A Clockwork Orange – Mini VHS Keyring
Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. Stanley Kubrick’s visionary, controversial and utterly singular 1971 masterpiece — adapted from Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel — starring Malcolm McDowell in one of cinema’s most indelible performances as Alex DeLarge, the charismatic, amoral and ultra-violent leader of a gang of droogs in a dystopian near-future Britain, who is eventually captured by the state and subjected to the Ludovico Technique — an experimental aversion therapy designed to make him physically incapable of violence — a film of extraordinary visual invention, savage wit, deeply unsettling power and profound philosophical intelligence that provoked a national scandal upon its release in Britain, was voluntarily withdrawn from UK distribution by Kubrick himself in 1973, and remained unavailable in the UK until after his death in 1999 — one of the greatest and most important films ever made — now on your keys. This miniature VHS box keyring is a faithful recreation of the original A Clockwork Orange (1971) UK Warner VHS case — featuring that magnificent stark white cover with Philip Castle’s legendary poster art, the bold black STANLEY KUBRICK’S credit in clean sans-serif at the top left, the towering black triangle dominating the centre with Alex DeLarge crouching menacingly within it, his bowler hat silhouetted at the apex, his gloved fist clutching a knife blade pointing upward, his single eye with the false eyelash staring out from the shadows of the triangle, the brilliant CLOCKWORK in bold black above the magnificent ORANGE in that gorgeous chunky rounded orange lettering at the bottom of the front, the dark circular BEST FILM / BEST DIRECTOR — NEW YORK FILM CRITICS award badge in the top right corner, the synopsis text in small black italic running down the left side of the front, the red BBFC 18 certificate circle in the bottom left corner of the front, the white spine with STANLEY KUBRICK’S CLOCKWORK ORANGE running vertically in bold black alongside the Warner triangle logo badge at the top and the red BBFC 18 certificate at the bottom, and the clean white back cover with the Warner logo, the full synopsis, the cast and crew credits, and the barcode alongside the red BBFC 18 certificate.
A must-have for any Kubrick devotee, Malcolm McDowell admirer, or anyone who has never quite heard Beethoven’s Ninth the same way since.
- Miniature VHS box design with full front, back and spine cover art
- Measures 5 cm x 3 cm
- Artwork printed on premium gloss vinyl — waterproof and scratch proof
- Machine cut covers for a perfect, precise finish every time
- Silver-tone keyring chain attached at the corner
- Lightweight and durable