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Synopsis: In an England of the future, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," while jauntily warbling "Singin' in the Rain." After he's jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady to death, Alex submits to behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he's conditioned to abhor violence. Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Production: Warner Bros.

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 19 nominations.


IMDB:: 8.3
Metacritic:: 78
Rotten Tomatoes:: 89%

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: R
Year:: 1971
: 136 min
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ALEX:
Thank you, Fred. Thank you.
Minister turns and signals.
Door opens and a crowd of cameramen and reporters rush in.
Aides push two 6-foot loudspeakers and a Hi-Fi on a trolley.
ALEX (V.O.)
And what do you know, my brothers and only friends, it was the 9th, the
glorious 9th of Ludwig van. Oh, it was gorgeosity and yummy yum yum. I
was cured.
CLOSE SHOT ALEX:
ALEX (V.O.)
As the music came to its climax, I could viddy myself very clear,
running and running on like very light and mysterious feet, carving the
whole face of the creeching world with my cut throat britva. I was
cured all right.
THE END:

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle, Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of grammar school, there seemed to be little change in his attitude or his results. Hoping to find something to interest his son, Jack introduced Stanley to chess, with the desired result. Kubrick took to the game passionately, and quickly became a skilled player. Chess would become an important device for Kubrick in later years, often as a tool for dealing with recalcitrant actors, but also as an artistic motif in his films. more…

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