A Clockwork Orange research

Inspiration

Idea is based on a book

Banned?

The film was never actually banned in the US or the UK. Although in the UK Kubrick withdrew the film because it was widely believed that it influenced several violent crimes in 1972 and 1973. And was only re-released after his death in 1999.

The two copycat crimes that prompted Stanley Kubrick to have the film withdrawn in the United Kingdom were the rape of a Dutch girl in Lancashire in 1973 at the hands of men singing "Singin' in the Rain" and the beating of a 16 year old boy who had beaten a younger child whilst wearing Alex's uniform of white overalls, a black bowler hat and combat boots.