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On an Alternate Clockwork Orange
May 9, 2008 by Allyn · 2 Comments
You learn something new every day.
Mick Jagger wanted to star as Alex in A Clockwork Orange.
The Beatles wanted to compose the film’s soundtrack.
So says a letter from Mick Jagger’s manager, dating back to 1968. He was writing to John Schlesigner, the director attached to A Clockwork Orange.
Schlesinger passed on the project, and the involvement of Jagger and the Beatles passed along with him.
What a vastly different film that would have been.
I can almost imagine the Beatles’ Lord of the Rings film.
I can’t quite imagine this alternate Clockwork Orange, though.
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Allyn Gibson has written Star Trek short fiction, such as the groundbreaking "Make-Believe" in Star Trek: Constellations (2006) and the mind-blowing Doctor Who short story, "The Spindle of Necessity" in Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership (2008). He is also the writer for a monthly catalog where he gets to indulge himself in comics and pop culture. After hours, he writes fiction, non-fiction, and weird ramblings on his blog about whatever is on his mind. Now a Baltimorean, Allyn roots long-distance for two long-suffering sports teams: the Chicago Cubs and Hibernian FC; closer to home he roots for the "First in war, first in peace, last in the National League" Washington Nationals, because the Nats need all the help (and all the fans) they can get.
Mick Jagger? I cant see that.
I almost have glimpses. But it’s putting Jagger in Malcolm McDowell’s place in Kubrick’s film, and I know that’s not right. That’s not how the film would have been made with Schlesinger at the helm. There are things I can see, but then they fade away, fleeting images of a movie that never was.