A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - TRAILERS

STARRING: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Aubrey Morris, James Marcus, Steven Berkoff, David Prowse

1971, 137 Minutes, Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Description: Alex is the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. We watch Alex transform from a free-roaming miscreant into a convict used in a government experiment that attempts to reform criminals through an unorthodox new medical treatment. The catch, of course, is that this therapy may be nothing better than a quick cure-all for a society plagued by rampant crime. — Amazon.com

• Hugo Award Winner (1972)
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• Tagline: "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven."
• Fact # 1: Anthony Burgess's preference for director was Ken Russell because he thought the director's style was perfect for the material. Burgess was reluctant over Stanley Kubrick as a director, but was initially happy with Kubrick's work. Later, he felt the film made the book, one of his least favorites, overshadows his other work.
• Fact # 2: According to an interview with Malcolm McDowell, the actor often kept Stanley Kubrick highly amused by his ability to belch on command (as illustrated at various points of the movie). The actor and director also passed the time obsessively playing table tennis (a sport which appeared in Kubrick's earlier Lolita in 1962); McDowell was later irritated to find that his salary had been docked for the hours spent playing the game.
• Fact # 3: Anthony Burgess originally sold the movie to Mick Jagger for $500 when he needed quick cash. Jagger intended to make it with The Rolling Stones as the droogs.

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