On this day in movie history - A Clockwork Orange (1971 movie & novel):

A Clockwork Orange

directed by Stanley Kubrick,
based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess,

premiered 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

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 television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: Contraband.
Released December 19, 1958.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Merwin Gerard.
Music by Buddy Bregman.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ross Martin, Marti Stevens, King Calder, Bill Cord, Thom Carney.

Born on this day – Robert Urich:

Robert Urich

Actor

Producer

December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002

Born on this day – Peter H. Hunt:

Peter H. Hunt

Director

Producer

Lighting designer

December 19, 1938 – April 26, 2020

Born on this day – Marlene Clark:

Marlene Clark

Actress

Animator

Model

December 19, 1937 – May 18, 2023

Born on this day – Aki Aleong:

Aki Aleong

Actor

Producer

Director

December 19, 1934 – June 24, 2025

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Born on this day – Cicely Tyson:

Cicely Tyson

Actress

December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021