A Clockwork Orange (film) world really means". A Clockwork Orange (film) A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (including Beethoven), committing rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke),
Leslie Hutchinson his funeral. On 12 October 2012, an English Heritage blue plaque in commemoration of Hutch was unveiled by his daughter Gabrielle Markes at 31 Steele's Road, Belsize Park, his home from 1929 to 1967. In November 2016, Hutch was featured in episode four of the BBC series "Black and British: A Forgotten History", titled "The Homecoming", presented by historian David Olusoga. On the occasion of the programme, a plaque was unveiled by his children and extended family at Mayfair restaurant Quaglino's, where he used to perform later in his career. Leslie Hutchinson Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson, known as "Hutch" (7