MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, James Marcus
"A Clockwork Orange" Video
Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "droogs" go out on the town to partake in a little of the old "ultra-violence."
Director Stanley Kubrick brings Anthony Burgess' classic novel to life with this disturbing look at a future populated by teenage gangs. Look for McDowell's stirring rendition of "Singin' in the Rain." Here's what Kubrick said to counter the negative reaction voiced against the film's violence: "Sanitized violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence."
DrummaJack - 2010-03-12 00:33:48
A Clockwork Orange is only disturbing to those who would never go looking for disturbing movies. I find 2001: a Space Oddysey more disturbing than this. =P In short, it does not belong on this list.
S.F. - 2010-06-21 11:56:49
A Clockwork Orange is to me one of the greatest novels of all time and the movie adaption is imho great. From a modern day perspective the movie might be critisized for a some reason or another, e.g. the weird looking scenerie and people but I think that this in particular adds charakter to the movie and makes it a piece of art. I you haven't seen the movie up to now, go ahead and do it!
MovieBluff - 2010-07-01 21:00:15
I agree, you'll never look at a Gene Kelly musical in quite the same way after you've watched McDowell's bravura performance. McDowell has always and continues to play sinister well, but he really let's loose in A Clockwork Orange with a bit of the old ultra-violence. While he chewed the scenery in many performances after Orange, their was definitely something about the Burgess novel, Kubrick's vision and direction and McDowell's style that hasn't been duplicated since. The fact that yiou come away feeling sorry for Alex is a real tribute to the skill of all coancerned.