If Malcolm hasn't already done a word-for-word audio book narration of the novel A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, he really ought to do so before he passes on. It's a 1st Person narrator speaking about events from his past, so an older Alex speaking to an audience is just the thing.

@calessel3139

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!!!

@pilgrimomega

Жыл бұрын

In that vein, I've found myself wishing there was a way to shoot the final chapter of the book, or an interpolation of it, with old Alex.

@nellsun2521

Жыл бұрын

I'd listen to that! Alex's narration was hilarious in the film. One of the best bits about it.

@80sGenKid

Жыл бұрын

Listen to the audio narration by Anthony Burgess it was done after the movie so I'm sure Malcolm may have influenced his take but he really does a fantastic job of narrating and he does mention his opinion of the movie including Stanley Kubrick it is a good listen for history movie buffs...*actually I just found on youtube again it wasn't Anthony Burgess but it is a Brit that is definitely channeling Malcolm's take...he does read some of Anthony's opinion in what I assume is an updated edition of the book...

@calessel3139

Жыл бұрын

@@80sGenKid From what I remember, Burgess was upset that Kubrick left out the last Chapter of A Clockwork Orange where Alex becomes a reformed citizen. But Kubrick always likes to leave the endings of his films more or less ambiguous, so that was never going to happen.

He deserved an Oscar in A Clockwork Orange for best actor. No one but Malcom could improvise such a disturbing scene while singing such a sweet song and dancing with such joy

@bobthebear1246

4 ай бұрын

He definitely should have been nominated.

@PsychicWars

Ай бұрын

Malcolm's acting was the one thing Anthony Burgess praised about the movie adaptation of his book.

@amiblueful

Ай бұрын

He didn't even get nominated! The movie was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director but won neither. What a travesty.

@orestispitsillides

Ай бұрын

@bobthebear1246 yeah it's so crazy

@orestispitsillides

Ай бұрын

@PsychicWars yeah Anthony Burgers praised the movie as well. It's really interesting that Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's The Shining.

Holy crap! McDowells' John Geilgud impression was spot on. Great clip. 👍

@nnnnnn3647

Жыл бұрын

Why doesn't this fool not let the guy talk, but keeps interrupting him? Imbecile.

He's a very underrated actor. He deserves an Oscar.

@regretto

Жыл бұрын

Oscar these days doesn't deserve Malcolm Mcdowell

@Mr.Monta77

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for not calling him a genius. Way too many geniuses on KZread. But he certainly is an excellent actor.

@alanmatthew5713

Жыл бұрын

Malcolm is an excellent actor. Lon Chaney and Marlon Brando are who I would call geniuses.

@Mr.Monta77

Жыл бұрын

@@alanmatthew5713 What would you call Bach, Mozart, Shakespeare?

@alanmatthew5713

Жыл бұрын

From a far more advanced civilization.

I had the pleasure of meeting Malcolm twice. And I'll always treasure those moments.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

What exactly did you do with him during those two... meetings?

@NOWtheband

Жыл бұрын

good

@YolandaAnneBrown95726

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigbadwhitecracker Scifi meet-and-greets. He's absolutely adorable.

@bobthebear1246

Жыл бұрын

I bet he was very cool. He seems like a very cool guy.

@mavis3916

Жыл бұрын

Did you have to pay to meet him?

McDowell deserves a lifetime Oscar, or something for playing Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Has there ever been a more challenging role executed so brilliantly?

I've met actors, wrestlers and musicians but to this day Malcolm McDowell is the only person I ever met where I experienced being completely star struck. One of the most polite and nicest people I've ever met too.

@tinaholman956

9 ай бұрын

I love Malcolm in movies,he is my celebrity CRUSH, but I was hoping he is nice in real life.

@chaospoet

9 ай бұрын

@@tinaholman956 You know how they say "Don't meet your heroes." Or I suppose in this instance we could alter that to "Don't meet your crush." Yeah, if you ever get the opportunity, meet him! You won't be disappointed.

@Nupetiet

Ай бұрын

I attended the Shore Leave Trek convention once, and he had a Q&A session there. I waited in line to ask him about how he got involved with the Wing Commander franchise (the first thing I knew him from), and he quickly deflected the question, saying he needed the money, and moved on to the next questioner. Somebody else might have been disappointed, but all I remember is that Malcolm McDowell acknowledged and spoke to me, he replied to words that came out of my mouth

Malcolm was very quick and funny. Today's Conan would have had a better back and forth with him

@michaelparks6120

Жыл бұрын

Writers are often not great at small talk especially when being observed.

@lomarsweed6604

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelparks6120 Conan is great at small talk, he just hadn't yet completely settled into his role as TV host. He never would've gotten the job in the first place if he didn't have the gift of gab.

@jays1850

Жыл бұрын

It’s not Conan. It’s him. Malcom is a straight up RUDE GOOF!! SERIOUSLY!!

@dimebagdave77

Жыл бұрын

@@jays1850 😁

@greggh

Жыл бұрын

Nah.Today's Conan would be too busy twisting his nipples. Probably have his shirt off by now.

Conan’s gotten so much better at doing interviews

@vb8428

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but there are still some people he keeps interrupting this way to this day

@dpunch9323

Жыл бұрын

Well he couldn’t have gotten much worse

What a fine job Conan did getting into the artistic viewpoint of two of the most disturbing movies ever made. And Malcolm was wonderful and his willingness, not simply to share, but perform. His love for what he does shines through very brightly.

I will always have a crush on Malcolm at every age, even if he turns 105 years old! He's amazing!

@MorrisDugan

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't look that different from how he looked in the 1970's.

@bobspence5322

Жыл бұрын

@@MorrisDugan this interview is about 30 years old.

@MorrisDugan

Жыл бұрын

@@bobspence5322 Even if it was 50 years ago, he still looks so young! Conan even more so!

@warlockofwordschannel7901

2 ай бұрын

He'll be glad to hear that.

Very charismast,briliant actor,GREAT Malcolm mcdowell!!!

I love seeing early Conan clips whether it be remotes, skits, interviews because you can see the growth and how he becomes more comfortable through the years.

@thomHD

Жыл бұрын

My interpretation is that he's preferable here and became increasingly obnoxious as time went on

@suffern63

Жыл бұрын

@@thomHD My interpretation is that he should have been cancelled before..during..and after

@vb8428

Жыл бұрын

@@thomHD Actually I think he was always that way but with some guests it fits right in but with some it's just off.

Malcolm McDowell is my favourite actor and “O Lucky Man!” my favourite film.

A Clockwork Orange is my favorite movie!!!

Off to google I go to see if he died, no Alex is still up to his shenanigans with his droogs.

Great actor, Malcom. I liked him a lot in "Time After Time" with David Warner and Mary Steenburgen. All his films are great. Good man!!

@kristianspeke1

Жыл бұрын

That's a brilliant film

@m1lst3r89

Жыл бұрын

I think Mary is his wife now.

@jsb354

Жыл бұрын

@@m1lst3r89, she was Malcolm's wife, but they divorced long ago. Now she's married to Ted Danson.

@TheSoleProprietor

Ай бұрын

I liked him in "A Clockwork Orange". But it was fun seeing him as a "good guy" in this movie, too... playing H.G. Wells. The scene at McDonald's was my most favorite... makes me laugh every time to hear him in that American accent!

Man, Malcom and Sting sure do resemble each other. 😂

@tabathasheffroth7981

Жыл бұрын

Mr. McDowell was in a short-lived TV series called "Pearl" in the '90s with Rhea Perlman. I don't recall the situation, but in one episode his character says something to the effect of "People are saying things about me, like l am Sting's illegitimate son." That may be the most memorable thing about the show🙂.

Alex was just a humble narrator.

@MrSmokincodz

Жыл бұрын

To his brothers and only friends.

@inspectortanzi

Жыл бұрын

Wellll, it's the end of the line for him! The end of the line, yesssss!

Clockwork Orange is one of those movies you discover and love as a teenager, but don't want your own children to find out about.

@m1lst3r89

Жыл бұрын

I was in my early 20s when I saw it for the 1st time, but I agree

@KLeigh-ts2ih

Жыл бұрын

I first saw it 28 years after it came out when I was 16, but didn’t actually appreciate the true brilliance of it until I saw it again more recently.

@billj4525

Жыл бұрын

@@KLeigh-ts2ih Yeah, I saw it when I was 20 or 21 and didn't pay attention and appreciate it as much as I should have at first. Only after seeing it again later did I really appreciate the brilliance of it. I just watched it last night, awesome movie. I love Kubrick in general.

he was very good in his movie. being too young, id never known it was him, i saw 'A Clockwork Orange' for the first time last year. like most people i didnt know quite what to make of it. so thats why you watch it again and again.

Malcolm is such a treasure.

Completely after all these years to thank Malcolm McDowell for his absolute awakening me into another world, another way of being. For him to reach such indomitable heights so young must have been also a lesson in otherworldliness. At 59 years old, I was too young to watch that movie, and too old when I finished watching. So few moments can resonate so long and so powerfully in so many.

No conversation is complete without giving homage to Malcolm's performance in the film "IF" and directed by the great Lindsay Anderson in 1969. Malcom largely got the role of Alex in Clockwork after Kubrick saw him in that film.

@markcraine4213

5 ай бұрын

You’ve just reminded me of an amazing film 😀

I had goosebumps when he read the dialog

"Well, well, well, well. If it isn't fat, stinking billygoat Billy-Boy in poison. How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip-oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou."

@BeatlesCentricUniverse

Жыл бұрын

Let's get 'em, boys!

Loved those movies. Malcolm really cracks me up in this interview.

Caligula , Clockwork Orange , IF , Raging moon ,he was truly a new kind of original actor of my generation

@francisthompson6470

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget gangster number 1

@billhobbs7077

Жыл бұрын

thx for the lf reference doesn't get enough respect

@MRJAZZCAT-wr2su

Жыл бұрын

Nice that you mentioned raging moon excellent sad and moving🎷

@davehoward22

Жыл бұрын

Aces high

@C64SX

Жыл бұрын

Wing Commander!

Wearing Levi's and a tie. Classic!

Funny to note when he says about A Clockwork orange that 'it was so long ago' being 23 years from when this first aired and now we are almost 30 years on from this clip ! Time huh

I like McDowell in "Time After Time"

@toddboughn5168

Жыл бұрын

My favorite time travel movie. And David Warner was brilliant as Jack the Ripper.

@effdonahue6595

Жыл бұрын

And he sang a duet of Time after Time with Cyndi Lauper 🤓

Clockwork Orange is my all-time fave movie of all time for hundreds of reasons.

I always remember him from Blue Thunder...follow my leader

“You can get anything in America if you pay for it.” 🤑

I just love that man! He was a total psycho back in the days, and was born for Caligula and Clockwork Orange.

I was in Tower records in 88 when I was a 14 year old. I was flicking through CD's and I felt someone looking at me, turned around and it was Malcolm. He gave me a nod and a smile and walked off. Surreal.

@Isi-1975

Ай бұрын

This story makes no sense. Why was he looking at you? Were you looking at the Clockwork Orange OST? Are you sure it wasn't you looking at him? Or are you famous too?

Malcolm’s John Gielgud impression is delightful 🤣✋ John sounds very proper and well spoken especially from his performance in “Arthur” so it’s funny to hear him swear

I saw Time After Time in the theater as a kid... loved that movie!!! David Warner was outstanding as Jack The Ripper.

@richardscanlan3167

Жыл бұрын

I have a copy of that film - very good. And Warner kills it as The Ripper.

We need more full episodes. Please! 🙏 Also, greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

Wow, first time I've heard from Malcolm about these experiences, each movie was a 'masterpiece'. Extreme Shock comes to mind for both movies. Malcolm is an 'Epic', actor in everything he does, even in HBO's Entourage!

an hour into Caligula I was like wtf am I watching..

I would love for malcolm to do a commentary for A Clockwork Orange.

Malcolm just kicks ass in his responses!

I wish he had asked him about the scene in a Clockwork Orange Where they held his eyes open with those metal instruments! That must have been excruciating to do for a movie!

@melvert33

Жыл бұрын

I've seen an interview before about it and he said it was a horrible experience. He said the guy putting his eye drops in was an actual doctor and if he wasn't constantly putting on eye drops then his eyes would dry out and cause permanent damage. McDowell said the doctor kept asking him if his acting was OK and McDowell said forget that just keep putting the drops in so he doesn't go blind. He also said he got really angry about how long he had to do the scene and the equipment ended up scratching his cornea which caused him days of intense pain.

Malcolm is as crazy in real life as he’s playing a character in clock works orange 😂

@effdonahue6595

Жыл бұрын

Eggy weggs! First I’m gonna smash em!

Malcolm is currently staring in a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), sitcom filmed in Newfoundland, called, "Son of a Critch", Tuesday evenings, 20:30h, EST.

Malcolm McDowell is an absolute legend! He can do any role, from archangel to antichrist, just owns anything he does! I'd love to have a drink with him at a pub sometime!

@georgecasden555

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention his excellent voiceover work on Warner Bros. Superman cartoons (Metallo).

@wonkothesane8691

Жыл бұрын

@@georgecasden555: Now, you did it! You mentioned it! Lol 😂!

@ChromeDestiny

Жыл бұрын

He's playing a grandpa on a Canadian sitcom now and still killing it.

Stanley Kubrick's favorite actor was James Cagney. Malcolm McDowell very much looked like a young Cagney in A Clockwork Orange, especially his eyes.

Sometimes, a movie, an actor, a role comes out that is just so ahead of the curve, the Academy can't yet appreciate it...otherwise this man should have won for A Clockwork Orange.

Malcolm has did a lot of movies and must have a lot of great stories.

In my opinion Malcom is one of the greatest actors there ever was.

I unwittingly chose A Clockwork Orange from the movie rental store for a first date. It turned out to be a last date as well!

@ChatGPT1111

Жыл бұрын

That's a kick in the gulliver. So no 'in-out in-out' or malenky lullilub from the devotchka before spatchka eh then? Did you at least remain horrorshow droogies?

@michaelsims1160

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great movie but not the rom com of the year.

Love this guy!!! Awesome actor!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I remember many years ago standing in line to see Caligula at an art cinema in Fort Lauderdale with a friend of mine. We were probably 19 or 20 years old. It was the 9:30 pm showing. The 7pm showing was just letting out and if you know anything about South Florida, it's mostly old Jewish people. This little old Jewish lady came out and said to us, "You've never seen so much c--t in your life." And she was dead on.

@m1lst3r89

Жыл бұрын

She obviously talks from experience.

He did a good job in Blue Thunder also.

"CENTURIAN I HEARD YOU HAVE A THING FOR LITTLE BOYS" "NO SIRE BIG BOYS" LMFAO PMFSFL

I love Malcolm McDowell ❤

I desperately want him to do an interview on his experiances on the set of Blue Thunder.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

Catch ya later!

@MagicCarpetRideShareProject

8 ай бұрын

Such a classic flick! I'm due for another viewing : )

A lovely guy, and a superb actor.

Can’t believe this was 1994, he aged really quickly. A legend though!

Two of my all-time favorite films!

I would love to hear more of Malcolm McDowell's behind the scenes stories of both CO & Caligula.

1971 had another of my favorite movies - Ken Russell's "The Devils." What a year for movies.

Seems like a reasonable guy. Very good actor.

I’ve always loved Malcolm and his movies.

An absolute genius bit of casting getting Malcolm into ACWO

This interview is hilarious

that Gielgud impression is insane!

Clockwork Orange in the top 5 greatest movies of all-time

@players7686

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

Few days ago Mr McDowell comes to my city (Turin - Italy) as special guest of TFF (Turin Film Festival). He spent a lot of lovely words for the baroque architecture, the museums and of course for the food. He's a very gentle and cultured man 👍

clockwork orange big impact here in melbourne australia, started a movement of skinheads and so called sharpies, very influential and thought provoking

My brother and I went to a fine public school in Oxford in 1960. In ‘61 he went off to boarding school in the US and I joined him in ‘63. When “If” came out we watched it twice together and several times solo. “If” was a movie, a movie we wished we’d lived. Malcolm was brilliant. Some weird glitch makes it hard to get a copy of that movie.

@lynnenolte1538

Жыл бұрын

Amazon prime

@williammoses6460

Жыл бұрын

@@lynnenolte1538 Blessings on your house for three generations 🙏

@lynnenolte1538

Жыл бұрын

My husband went to Stowe about then. I had him watch If and he said it was pretty realistic

I was an extra in a movie he made in my town here in the Pacific Northwest. I played a TV reporter ( I had no lines, I just stood there with a microphone )and had a brief conversation with him-he was very nice

He looks like Steve Martin alittle. especially when he mention he check for the movie,saying Bob,where's the check bob.

@ResistanceQuest

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@MrJames-tw3so

Жыл бұрын

@@ResistanceQuest Nice,I was hoping it wasn't just mean. I almost wrote Martin Short,he was in my mind cause he was born and grew in my city(a city near Toronto called Hamilton) and sometimes say his name by mistake when I meant Steve.

Not often is Conan outclassed

Nice to catch up on my high school years of Conan. Rarely got to stay up.

just remember McDowell was a credited writer of Caligula so cant complain that much

Malcolm McDowell is a genius. Both great dark films.

This man played as two of the most violent and insane people in cinema and hes incredibly charming irl

Caligula's horse that was made a Senator could always be counted on to vote "neigh" on every issue.

Ce actor mare!A jucat fenomenal în toate fimele,mai ales rolul Caligula și în rolul ofițerului SS din Trecătoarea!

you wouldnt believe this but back years ago malcolm mcdowell of all people would come to car shows in my native state of west virginia and he is one of the realest people you would ever meet.

I remember seeing both these 2 movies when they first came out. Both movies were very sensational got a lot of media attention, shocking. Caligula was actually banned in British Columbia for awhile until they calmed down the government lady sensor who was completely opposed to Caligula.

What a legend.

I saw Caligula at the Penthouse Theater in New York when it opens. What an experience.

Damn, I wasn't ready for that Sir John Gielgud impression.

Our fave! And his classic Oh Lucky Man we see as well whenever the chance! ~ Cheers, molo & all that. ~

Does anyone else mainly remember him from "O Lucky Man"? (I really should check out his later films. :)

Amazing interview to be honest

Love him!!

I love that line where he says "A little of the old ultra-violence". I still use that one today.

@thermonuclearcollider4418

Жыл бұрын

He says "old in-out in-out": that means "sexual intercourse" (or "rape", since it is used in two rape scenes) in the slang from "A Clockwork Orange".

Righty Right Right. Saw this Movie in 1971, N.Y.C. premier. Went with my cousin to see it, sat on the steps of St. Pats Cathedra afterward and drained a quart of vodka w O.J. Great memory. Kid from Oregon visiting Greenwich Village, unreal times.

This was taped and aired 29 years ago? Why do we need to watch it now? Krazy.

If this is MM's personality (and he seems to have a good, interesting one), another great movie, Time After Time, just proves how good an actor he is, as his character there (H.G. Wells) could not be more different.

@josephgriffin2388

Жыл бұрын

That was Mary Steinbergen's first film I believe.

@tomlewis4748

Жыл бұрын

@@josephgriffin2388 Second. She was also terrific in Goin' South.

@davidolden971

Жыл бұрын

@@josephgriffin2388 2nd. Her first feature was Goin’ South (1978)

@xio3857

Жыл бұрын

@@josephgriffin2388 great cast with Alan Rickman.

@davedalton1273

Жыл бұрын

I love Time After Time. It's my favorite time travel movie, although I suspect most people would prefer Back to the Future.

"it was like ancient rome" 4:50 this was one of the funniest lines of the entire interview, and everyone from conan to the crowd got wooshed.

Love Malcolm 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Caligula, that sure had a lot of the old 'in out in out' 🤣🤣🤣

That's wild. I actually recognized him as Alex when he said howdy howdy howdy.

the year after this interview aired Malcolm was the villain in “Tank Girl,” another cult classic and I really enjoy it, especially the silly bits.

I wish there were more places to watch Caligula