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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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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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.