Malcolm McDowell On “A Clockwork Orange” And “Caligula” | Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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- (Original Airdate: 1/17/94) Malcolm McDowell discusses his roles in two of cinema’s most notorious films.
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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.
Definitely!!!
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.
I'd listen to that! Alex's narration was hilarious in the film. One of the best bits about it.
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...
@@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.
Malcolm was very quick and funny. Today's Conan would have had a better back and forth with him
Writers are often not great at small talk especially when being observed.
@@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.
It’s not Conan. It’s him. Malcom is a straight up RUDE GOOF!! SERIOUSLY!!
@@jays1850 😁
Nah.Today's Conan would be too busy twisting his nipples. Probably have his shirt off by now.
Holy crap! McDowells' John Geilgud impression was spot on. Great clip. 👍
Why doesn't this fool not let the guy talk, but keeps interrupting him? Imbecile.
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
He definitely should have been nominated.
Malcolm's acting was the one thing Anthony Burgess praised about the movie adaptation of his book.
He didn't even get nominated! The movie was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director but won neither. What a travesty.
@bobthebear1246 yeah it's so crazy
@PsychicWars yeah Anthony Burgers praised the movie as well. It's really interesting that Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's The Shining.
He's a very underrated actor. He deserves an Oscar.
Oscar these days doesn't deserve Malcolm Mcdowell
Thanks for not calling him a genius. Way too many geniuses on TH-cam. But he certainly is an excellent actor.
Malcolm is an excellent actor. Lon Chaney and Marlon Brando are who I would call geniuses.
@@alanmatthew5713 What would you call Bach, Mozart, Shakespeare?
From a far more advanced civilization.
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.
I love Malcolm in movies,he is my celebrity CRUSH, but I was hoping he is nice in real life.
@@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.
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
Lucky. ❤😊
Yes! I was also lucky enough to meet him and was not disappointed. He was just as cool, witty, and charming as I hoped.
“You can get anything in America if you pay for it.” 🤑
Off to google I go to see if he died, no Alex is still up to his shenanigans with his droogs.
I had the pleasure of meeting Malcolm twice. And I'll always treasure those moments.
What exactly did you do with him during those two... meetings?
good
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Scifi meet-and-greets. He's absolutely adorable.
I bet he was very cool. He seems like a very cool guy.
Did you have to pay to meet him?
I will always have a crush on Malcolm at every age, even if he turns 105 years old! He's amazing!
He doesn't look that different from how he looked in the 1970's.
@@MorrisDugan this interview is about 30 years old.
@@bobspence5322 Even if it was 50 years ago, he still looks so young! Conan even more so!
He'll be glad to hear that.
Very charismast,briliant actor,GREAT Malcolm mcdowell!!!
Malcolm McDowell is my favourite actor and “O Lucky Man!” my favourite film.
And "If..."
I like McDowell in "Time After Time"
My favorite time travel movie. And David Warner was brilliant as Jack the Ripper.
And he sang a duet of Time after Time with Cyndi Lauper 🤓
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!!
That's a brilliant film
I think Mary is his wife now.
@@m1lst3r89, she was Malcolm's wife, but they divorced long ago. Now she's married to Ted Danson.
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!
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.
I was in my early 20s when I saw it for the 1st time, but I agree
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.
@@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.
I saw Time After Time in the theater as a kid... loved that movie!!! David Warner was outstanding as Jack The Ripper.
I have a copy of that film - very good. And Warner kills it as The Ripper.
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.
A Clockwork Orange is my favorite movie!!!
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!
"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."
Let's get 'em, boys!
Man, Malcom and Sting sure do resemble each other. 😂
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🙂.
Seems like a reasonable guy. Very good actor.
Conan’s gotten so much better at doing interviews
Yeah, but there are still some people he keeps interrupting this way to this day
Well he couldn’t have gotten much worse
His interviews have always sucked. He's good at oddball comedy like talking to the Triumph puppet and being a guest on Space Ghost, but he's a horrible interviewer who interrupts, cracks stupid jokes every 10 seconds and goes off on endless non sequiturs about himself. McDowell is so funny that not even Conan can ruin this segment. Same with the Norm appearances.
@@jimmyjakes1823 I bet you’re fun at parties
@@JokerzRoundTable I bet you say dumb, inane things at parties too.
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.
My interpretation is that he's preferable here and became increasingly obnoxious as time went on
@@thomHD My interpretation is that he should have been cancelled before..during..and after
@@thomHD Actually I think he was always that way but with some guests it fits right in but with some it's just off.
@@suffern63 Yeah, he should never have been allowed on screen. Period.
He's such a good sport reminicing about Caligula. I just rewatched O Lucky Man. I highly recommend it for those who haven't seen it, my fave movie of Malcolm's.
He did a good job in Blue Thunder also.
I understand that McDowell came away from the movie with a negative vibe. But just to be clear, from my point of view, it's completely impossible to have a movie, starring Sir John Gielgud, Sir Peter O'Toole, Dame Helen Mirren, and the incomparable Malcolm McDowell and end up with a bad movie. Despite Guccione's sex scene additions, "Caligula" is a blockbuster that must be seen!
Not any of those stars' best films, but I thought it had merit.
It's a terrible film
@@marknewbold2583, I like many of its actors, but it was quite a stupid movie.
The sets and costumes really are amazing and it feels more like a stage performance shot on film.
Watch Roger Ebert's review to see exactly how they ended up with a bad movie 😅
Alex was just a humble narrator.
To his brothers and only friends.
Wellll, it's the end of the line for him!
The end of the line, yesssss!
'humble'
Yes..."There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening.
"The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence."
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.
I desperately want him to do an interview on his experiances on the set of Blue Thunder.
Catch ya later!
This man played as two of the most violent and insane people in cinema and hes incredibly charming irl
clockwork orange big impact here in melbourne australia, started a movement of skinheads and so called sharpies, very influential and thought provoking
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!
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.
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.
She obviously talks from experience.
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!
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?
It’s a great movie but not the rom com of the year.
Ce actor mare!A jucat fenomenal în toate fimele,mai ales rolul Caligula și în rolul ofițerului SS din Trecătoarea!
Thumbnail looks like Sting
Ya know I'd never be able to tell without all the face paint, unless your talking about the cop one
@@glitchsister Sting, the musician.
We need more full episodes. Please! 🙏
Also, greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
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!
Not to mention his excellent voiceover work on Warner Bros. Superman cartoons (Metallo).
@@georgecasden555: Now, you did it! You mentioned it! Lol 😂!
He's playing a grandpa on a Canadian sitcom now and still killing it.
'Caligula'! Oh dear.
Knowing my future Mother in Law's (a very conservative tweed-clad Army Major's wife) passion for Roman history, I treated her to a night at the cinema, to get to know her better. As soon as the credits came up 'Penthouse Productions' present', I withered and sunk into the seat with embarrassment. Her only comment after I had writhed in remorse through what seemed an eternity of willys and other naughty bits was; "it wasn't terribly historically was it?"
As to 'Clockwork Orange' it is ironic that the newly-built at the time estate 'Thamesmead' was set decorated to look run-down and dilapidated. It looks worse than that now!
McDowell seems to have adopted an American accent in this clip to my English ears!
Caligula , Clockwork Orange , IF , Raging moon ,he was truly a new kind of original actor of my generation
Don't forget gangster number 1
thx for the lf reference
doesn't get enough respect
Nice that you mentioned raging moon excellent sad and moving🎷
Aces high
Wing Commander!
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
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.
You’ve just reminded me of an amazing film 😀
That was a great film, gotta see it again!
. Mesmerizing movie..& that song
MM was really defensive at first like he was expecting a lot of stupid questions but Conan quickly won him over and they were soon chatting away like old friends at a bar, Great interview.
You're right. He was probably standoffish at first because he was probably asked a gazillion times about his roles in a CWO and Caligula every time he was interviewed. Conan was smart andfor another angle that wasnMt the same old shtick. Still, what an outrageous interview for 1994
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.
I always remember him from Blue Thunder...follow my leader
Wearing Levi's and a tie. Classic!
A horse as a Senator? That's nothing ... America "elected" John Fetterman as a Senator!
I just love that man! He was a total psycho back in the days, and was born for Caligula and Clockwork Orange.
Great actor but the bastard killed Kirk!
Malcolm is as crazy in real life as he’s playing a character in clock works orange 😂
Eggy weggs! First I’m gonna smash em!
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.
That was Mary Steinbergen's first film I believe.
@@josephgriffin2388 Second. She was also terrific in Goin' South.
@@josephgriffin2388 2nd. Her first feature was Goin’ South (1978)
@@josephgriffin2388 great cast with Alan Rickman.
I love Time After Time. It's my favorite time travel movie, although I suspect most people would prefer Back to the Future.
This interview is hilarious
Who needs to watch Clockwork Orange when we are LIVING IT?
if putin has anything to do with it you all in europe will be very soon.
I think both Caligula and Clockwork Orange were rated X
So was Deep Throat, that was a good one too!
I really like watching him travel the world fishing for monsters lol
that Gielgud impression is insane!
This was hilarious. He does an amazing impression of John Gielgud. He lost a lot of his accent living in Los Angeles. Not all. Just some. I saw a more recent interview with him. Sometimes he doesn't sound like an Englishman at all.
Malcolm is currently staring in a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), sitcom filmed in Newfoundland, called, "Son of a Critch", Tuesday evenings, 20:30h, EST.
Loved those movies.
Malcolm really cracks me up in this interview.
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.
Caligula's horse that was made a Senator could always be counted on to vote "neigh" on every issue.
Early, early Conan is difficult to watch because he was still finding his way, but he had great guests.
I always liked Conan, thought he was adorable.
hard to watch? the main difference is just that he isn't making corny bits out of literally everything and most of his laughter is actually genuine.. not that i don't enjoy what he became, as what be became was completely himself, but old conan just feels a lot more earnest (i mean, bc it is).
Yeah his interviews are not as good as they could have been but the remotes and the skits are hilarious
@@alejandroamoros5339 The studio audience in those days didn't exactly rush to bail him out either. Lots of awkward silences. But, make no mistake, I've always loved Conan.
The awkwardness is my favorite.
I actually saw Caligula in a movie theatre when it came out. I remember two women got up and left at some point. I stayed for the whole thing. When I saw the lesbian scene I was hard enough to cut diamonds.
I'm glad to see that Conan improved as an interviewer. He is terrible here, not letting the talent tell his story.
Malcom McDowell is still alive, right?
He's going to die in 2031.
Yes, he will be 80 in June.
Yes. Sadly his friend David Warner passed away last year.
@@Shadowman4710 another amazing actor taken away from us 😢.
Like Richard Burton and James Mason, This guy has a voice you love to listen to
1971 had another of my favorite movies - Ken Russell's "The Devils." What a year for movies.
only canines can hear the pitch of Conan's voice here. :p
Sir John Gielgud did do total nudity in “Prospero’s Books”, a surrealistic take on “The Tempest” by Shakespeare.
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.
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
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.
Amazon prime
@@lynnenolte1538
Blessings on your house for three generations 🙏
My husband went to Stowe about then. I had him watch If and he said it was pretty realistic
Funny this clip just came up.
The other day I bought a Clockwork Orange t-shirt at a thrift store. It's so cool I don't weather to wear it or frame it
Why don’t you post a photo of youself while wearing the shirt and I’ll grant you my judgement.
Hes fantastic - then and now !! ⬜️🦖⬜️!!
Interestingly, Burgess ended up hating the novel A Clockwork Orange
Funny as fudge interview, when I first saw Caligula, I was a teenager and remember thinking this was a porno san the wah guitar background music, then went and learned about
Caligula's sick ass. Requiring a trip to the library, miss those days
Does anyone else mainly remember him from "O Lucky Man"? (I really should check out his later films. :)
Canadian tuxedo with tie. Bold move.
Love Malcolm 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
So strange how the term exploitation movie isn't used anymore. Caligula was over the top exploitation a 70s genre.
Stanley Kubrick's favorite actor was James Cagney. Malcolm McDowell very much looked like a young Cagney in A Clockwork Orange, especially his eyes.
somebody needs to ask this poor man about something other than kubrick 😭 i know we all love the movie but come on
Malcolm is such a treasure.
Malcolm's accent is very unique, I'm not quite sure if it's entirely the accent itself, or the timbre of his voice in conjunction with the accent, but something about it sounds apart from other British accents.
He comes from Leeds (W. Yorkshire) and so some distance from the Received Pronunciation that actors playing English roles often affect. Patrick Stewart is from the same area (as am I) and if you've seen Ben Kingsley in An Ordinary Man, you have heard him using the accent.
He's got unique vocal chords. It's a pretty standard accent really.
He’s picked up a bit of American from his time living there, I think.
@@nickbaxter8797 Yes, certainly. I am British but certainly find myself mimicking when I go to the US. He's an actor, after all, and plays roles that are American.
@@nickbaxter8797 Really? Sounds like a standard Yorkshire accent to me.
McDowell is a boss. Awesome actor.
love Mcdowell. liked him in IF too brilliant . Stings twin
Is it me or does M. McDowell look a little annoyed at these questions?
In 1972 I saw A Clockwork Orange when I was in high school and thought it was great. To my parent's discomfort, I put a disturbing poster from the movie on my wall in my bedroom. As an adult, I watched the movie again and understood it.
I didn't know I needed to see Caligula
The movie is batshit crazy and the story of how it was produced is even more insane.
I've see both movies and they're bonkers. Good movies, though.
I have a theory that Malcolm and Sting are the same person. They are never seen in the same place, ever.
Can’t believe this was 1994, he aged really quickly. A legend though!
He looks like Steve Martin alittle. especially when he mention he check for the movie,saying Bob,where's the check bob.
I thought the same thing
@@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.
Bless McDowell for acknowledging Burgess
Malcolm McDowell was born to play Alex DeLarge.
Conan almost seems hypnotized by him - am I right?
You can tell Conan was a little nervous…he loosened up as a host over time
Clockwork Orange is my all-time fave movie of all time for hundreds of reasons.