Nominated for four Academy Awards in 1971, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. Set in London it centres around a teenager called Alex (Malcolm McDowell) who is switched on by violence and rape, and surprisingly by Beethoven, and who leads a gang of cool thugs. Based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess. Cast includes Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates and
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ACMI Identifier
315744
Languages
Bulgarian
Dutch
English
English
English
French
French
German
Italian
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Rape
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Dystopias
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Gangs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)