Born Lucky After O Lucky Man, a Clockwork Orange and If . . .Malcolm M Cdowell's Career Hit the Skids. Now He's Reborn. By James Mottram
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MALCOLM McDowell leans forward in his armchair with all the poise of a consummate storyteller. He's recalling a day spent with a beloved aunt when he was performing in Torquay Rep in the mid- 1960s. "We were walking around the harbour and she said" - at this point, his booming voice takes on a fey quality - "'Ooh, Malcolm! You're so lucky! You're a lucky man.
I know it. I can feel it.'" With the benefit of hindsight, this was an apt assessment of the future star of If. . . and A Clockwork Orange. Such was his cocksure confidence in those early roles, you might think that luck had nothing to do with it; however, after surviving 40 years on screen, McDowell is the first to acknowledge that fortune has dealt him a decent hand.See the full content of this document
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Born Lucky After O Lucky Man, a Clockwork Orange and If . . .Malcolm M Cdowell's Career Hit the Skids. Now He's Reborn. By James Mottram
It's also why you can make a case for 1973's O Lucky Man! as the quintessential McDowell film. A reunion with director Lindsay Anderson after playing the rebellious public schoolboy in If. . . - they worked together again on 1982's lesssuccessful Britannia Hospital - it was also his first film since A Clockwork Orange two years earlier. After playing the ultra-violent thug Alex in Stanley Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Anthony Burgess's novel, McDowell was at the peak of his powers: the angry young man of his day, his virile wink and selfsatisfied smile s...
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