A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British film written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, adapted from Anthony Burgess's 1962 novella A Clockwork Orange. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian future Britain.
Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the main character, is a charismatic, sociopathic delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian друг, "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via controversial psychological conditioning. Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang.
The soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange features mostly classical music selections and Moog synthesizer compositions by Wendy Carlos (then known as Walter Carlos). The artwork of the now-iconic poster of A Clockwork Orange was created by Philip Castle with the layout by designer Bill Gold.
| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
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| Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Based on | A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess |
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell Patrick Magee Adrienne Corri Miriam Karlin |
| Music by | Walter Carlos |
| Cinematography | John Alcott |
| Edited by | Bill Butler |
| Production company |
Hawk Films
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| Distributed by | Columbia-WarnerDistributors (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
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| Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English Nadsat |
| Budget | $2.2 million |
| Box office | $26,589,355 |
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