On this day in movie and book history - A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

based on the novel by Anthony Burgess,

was released in Canada on December 19, 1971.

Music by Wendy Carlos.

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Michael Tarn, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater, Steven Berkoff, Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Taylor.

Recommended reading - A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess.
 
Filmed in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick.
 
First published 1962.
 
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0393341763
ISBN-13: 978-0393341768
 
Description:
 
One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time.
 
“A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.” – New York Times.
 

In Anthony Burgess’s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends’ intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”

On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1981)

The Black Cat

directed by Lucio Fulci,

written by Biagio Proietti, Lucio Fulci and Biagio Proie

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in Italy on April 4, 1981.

Music by Pino Donaggio.

Cast:

Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria, Lucio Fulci, Vito Passeri.

Born on this day – Patrick Magee:

 

Patrick Magee

Actor

March 31, 1922 – August 14, 1982

Credits:

Play for Today (1979–1982); Horace (1982); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981); The Black Cat (1981); The Monster Club / Humgoo Story (1981); Chariots of Fire (1981); Hawk the Slayer (1980); The Sleep of Death (1980); Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980); The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time (1980); Rough Cut (1980); Churchill and the Generals (1979); The Brontë Sisters (1979); Oresteia (1979); Kidnapped (1978); Telefon (1977); Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1965–1977); Beasts (1976); Barry Lyndon (1975); Quiller (1975); Thriller (1974–1975); Galileo (1975); King Lear (1974); The Adventures of Black Beauty (1974); Simona (1974); Luther (1974); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); The Final Programme (1973); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Lady Ice (1973); And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973); The Protectors (1973); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968–1972); Demons of the Mind (1972); Pope Joan (1972); Young Winston (1972); Asylum / Framing story (1972); Beware My Brethren (1972); Tales from the Crypt / Blind Alleys (1972); A Clockwork Orange (1971); The Trojan Women (1971); King Lear (1970); You Can't Win 'Em All (1970); Cromwell (1970); Canterbury Tales (1969); Destiny of a Spy (1969); Hard Contract (1969); The Birthday Party (1968); ITV Playhouse (1968); The Champions (1968); The Wednesday Play (1967–1968); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Portrait in Terror (1968); Anzio (1968); Jonathan Swift (1967); Marat / Sade (1967); Conflict (1967); Die, Monster, Die! (1965); The Skull (1965); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Theatre 625 (1964); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964); Dixon of Dock Green (1964); Zulu (1964); The Plane Makers (1963–1964); The Avengers (1963); The Sentimental Agent (1963); Compact (1963); The Servant (1963); Zero One (1963); Dementia 13 (1963); Operacija Ticijan (1963); Moonstrike (1963); The Very Edge (1963); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1963); Ricochet (1963); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1961–1963); The Young Racers (1963); Antigone (1962); A Prize of Arms (1962); The Boys (1962); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1962); A Great Ship (1962); Z Cars (1962); Never Back Losers (1961); Armchair Theatre (1961); About Religion (1961); No Hiding Place (1961); Young, Willing and Eager (1961); The Concrete Jungle (1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960); Here Lies Miss Sabry (1960); Deadline Midnight (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1955–1959); Dial 999 (1958); The Green Man (1956).