A Clockwork Orange
First screened in February 2001 / Most recently screened in December 2025

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Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, James Marcus, Warren Clarke, Michael Tarn, Sheila Raynor, Philip Stone, Paul Farrell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Richard Connaught, Miriam Karlin, Steven Berkoff, Michael Gover, Michael Bates, Godfrey Quigley, Carl Duering, Madge Ryan, Clive Francis, David Prowse, John Savident, Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Taylor, Anthony Sharp, Gillian Hills, Aubrey Morris. Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick (based on the novel by Anthony Burgess).

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Photo © 1971 Warner Bros.

In Brief: Like Alex's unlikely murder weapon: outsized, inhumane, funny, striking but sterile, says a lot yet too little.

VOR: ⑤  Exemplary of the phrase "often imitated, never duplicated." I'm sympathetic to grand claims made for and against it, but it's a formidable work.

Grade: B+

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Picture
	Best Director: Stanley Kubrick
	Best Adapted Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick
	Best Film Editing: Bill Butler
Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Picture (Drama)
	Best Director: Stanley Kubrick
	Best Actor (Drama): Malcolm McDowell
Other Awards:
	Venice Film Festival: Pasinetti Award (Best Foreign Film)
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film; Best Director

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