A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Taglines:

Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 1972 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange See more »

Filming Locations:

Binsey Walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead South, London, England, UK See more »

Budget:

$2,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£618,615 (UK) (19 March 2000) (328 Screens)

Gross:

$26,589,355 (USA) (1973)

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures, Hawk Films See more »

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Runtime:

136 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (re-issue) | Mono

Color:

Black and White  | Color (Warnercolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Trivia

Contrary to popular claims, this was never banned in the UK. It originally received an "X" rating in 1971 and was withdrawn from distribution in 1973 by Stanley Kubrick himself. One of Kubrick's reasons for withdrawing the movie in the UK was that, according to his wife Christiane Kubrick, he and his family received several death threats because of the film. In the 1980s and 1990s, British fans who wanted to see this movie would have to order it from video stores in other countries, usually France. In 1993 London's popular Scala Film Club showed this movie without permission. At Kubrick's insistence, Warner Brothers sued and won, causing the Scala to close in near bankruptcy. In 2000, the year after Kubrick's death, the film was released again throughout Great Britain and received an "18" rating. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Alex is licking the stage man's shoe, it's supposed to be filthy but is visibly clean. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Alex: 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 rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
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Crazy Credits

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. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Dizengoff 99 (1979) See more »

Soundtracks

"Singin' In the Rain"
by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
From the MGM Picture
Performed by Gene Kelly See more »