hand.

Trivia: There are 80 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• Stanley Kubrick once said “If Malcolm [McDowell] hadnt been available I probably wouldnt have made the film.”
• It is said that Stanley Kubrick made this movie because of the failure of Waterloo (1970/I). After he completed 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), he had planned to film a movie about Napoleons life. After many years of research, he sent location scouts to various Eastern European locations, and even had an agreement with the Yugoslav army to supply troops for the vast battle scenes. However, after “Waterloo” tanked, Kubricks financial backers pulled out. He thus decided to adapt the American version of “Clockwork”, which had been given to him by Terry Southern (co-writer of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)).
• The film rights were sold for “a few hundred dollars”, but then re-sold for a much larger amount. Before director Stanley Kubrick became involved in the film, several different casts were considered for Alex and his droogs: girls in miniskirts, old-age pensioners, and The Rolling Stones.