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A Clockwork Orange (movie)
1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British-American crime drama thriller movie. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 short novel A Clockwork Orange. It includes disturbing, violent images. Its social commentary touches on psychiatry, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian vision of a not-too-future Britain.
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Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
Written by | Anthony Burgess (novel) Stanley Kubrick |
Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
Starring | Malcolm McDowell Warren Clarke James Marcus Patrick Magee |
Cinematography | John Alcott |
Edited by | Bill Butler |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | 2 February 1972 (USA general) |
Running time | 136 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,200,000 |
Box office | $26,589,355 |
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Kubrick stopped the film being shown in Britain, concerned about its possible effects. For 27 years it was difficult to see the film in the United Kingdom. It reappeared in cinemas, and the VHS and DVD releases followed, soon after Kubrick's death in 1999.