A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Year: 1971
UK: Warner Bros
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Philip Stone, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff, Lindsay Campbell, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Country: UK
UK: 136 mins
UK Certificate: 18 for occasional strong violence and sexual violence
UK Release Date: 17 March 2000

British Board of Film Classification Decision Commentary

The cinema film of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE has been classified by the BBFC as '18' without cuts, for adult audiences. The film was classified 'X' without cuts in December 1971 and subsequently withdrawn in 1973 by the film's Director. Despite the notoriety, the Board does not consider that concerns expressed at the time of the film's original release, about its possible influence on young people, are a serious issue now. The Board is satisfied that the scenes of violence depicted in the film are acceptable under the Board's guidelines.