Stomping whomping stealing singing tap-dancing violating. Derby-topped teddy-boy hooligan Alex (Malcolm Mc Dowell) has his own way of having a good time. He has it at the tragic expense of others. Alex's journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess' novel. Unforgettable images startling musical counterpoints the fascinating language used by Alex & his pals... Kubrick shapes them into a shattering whole. Hugely controversial when first released A Clockwork Orange won the New York Film Critics Best Picture & Director honours & earned four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The power of its art is such that it still entices shocks & holds us in its grasp.