Alex (A Clockwork Orange) Picture Drama, and some consider his failure to receive a Best Actor nomination at the Academy Awards a major snub. In 2008, his performance was ranked #100 on "Premiere Magazine"s "100 Greatest Performances of All Time." Vanessa Claire Smith won "LA Weekly"s Leading Female Performance award for her gender-bending performance in the stage production of "A Clockwork Orange". Alex (A Clockwork Orange) Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess' novel "A Clockwork Orange" and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of the same name, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In the film, his surname is DeLarge, a reference
A Clockwork Orange (film) was withdrawn from British release in 1973 by Warner Brothers at the request of Kubrick. In response to allegations that the film was responsible for copycat violence Kubrick stated: The Scala Cinema Club went into receivership in 1993 after losing a legal battle following an unauthorised screening of the film. In the same year, Channel 4 broadcast "Forbidden Fruit", a 27-minute documentary about the withdrawal of the film in Britain. It contains footage from "A Clockwork Orange". It was difficult to see "A Clockwork Orange" in the United Kingdom for 27 years. It was only after Kubrick died in 1999