A clockwork orange [videorecording] / a Warner Bros. presentation of a Stanley Kubrick production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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FilmPublisher number: 118615 | Warner Home Video80672 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: [Burbank, CA] : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.Edition: Two-disc special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419830597
- 9781419830594
- Clockwork orange (Motion picture).
- Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Clockwork orange
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | SF/FANT Clockwor | Available | 33111005834672 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Stanley Kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic, near-future satire, adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel, complete with "Nadsat" slang. Classical music-loving proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," such as terrorizing a writer, Mr. Alexander (Patrick Magee), and gang raping his wife (who later dies as a result). After Alex is jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady (Miriam Karlin) to death with one of her phallic sculptures, Alex submits to the Ludovico behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he's conditioned to abhor violence through watching gory movies, and even his adored Beethoven is turned against him. Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims, with Mr. Alexander using Beethoven's Ninth to inflict the greatest pain of all. When society sees what the state has done to Alex, however, the politically expedient move is made. Casting a coldly pessimistic view on the then-future of the late '70s-early '80s, Kubrick and production designer John Barry created a world of high-tech cultural decay, mixing old details like bowler hats with bizarrely alienating "new" environments like the Milkbar. Alex's violence is horrific, yet it is an aesthetically calculated fact of his existence; his charisma makes the icily clinical Ludovico treatment seem more negatively abusive than positively therapeutic. Alex may be a sadist, but the state's autocratic control is another violent act, rather than a solution. Released in late 1971 (within weeks of Sam Peckinpah's brutally violent Straw Dogs), the film sparked considerable controversy in the U.S. with its X-rated violence; after copycat crimes in England, Kubrick withdrew the film from British distribution until after his death. Opinion was divided on the meaning of Kubrick's detached view of this shocking future, but, whether the discord drew the curious or Kubrick's scathing diagnosis spoke to the chaotic cultural moment, A Clockwork Orange became a hit. On the heels of New York Film Critics Circle awards as Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, Kubrick received Oscar nominations in all three categories. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian, Nick Redman ; theatrical trailer ; Channel Four documentary: "Still tickin': the return of Clockwork Orange" ; new featurette: "Great Bolshy Yarblockosl: Making a Clockwork Orange" ; career profile: "O Lucky Malcolm!", produced & directed by Jan Harlan, edited by Katia de Vidas.
Specifications: NTSC DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen tvs; dual layer format; Dolby Digital, Dolby surround 5.1 sound.
Disc 1: Digitally remastered movie -- Disc 2: Special features.
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin.
"Stamping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating, Derby-topped hooligan Alex 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 the Anthony Burgess novel"--Container.
Rated: R.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
English or French dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.