film _A Clockwork Orange_ (vhs/ntsc)(avi)(665.9megs) (1971 )
directed by Stanley Kubrick

faces:

•  Malcolm McDowell
•  David Prowse (the writer's bodyguard - played Darth Vader in _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc)(1977)

• sample: "i want to marry a lighthouse keeper and keep him company..." by Erika Eigen off of _Soundtrack from A Clock Orange_ 12" used in 604 track _Psychomachine_ MP3 by X-Dream off of _Radio_ 12"x2on Blue Room Released 
• book _A Clockwork Orange_ authored by Anthony Burgess
• oi! track _Clockwork Orange Horror Show_ MP3 (96k) by The Templars off of 7"x2 on Volt #011 (1997)
• hardcore emo track _The Ludovico Technique_ MP3 (256k) by JR Ewing off of _The Perfect Drama_ CDep on Coalition (2001)
  • reference to the brainwashing technique used in the story.
  • JR Ewing is in reference to the character in the TV show _Dallas_
• original score by Wendy Carlos (prominent use of the Moog synth)
• 604 track _Clockwork Orange_ MP3 (192k) by Psychlopedia off of _Musica Psychedelica Scandinavica_ on Spiral Trax (1998)
• 604 track _Boo_ by Moloko off of _Sympathy In Chaos 3_ compilation CDb on Matsuri Productions
• "Moloko Vellocet" at the Korova Milkbar - "Vellocet" is a type of drug, "Moloko" means "milk" in the languages of Russian/Nadsat
• track _Baal_ by Velocette off of _Headtravel_ CDplus on Man Made Media (1995)
   

• punk track _A Real Horrorshow_ MP3 by Mad Parade
• teen-c new wave british punk track _Clockwork Punk_ MP3 by Bis off of _Intendo_ on Grand Royal (1998)
  • it was never really documented properly, but the aesthetics of the film inspired the original british punk movement. from early photos in 1976, the Bromley Contingent (which included the future Billy Idol & members of The Banshees), used the look as they followed the Sex Pistols around before starting their own bands
• track _Crystal Clear (clear, like an unmuddied lake)_ by The Grid
• Minister: As I was saying, Alex, you can be instrumental in changing the public verdict. Do you understand, Alex? Have I made myself clear?

Alex DeLarge: As an unmuddied lake, Fred. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. You can rely on me, Fred.

Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

• "A clockwork orange" was a British catchphrase circa 1920-40. In full it goes, "That's as queer as a clockwork orange." A similar catchphrase would be "that's as queer [strange] as a five-speed walking stick." In other words, something that doesn't/shouldn't happen.
• The film rights were sold for "a few hundred dollars'', but then re-sold for a much larger amount.  Before director Stanley Kubrick became involved in the film, several different casts were considered for Alex and his droogs: girls in miniskirts, old-age pensioners, and The Rolling Stones.
• _2001: A Space Odyssey (DVD)(1968)_ (also directed by Kubrick) soundtrack  highly visible in record store.

 

• The book that Frank Alexander is working on when Alex and his droogs break into his home is called "A Clockwork Orange''.  Author Anthony Burgess uses a pun on the Malay word "Ourang''.  Burgess  lived for several years in Malaya.  The attack on his wife was based on an attack on Burgess' wife by four American GIs during WWII, which caused her to miscarry.
• The newspaper article gives Alex's last name as "Burgess''.
• The photo-montage when Alex clobbers the old lady are mostly the paintings the old lady has hanging in her room.
• Frank Alexander's bodyguard was played by professional bodybuilder David Prowse (later to play the physical presence of Darth Vader in the _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc)saga.  Even so, he was near exhaustion after the repeated takes of him carrying Alexander and his wheelchair down the stairs.

• Many phallic symbols: snake crawling between the legs of the woman in the poster, the popsicles held by the girls in the record store, the tip of Alex's walking stick, the object used by Alex to kill the woman.
• "fuzzy warbles..." Wav

• Kubrick deliberately made continuity errors just before the author worked out who Alex is.  The dishes on the table move around and the level of  wine in the glasses change between shots to give a feeling of disorientation to the viewer.
• The film was withdrawn voluntarily by Kubrick from the United Kingdom after being criticized as too violent.  Kubrick has stated that the film will be released there only after his death.
• The film leaves out chapter 21 of the book, where Alex starts thinking  about getting married and settling down.  Burgess said: "A vindication of  free will had become an exhaltation of the urge to sin. I was worried. The  British version of the book shows Alex growing up and putting violence by as a childish toy; Kubrick confessed that he did not know this version:    an American, though settled in England, he had followed the only version that Americans were permitted to know. I cursed Eric Swenson of W. W.   Norton (the US publisher).''
• When Alex and the droogs enter the Korova Milkbar, there are many paintings on the wall, one of a naked woman. A similar painting appears in _The Shining_ (vhs/ntsc)(1980), also directed by Stanley Kubrick.

 
• During the filming of the Ludovico scene, Malcolm McDowell scratched one of his corneas and was temporarily blinded. He suffered cracked ribs during filming of the humiliation stageshow, and he also nearly drowned when his breathing apparatus failed while being held underwater in the trough scene.
• To film Alex's suicide attempt from his own perspective, six Newman Sinclair cameras were thrown off a building until one finally landed pointing downwards.
• Dim and Pete as policemen have badge numbers 665 and 667. This makes Alex, in the middle, 666.
• The language spoken by Alex and his droogs is author Anthony Burgess's invention, "Nadsat": a mix of English, Russian and slang. Stanley Kubrick was afraid that they had used too much of it, and that the movie would not be accessible.
• DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [three-way]: Alex vs Government vs Alexander.
• DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Alexander, when he realizes who Alex is.

Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick

Writing credits
Anthony Burgess (novel)
Stanley Kubrick

Genre: Sci-Fi

Tagline: Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.

"glorious..." Wav

Plot Outline: The adventures of a young man who loved a bit of the old ultra-violence, went  to jail, was brainwashed and came out cured, or was he?

Full Cast and Crew for
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

Malcolm McDowell  ....  Alex DeLarge
Patrick Magee ....  Frank Alexander
Michael Bates .... Chief Guard Barnes
Warren Clarke .... Dim
John Clive .... Stage Actor
Adrienne Corri  ....  Mrs. Alexander
Carl Duering ....  Dr. Brodsky
Paul Farrell ....  Tramp
Clive Francis  ....  Lodger
Michael Gover  ....  Prison Governor
Miriam Karlin  .... Cat Lady
James Marcus ....  Georgie
Aubrey Morris  ....  P.R. Deltoid
Godfrey Quigley  .... Prison Chaplain
Sheila Raynor  .... Mrs. DeLarge ("M")
Madge Ryan ....  Dr. Branum
John Savident ....  Conspirator Dolin
Anthony Sharp  ....  Minister
Philip Stone  ....  Mr. DeLarge ("P")
Pauline Taylor   ....  Dr. Taylor
Margaret Tyzack  ....  Rubinstein
Steven Berkoff  .... Constable
Lindsay Campbell ....  Detective
Michael Tarn .... Pete
David Prowse  ....  Julian (Frank Alexander's Bodyguard, Therapist)
Barrie Cookson
Jan Adair  ....  Handmaiden
Gaye Brown
Peter Burton
John J. Carney  ....  CID Man
Vivienne Chandler ....  Handmaiden
Richard Connaught ....   Billy-boy
Prudence Drage ....  Handmaiden
Carol Drinkwater ....  Sister Feeley
Lee Fox
Cheryl Grunwald ....  Rape victim
Gillian Hills  .... Sonietta
Craig Hunter  ....   Doctor
Shirley Jaffe
Virginia Wetherell ....  Stage Actress
Neil Wilson
Katya Wyeth  ....  Girl

Produced by
Stanley Kubrick

Si Litvinoff (executive)
Max L. Raab (executive)
Bernard Williams (associate)

Original music by
Wendy Carlos
(as Walter Carlos)

Additional music by
Edward Elgar  (from "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1")
Henry Purcell (from march from "Music on the Death of Queen Mary")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov  (from "Scheherazade")
Gioacchino Rossini (from "Barber of Seville/Wilhelm Tell/La Gazza Ladra")
Ludwig Van Beethoven (from "9th symphony")

Cinematography by
John Alcott

Costume Design by
Milena Canonero

Production Design by
John Barry

Film Editing by
William Butler

Other crew
Olga Angelinetta ....  hair stylist
Ron Beck   ....  wardrobe supervisor
David Beesley  .... assistant film editor
Brian Blamey  ....  sound editor
ou Bogue ....  best boy;  electrician
Frank Bruton   ....  property master
Peter Burgess  ....  assistant film editor
Terence A. Clegg  ....  location manager
Derek Cracknell ....  assistant director
Tony Cridlin ....  grip
Barbara Daly .... make-up artist
Ernie Day  .... camera operator
Andros Epaminondas  ....   production assistant
Laurie Frost  ....  camera assistant
Peter Glossop  ....  boom operator
Russell Hagg  ....  art director
Peter Hancock  .... prop man
Jan Harlan   ....  assistant to producer
Eddie Hoben  .... dubbing mixer
Tommy Ibbetson  ....   prop man
John Jordan  .... sound recordist
Mike Kaplan  ....  production co-ordinator
Christiane Kubrick  ....  paintings;   sculptures
David Lenham ....  camera assistant
James Liggat  ....  casting
Cornelius Makkink  ....   painter;  sculptor
Herman Makkink ....  sculptor;  painter
Mike Molloy .... camera operator
Liz Moore   .... sculptures; paintings
George Partleton .... make-up artist
June Randall .... continuity
Iris Rose .... production secretary
Bill Rowe   ....  dubbing mixer
Roy Scammel  .... stunt arranger;  stunt co-ordinator
Gary Shepherd  ....  first assistant editor
Peter Shields  .... art director
Dusty Symonds ....  first assistant director
Frank Wardale  .... gaffer
Bill Welch .... construction manager
Freddie Williamson ....  make-up artist

Runtime: UK:137
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: UK:(Banned) (withdrawn by the director) / USA:R / Finland:K-18 /
France:-16 / Germany:16 / Australia:R / Netherlands:16 / Norway:18 / Sweden:15 /Italy:VM14 / Chile:18

soundtrack score for the film _A Clockwork Orange_

• _Timesteps_ MP3 (160k)
• _March From A Clockwork Orange_ MP3 (160k)
• _Title Music From A Clockwork Orange_ MP3 (160k)
• _La Gazza Ladra_ MP3 (160k)
• _Theme From A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana)_ MP3 (160k)
• _Ninth Symphony - Second Movement (Scherzo)_ MP3 (160k)
• _William Tell Overture, Abridged_ MP3 (160k)
• _Orange Minuet_ MP3 (160k)
• _Biblical Daydreams_ MP3 (160k)
• _Country Lane_ MP3 (160k)

• description: bright clockwork orange sponge decor on the interior, with sci-fi naked lunch gadgets and korova milkbar ambience.  dj's sometimes spin in the cramped back area.  a favorite hangout for ravers in case a party gets busted early in the night (1995 - 1998)
• _Nova Express_ written by William S. Burroughs

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Alexander DeLarge: It was fagged of it's domy, me droogies,  and wanted to secure a bit of the ol' ultra-violence.
 

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