Many things made A Clockwork Orange the memorable film that it was. Stanley Kubrick’s direction, Malcolm McDowell’s portrayal of the psychotic criminal “Alex” and the disturbing images in the movie certainly helped, but it turns out that the flick could have even found a place in rock history. That’s because according to a letter from the film’s executive producer, Mick Jagger wanted to star in the film and The Beatles were even interested in doing the score for the movie. Gigwise.com reports that in a note producer Si Litvinoff wrote to potential director John Schlesinger, Si reveals that the Rolling Stone wanted the lead role and that “The Beatles love the project.” Schlesinger passed on the film because he wasn’t sure if it was “the sort of subject I particularly want to tackle.” Things seem to have worked out though - in 1972, A Clockwork Orange was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture as well as Best Director for Kubrick.
