Stomping whomping stealing singing tap-dancing violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm Mc Dowell) has a good time
- at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen & back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubricks future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess novel. Controversial when first released A Clockwork Orange won New York Film Critics Best Picture & Director awards & earned four Oscar nominations including Best Picture. Its power still entices shocks & holds us in its grasp.