Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Front Cover Actor Malcolm McDowell Alexander de Large Patrick Magee Mr. Alexander Michael Bates Chief guard 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 Movie Details Genre Crime; Drama; Sci-Fi Director Stanley Kubrick Producer Stanley Kubrick Writer Anthony Burgess; Stanley Kubrick Language English Running Time 137 mins Country UK Color Color Plot Alex, a teenage hooligan in a near-future Britain, gets jailed by the police. There he volunteers as guinea pig for a new aversion therapy proposed by the government to make room in prisons for political prisoners. "Cured" of his hooliganism and released, he is rejected by his friends and relatives. Eventually nearly dying, he becomes a major embarrassment for the government, who arrange to cure him of his cure. A pivotal moment is when he and his gang break into an author's home: the book he is writing (called "A Clockwork Orange") is a plea against the use of aversion therapy, on the grounds that it turns people into Clockwork Oranges (Ourang is Malay for "Man"): they are not being good from choice (sentiments later echoed by the prison chaplain). The film reflects this: many bad scenes in a Clockwork Orange are accompanied by jolly music; if we are to experience them as we should, we have to do it consciously, by realising they are bad, and not because the director tells us so through the use of music and images. *** Sex, rvačky, krádeže, zpívání, stepování, násilí. Chuligán a týpek s buřinkou na hlavě má svůj vlastní styl, jak se dobře pobavit. Obvykle však s tragickými následky pro ostatní. Alexova proměna z amorálního fracka na řádného občana s vymytým mozkem a zase zpátky, je základním kamenem šokující futuristické vize budoucnosti, jež je Kubrickovou adaptací novely Anthonyho Burgese. Nezapomenutelné záběry, dokonale zapadající hudební doprovod a fascinující, surový jazyk Alexe a jeho kámošů - to jsou atributy pomocí nichž Kubrick vytváří úchvatný příběh o naprosté ztrátě morálky. Personal Details Seen It Yes Index 33 In Collection Yes Links IMDB Czech title Mechanický pomeranč Product Details Format Divx Subtitles Czech Packaging CD Audio Tracks English Nr of Disks/Tapes 1