Rent A Clockwork Orange (1971)
3.7 of 5 from 424 ratings
2h 11min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap dancing, violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has a good time - at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess' novel.
- Actors:
- Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, John Savident, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Pauline Taylor
- Directors:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Producers:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Writers:
- Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
- Others:
- John Barry, John Jordan, John Alcott, Bill Butler, Bill Rowe, Brian Blamey
- Aka:
- Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- A History of Films Set In The Future, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Award Winners, Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, Drama Films & TV, Films & TV by topic, Films to Watch If You Like..., Films to Watch if You Like: Get Carter, Oscar Nominations Competition 2023, Oscar Nominations Competition 2025, People of the Pictures, Remembering Ryan O'Neal, Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Beatles in Film, The Best Post-Apocalyptic or Dystopian Films, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 1, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stanley Kubrick, The Instant Expert's Guide to Wes Anderson, Top 100 AFI Movies, Top 100 AFI Thrills, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films, What We Were Watching in 1971
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/03/2008
- Run Time:
- 137 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Commentary By Malcolm McDowell And Historian Nick Redman
- Channel Four Documentary Still Tickin': The Return Of Clockwork Orange
- New Featurette Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange
- Career Profile O Lucky Malcolm!
- Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/10/2021
- Run Time:
- 136 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Hungarian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of A Clockwork Orange
Engrossingly bizarre - A Clockwork Orange review by CP Customer
This film is, in a word, bizarre. Every character in the entire film is a weirdo! None more so than the main character, who despite his thuggish, mindless antics, displays high levels of intellect and a broad well used vocabulary along with a very polite manner of speaking. The character is very well played by Malcolm McDowell and you can't help wanting to see what happens next with elements of comedy thrown in. Just when I started to feel ready for the film to finish, it did, so the durability is at its maximum. I wouldn't watch it again now that I've seen it. But I wasn't disappointed. Sorry if I'm vague but perhaps I should say this one is Marmite, you'll either love it or hate it and you won't know until you try it..having said that I'm still undecided. :~
3 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
Controversial, Interesting And Unpleasant! - A Clockwork Orange review by GI
Stanley Kubrick's dystopian vision of a future Britain where gang violence is out of control and a study of the limitations of the State and political ideology in trying to deal with it. It was and perhaps remains a controversial film probably due to Kubrick pulling the film from distribution in the UK from 1973 to 2000 owing to a couple of nasty copycat crimes. It was never actually banned as is often alleged. Viewed today it is an interesting film if somewhat unpleasant. It follows a youth gang leader, Alex (Malcolm McDowell), who along with his three acolytes indulge in "a little of the ol' ultra violence" whenever they can including brutally beating the helpless and rape. After he kills a woman he is sent to prison. Learning the Government are experimenting with a 'cure' for violence and participants will be freed early Alex volunteers and undergo a form a torture himself making him physically sick if he has violent or sexual thoughts. But once released he soon finds his earlier victims have not forgotten him. The scenes of sexual violence remain shocking but these are meant to be extreme in order to emphasise the film's theme of how to deal with violent crime. These themes resonate today perhaps more so than in the 70s with the rise of youth gang violence, the near collapse of the justice system after political interference and the total lack of ideas on how society is to handle offenders. This is tough watch with a unique vision from Kubrick. It's tough mainly because the film is powerful in its message and the performances are on occasion extreme. There's a host of British talent on show here and many faces were well known at the time or have become so subsequently. I think cinephiles need to ensure they see this because it's a Kubrick film that still has creates mixed feelings and it does have an originality to it that has been rarely bettered.
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