| | | Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.
Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating. Derby-topped teddy-boy hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has his own way of having a good time. He has it at the tragic expense of others. Alex's journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess' novel. Unforgettable images, startling musical counterpoints, the fascinating language used by Alex and his pals--Kubrick shapes them into a shattering whole. Hugely controversial when first released, A Clockwork Orange won the New York Film Critics Best Picture and Director honors and earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The power of its art is such that it still entices, shocks and holds us in its grasp.
"Brilliant. A tour de force of extraordinary images, music, words and feelings." The New York Times
Editor's Note
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, futuristic set designs and utter determination to shock, frighten, and thoroughly entertain left audiences reeling in the '70s. Kubrick even withdrew the film from distribution in the UK, after reading newspaper reports of people dressing up as Alex and his Droogs and meting out their own brand of ultraviolence (it was subsequently rereleased after his death). One thing is for sure: No one who has seen it has ever been able to hear "Singin' in the Rain" or Beethoven again in quite the same way.
Plot Summary
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, based on the prescient novel by Anthony Burgess, is director Stanley Kubrick's masterful satire on crime and punishment in an ultraviolent future.
| Features | English Dolby Mono | | French Dolby Mono | | English Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Scene Access | | Widescreen Version | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/31/2005 |
| Running Time: 137 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1971 | | Catalog ID: 21150 | | UPC: 00085392115020 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1972) | | | Stanley Kubrick, Nominee, Best Director | | | William Butler, Nominee, Best Film Editing | | | Stanley Kubrick, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium | |
Golden Globe (1972) | | | Stanley Kubrick, Nominee, Best Director - Motion Picture | | | Malcolm McDowell, Nominee, Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama |
| Memorable Quotes| "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 razudoks what to do with the evening."----Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the "humble narrator" |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is still potent and though-provoking..." 07/15/1999 p.C17Entertainment Weekly
"...CLOCKWORK is a movie about movies -- and sex and power and music and Sovietism -- that works as a head trip by driving for the gut. Consider it Kubrick's most surrealistic feat..." 06/13/2003 p.63 Total Film
"...It still shocks....Provocative..." 12/01/2000 p.120 Sight and Sound
"...[The film] remains every bit as tantalising as it ever was..." 10/01/2000 p.64 Premiere
"[Featuring] the multiple charms of McDowell's performance." 04/01/2004 p.59 |
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