A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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Continuity mistake: When Alex, the writer, and the other two political people are sitting at the table near the end of the movie, not only does the amount of sauce change on the spaghetti, but the amount of spaghetti changes from shot to shot even after Alex has stopped munching on it. This isn't part of the director's ploy.

Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of the camera can be seen many times on Alex and Miss Weathers during the fight scene in the clinic.

Continuity mistake: When Frank first pours the wine for Alex he fills it all the way to the top. The shot changes and he is still pouring the wine however the level of the glass has dropped to half full and he fills it up again.

Guy

Chief Guard Barnes: Violence makes violence.

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Trivia: According to actor Malcolm McDowell, director Stanley Kubrick was concerned that the Droog attack on F. Alexander and his wife would become just another dark, cruel and violent scene in a movie that was already full of dark, cruel and violent scenes. Kubrick wanted the Alexander home invasion to stand out as genuinely horrifying, but he was at a creative impasse. After Kubrick shut down production for several days to ponder the problem, he thought of Alex dancing during the attack. Malcolm McDowell suggested dancing (and singing) along to "Singin' in the Rain," as it was the only song to which he knew all the words.

Charles Austin Miller

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Question: Why did Alex's droogs turn against him? Did they plan to turn against him all along or was it a spur of the moment thing when the police came?

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Chosen answer: The droogs didn't like how Alex was leading them, so he attacked them. It's never explained whether the plan was to set him up all along, but given that Din was ready with the bottle to smash him over the head, it seems like an opportunity to be rid of him came up and they took it.

Captain Defenestrator

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