Although Kubrick adhered closely to the book, he did make changes, and these changes prompted Anthony Burgess to say that Kubrick glorified the book's sex and violence. In the novel, Alex rapes two underage girls, but this is change into a consensual threesome for the film's fast-forward sex scene. Kubrick also changes the writer character to make him less sympathetic. (Source)

There are countless conspiracy theories about Stanley Kubrick. A prominent one for A Clockwork Orange is that it is about the CIA's MKUltra mind-control experiments in the 1960s. If you think that's insane, maybe you've been brainwashed. (Source)

Who knew Darth Vader was a stud? The strangely hunky nurse/bodyguard for the writer at the end of the film is played by David Prowse, who was inside Vader's iconic black costume in Star Wars. (Source)

Need to lose a few pounds? Go on the Clockwork Orange diet! Researchers discovered that a deconditioning technique similar to the Ludovico technique helped people lose weight. They never looked at oranges the same way again. (Source)

In the late '90s, fashion savvy generation-Y girls who were too cool for the mall shopped from home in the dELiA*s catalog. But what about boys—and girls who wanted to look less girly? In 1998, dELiA*s launched a male counterpart called Droog, named after the gang from A Clockwork Orange. (Source)