History Trivia / AClockWorkOrange

* EnforcedMethodActing: Malcolm [=McDowell=] had actually scratched his cornea during filming, and thus the man with the eye drops during the Ludovico Technique was an actual medical practitioner. Malcolm [=McDowell=] developed a lasting hatred for eye-drops from filming this scene.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Frank Alexander's bodyguard, Julian, is David Prowse, best known as the man in the [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] suit.
** Deltoid is the [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy captain of the Golgafrincham B Ark]].

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The film is a horrific view of a society crippled by teenage hooligans, but it actually ''inspired'' similar crimes throughout the UK, first during its initial release (enough that Warner Brothers pulled it from theaters in England) and [[http://dangerousminds.net/comments/still_ticking_stanley_kubricks_ban_clockwork_orange then after its DVD release]].

* ApprovalOfGod: Inverted; Creator/GeneKelly reportedly did not like the film's take on "Singin' on the Rain" so much that when he met Malcolm [=McDowell=] at a party some years later, Kelly turned and walked away in disgust.

* ApprovalOfGod: Inverted; Creator/GeneKelly reportedly did not like the film's take on "Singin' on the Rain" so much that when he met McDowell at a party some years later, Kelly turned and walked away in disgust.
* BannedInChina: Banned in Ireland, of course. And as noted bellow, [[CreatorBacklash Kubrick himself]] got it banned in the United Kingdom until he died.

* ThrowItIn: The scene with Alex dancing while he sings "Singing In The Rain" was the result of Stanley Kubrick finding the scene too conventional and asking actor Malcolm [=McDowell=] to improvise. Additionally, the scene in which Alex "pops" his mouth open for the minister to feed him is entirely improvised, as Kubrick got incredibly bored filming the scene; Malcolm McDowell then started acting silly to keep the crew's attention focused. Considering it was used in the film, it's probably safe to say it worked.

* ThrowItIn: The scene with Alex dancing while he sings "Singing In The Rain" was the result of Stanley Kubrick finding the scene too conventional and asking actor Malcolm [=McDowell=] to improvise. Additionally, near the end, the man feeding Alex while Alex mocks him about it by 'popping' his mouth open while the man spoke to him came about as a result of Kubrick being in a particularly bad mood and [=McDowell=] acting goofy in an attempt to cheer him up. Considering it was used in the film, it's probably safe to say it worked.

* CreatorBacklash: The film was the subject of much media hype linking it to violent crimes. After Stanley Kubrick received death threats, he withdrew the film from screening in the UK, even suing arthouse theatres that tried to show it. The ban was only lifted after Kubrick's death.

* TheRedStapler: Sales of [[{{LudwigVanBeethoven}} Beethoven's]] 9th Symphony went up after the film.

* BannedInChina: Banned in Ireland, of course. And as noted bellow, [[CreatorBacklish Kubrick himself]] got it banned in the United Kingdom until he died.

* BannedInChina: Banned in Ireland, of course.

** Deltoid is the [[Series/HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy captain of the Golgafrincham B Ark]].

* AccidentallyAccurate: While mini-cassettes never took off as a music medium, the resurgence of vinyl records in recent years makes the music store look surprisingly current. Ditto for some of the sets, now that elements of 1970's decor have found their way back into style.

* AccidentallyAccurate: While mini-cassettes never took off as a music medium, the resurgence of vinyl records in recent years makes the music store look surprisingly current.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Frank Alexander's bodyguard, Julian, is David Prowse, best known as the man in the [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] suit.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Frank Alexander's body guard is David Prowse, best known as the man in the Darth Vader suit.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Frank Alexander's body guard is David Prowse. And Dave Prowse IS Darth Vader.

* CreatorBacklash: In an introduction to a later edition of the book, the author called it "pornographic" and an "embarrassment." He considers its main entertainment value to be from "[[{{Fetish Fuel}} raping]] and [[{{gorn}} ripping]]."

* CreatorBacklash: In an introduction to a later edition of the book, the author called it "pornographic" and an "embarrassment." He considers its main entertainment value to be from "[[{{Fetish Fuel}} raping]] and [[{{gorn}} ripping]]."