Clockwork Orange (plot) Clockwork Orange (plot) Clockwork Orange is the name of the secret British security services project which was alleged to have involved a right-wing smear campaign against British politicians from 1974 to 1975. The black propaganda led Prime Minister Harold Wilson to fear that the security services were preparing a "coup d'état". The operation takes its name from "A Clockwork Orange", a 1971 Stanley Kubrick film based on an Anthony Burgess novel of the same name. The project was undertaken by members of the British intelligence services and the British Army press office in Northern Ireland, whose job also included routine
A Clockwork Orange (film) the American Film Institute's (AFI) top movie lists. The film was listed at #46 in the 1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, at #70 in the 2007 second listing. "Alex DeLarge" is listed 12th in the villains section of the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains. In 2008, the AFI's 10 Top 10 rated "A Clockwork Orange" as the 4th greatest science-fiction movie to date. The film was also placed 21st in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills In the British Film Institute's 2012 "Sight & Sound" polls of the world's greatest films, "A Clockwork Orange" was ranked 75th