A Clockwork ORANGE is a 1971 dystopian crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess. The film follows the violent exploits of Alex and his gang of 'droogs' as they attempt to disrupt the social order of a futuristic Britain. The title of the film is derived from the phrase 'as queer as a clockwork ORANGE', which is used in the book to describe something that is simultaneously artificial and natural. The crossword solution for this term is ORANGE, which is a fitting description of the film's themes of artificiality and nature.