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A Clockwork Orange

Blue Velvet said:
No, he withdrew it from circulation becuase of alleged death threats to himself and his family, after all the hooha about the film's content.
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oh... well, I was going on 15 year old information. Just checking I see that a different story, the one you relay, came out after his death. I take it back then ... if Kubrick's version of events is true.:)
 
I don't recall hearing about any copycat crimes a la Alex. Nor any crimes using Beethoven's 9th as their inspiration. That would have been a hoot, tho: using a Beethoven defence as rock/metal/rap "influence" on deviant behaviour.:rolleyes:
 
There are a couple of reported copycat crimes, including one from 1990:

'Clockwork Orange' link with boy's crime
The violent film , A Clockwork Orange, was in the mind of a boy aged 16 who beat an elderly tramp to death, it was alleged at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The only money the tramp, Mr David McManus, aged 60, had, 1½p, was missing when his body was searched, Mr John Owen, for the prosecution said. The boy, who comes from Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, was sentenced to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure for murder. He had pleaded guilty.

The boy told the police that his friends had told him about the film "and the beating up of an old boy like this one".

Mr Owen said: "If this was robbery, it was all for 1½p or it may have been carried out for excitement as a result of the film. If so, the makers of the film have much to answer for." It seemed as if momentarily the devil had been planted in the boy's subconscious.

The irresistable conclusion was that it was the influence of the book. Many people had much to answer for, whether they were authors, film directors, television producers or those who allowed those films to be shown. He continued:

"It has produced a canker among the impressionable young, which all reasonable people desire to see stamped out at once".

Mr Roger Gray, for the defence, said: "The link between this crime and sensational literature, particularly A Clockwork Orange, is established beyond any reasonable doubt".
The Times -- 4th July, 1973
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Film an argument for censorship, judge says
From our Correspondent
Manchester, July 23

Judge Bailey at Manchester Crown Court today attacked the film Clockwork Orange. He said it presented an "unassailable argument" for a form of censorship.

He had heard of the Sunday afternoon a boy aged 16, dressed like a character in the film, had attacked a boy aged 15. Sending him to borstal, the judge said: "Cases like yours present, in my view, an unassailable argument in favour of the return as quickly as possible of some sort of censorship to prevent this sort of exhibition being released on the screen or stage, which is evil in itself.

"If this happens, it will be very salutary in that those salacious creatures who appear to dominate what is called show business today are compelled to earn a more respectable and honorable livelihood instead of inciting young persons to violence at the expense of their victims."

He said that it was the second case he had heard in the past three weeks in which "a dispicable young bully has attributed his wicked behaviour to having seen this dastardly film".

The boy was convicted at heywood, Lancashire, on June 13 of causing grievous bodily harm to the boy of 15. He was said to have kicked him several times while wearing heavy boots.
The Times -- 24th July, 1973
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Teenager jailed

Pittsburgh -- A teenager was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing and strangling a friend in a crime he said was influenced by seeing the film A Clockwork Orange. (AP)
The Times -- 24th August, 1990
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Well it's these kids that commit crimes like the afore mentioned that the Ludivico technique attempted to cure, too bad the kids never saw the whole movie, probably got kicked out before the end..
 
well from imdb.com the list of ratings for the movie and also where it was band at and what years.


South Korea:18 (2005) (DVD rating) / Iceland:16 / South Africa:(Banned) / South Korea:18 (2004) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) / Ireland:18 (re-rating) (2000) / Ireland:(Banned) (1971-2000) / Argentina:13 (re-rating) / Argentina:18 (original rating) / Australia:MA (TV rating) / Australia:R (original rating) / Canada:16+ (Quebec) / Canada:R (Alberta) (re-rating) (1999) / Chile:18 / Finland:K-15 (re-rating) / Finland:K-18 (original rating) / France:-12 (re-rating) / France:-16 (original rating) / Hong Kong:III / Israel:18 (video rating) / Israel:X (original rating) / Italy:VM14 (re-release) / Italy:VM18 (original rating) / Japan:R-15 / Malaysia:(Banned) / Mexico:C / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R18 / Norway:18 / Singapore:(Banned) / South Korea:(Banned) / Spain:(Banned) (original rating) / Spain:18 (re-rating) (1975) / Sweden:15 / UK:18 (re-rating) (1999) / UK:X (original rating) / USA:R (edited for re-rating) (1972) / USA:X (original rating) / West Germany:16 / Portugal:M/16
 
Jasonbot said:
How will I know which version I watched? There was loads of profanity and illicit material. It was a legal dvd.
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Well, the Dutch version had subtitles in Dutch, so that was a bit of a give away.:)
Chances are it was the full film.
 
Just thought I'd share a couple of Clockwork toy mods a couple of friends did for a gallery show at Rotofugi in Chicago:

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If it has not already been mentioned,,

A fun fact; In the movie of A Clockwork Orange, writer F. Alexander's bodyguard is played by none other than David Prowse. Prowse, as most folks know all to well, went on to become famous as Darth Vader. :eek:
 
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