The difference between Sean's videos and most everyone else is he tends to only do videos on things he loves. That really comes through in the quality.
When Sean does his videos it’s like he’s talking directly to you and no one else. There’s no pretence or acting. Genuine, honest and always worth watching.
If you like this check out the ogs that I'm sure Sean will agree that status to them : Grimm life collective... Same great style and utter pro quality horror/sci fi/cult content...interviews, locations , true crime locations, live film nights with fans on RU-vid, everything in between u can think of...tom savini had them at his house and u should see his collection of film props and statues ,it's like a museum, wall to wall with original film prop figures from alien to American werewolf .his collection must be worth millions..he used to go do SFx and make up for a film and they'd say how much, he would say ah just let me have the alien bust used in blah blah scene and they invariably would which is how he got masses, Friday 13th stuff and oh heck, go watch it.😂😂😂 Grimm's life...brilliant...Ive only come to this channel literally tonight so I'm a Sean virgin...looks good tho...esp if he came over from USA to do some locale filming.. tip for you Sean , get Ur English pal to ring the flat 100 owners, they more likely to allow a brit in for a look around..
Hi Sean. Little anecdote for you. Once, going on about twenty years or so ago, I once met the actor John Savident (one of "The Writers" friends at the dinner party) in an electrical shop. I was stood right next to him. I looked to my left, and there he was. I had a brief chat with him, not about "A Clockwork Orange" but a role he played in an episode of a classic UK TV series called; "Man In A Suitcase" from the 1960's. Nice guy. Still with us.
John Savident also featured in two classic sci-fi serials in the 70s / 80s :- Blake’s 7 season 2/4 and dr who (briefly) in The Visitation, (fifth dr, Peter Davison) Love Clockwork orange and esp Wendy Carlos’s stunning soundtrack.
Hello Sean! My father was best friends with Dave Prowse, who played Julian in the film. They were competition weight lifting pals in the sixties, in London. Later in the seventies, when I was very small, he used to often be round my parents' house in Surrey -- I remember thinking that he was a real giant! :0)
Wow wow wow, I’ve looked for that house outside the Japanese Garden, I can’t believe you found it bro. One of my favorite movies and soundtracks of all times, dude you are a legend, thank you!
8:16 is what film fanatics crave, thank you for bringing this to our screens. Breathtaking architecture and view. Chills watching this, one of my all time favourite films. If you are ever in Scotland let me know and I’ll buy you a few pints.
When Alex is being beat up by the tramps, he is saved by Georgie and Dim. Look at Dim's badge number on his shoulder. It's 665. Watch the movie and you will see Georgie's number is 667. That is to say that 666 is missing. Who would have been 666? That was not an accident. Tha is the Kubrick way.
That McDonald's part was surreal! How upsetting but great work with the music playing on top of that. The whole video is surreal but that bit played with my heart strings.
I've been catching up on HHG, this is amazing! The writer's house is definitely the coolest, a lot of the sets in Clockwork I always assumed were built because they so look so unbelievable. But you tracked down all the amazing architecture. On the topic of London, England, can we expect a HHG for my favorite horror movie of the aughts, 28 Days Later??? Keep up the good work, Sean!
Love that there’s no fake BS with Sean and his videos. Only does videos on things that interest him so none of the pretend laughter or fake enthusiasm were used to seeing elsewhere. Really appreciate it.
I grew up in Thamesmead in the early 80's where much of A Clockwork Orange was filmed. By then it had become a very run down place full of heroin and gangs, pretty much like the movie. A lot was knocked down around the lake in 2014 sadly. Great video as usual, really love your attention to detail, keep up the good work!
I used to live in Thamesmead too. Moved away in 2010, mainly cuz of the heroin and gangs as you pointed out. Not to mention noisy neighbours. Been back to visit there recently to see the new buildings. Feels a bit weird now.
This is one of the best "Clockwork locations" videos ever. You really go into great detail here. Many of these type of videos just have the filmmakers show up at the location and make bland, nondescript remarks. It's also cool that most of the locations in the film are, for the most part, still around. The film only had a few scenes that were shot in a studio.
I'm a brit. This is also my favorite movie. I first saw ACO in a bomb shelter in Israel on a Kibbutz in 1994 and it totally fucking blew my mind. Probably the only movie other than Star Wars to have done that!! Thanks for making this awesome video dude!!
Your filming location videos are second to none! Exquisite job here! A very sincere thank you to all the people that allowed access to these filming locations!
This was a special video. Thank you for showing us so many locations. I made spaghetti and enjoyed watching. It is one of my favorite movies. Super cool.😎
Amazing that you were able to do this! I also think you missed some significant Clockwork Orange graffiti in the Marina segment, as part of those huge tags on the left wall. Take a look at that big orange tag at 27:24!
it sucks that what is leftover is surrounded by eclectic architect that doesn't match. in those days everything matched. seems London today is full of more contemporary structures that don't mix well with the different historical periods that separated their looks from one another. it's just push and build anything. it seems more dystopian in real world than the movie set created for the art this film was. its sad that those in London no longer appreciate or honor their historical society and that its a matter of building as much real estate as they can. in the old days structures had to be approved to compliment other structures around them. its just too much randomness. plus lots of graffiti which existed back then but nothing on the level you see today.
That was incredible. I think the only places not mentioned were Radlett Aerodrome Hangars, where the Victorian rape fantasy was filmed and the hospital scene shot at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, in Essex. Incidentally, I believe Canterbury House was used to film the overhead shot effects of Wendy and Danny in the Overlook Maze in The Shining.
I was a student at Brunel University 1981-84. Lived in Chepstow H for my first year. Sat through many of my Elec Eng lectures in lecture hall 302 (aka E) where Alex undergoes his therapy. The decor and furniture back then was still exactly like in the film. Even the blue bedding in his hospital room was our standard issue blankets! Because Clockwork Orange was pulled from public release the first time I got to see the movie was when the uni film club screened it in the Student Union hall, just on a singe projector (Pauses every 20 minutes or so to change reels !). Great movie, as are all Kubrick's works.
Wow what an epic video! That had to be so surreal being at that house. That same feeling when you went to the Monroeville mall? Probably 10 fold! The inn at the end of the video was beautiful you were there at the magic hour. 🤘🏻
Hey Shaun, it’s Jaden again. I just wanted to tell you that I’ve finally watched this movie and my only context going into it was that it was your favorite movie. I remember the giant poster you had always scared me as a kid. Anyways this is an amazing movie and it’s definitely one of my favorite movies now. Just thought you should know haha
Back in 2018 I was at the funeral of Andros Epaminondas. Andros was a friend of Stanley and a great character. One of the Clockwork crew struck up a conversation with me in which he informed me that his camo jacket was requisitioned by Stanley and worn by Billy Boy. In 1999 I was handed the Answer Print of ACO and used it to reproduce many sets of the original publicity stills. Losing Stanley was a big shock. He was the most gregarious recluse I ever knew.
Hey Sean, amazing work here, I went to the locations of this film back in 2011 with herve attia. Infact the day we went to the University there was an open day there so we just blended in with the other students and started filming, we didn't ask for permission either haha we were however questioned when we were filming the scene when Alex is getting his treatment with his eyes. The area of flat block( marina) isn't a great area of unfortunately( thamesnead South) and if you watch our video it looks pretty much like it did back in the movie but now it's all gone as we can see. Yep, we had loads of fun filming but will never drive around London again, lol Oh and you were in the right area of the troth scene..blindly woods
Days like these you never want to end. Long summer days going deep, deep into films you love. Easter egg : My carrier bag contained the screen used soccer ball from HHG’s Shaun of the dead episode ⚽️
Always cool to see the then and now of the video and a little sad that some locations were torn down. A little note, at the end of the the tee public links, those are forward slashes not backslashes. I don't know if you care or not, but...in case you do.
Russler say's he's going to do the Ludovico technique on you Sean, he's going to make you watch Nightmare part 2, until you do a location's video on it.
What a blast seeing this. I used to work at Brunel Uni and remember John Bates. My office was in the lecture block where the aversion therapy was filmed and working in AV support, would head to lecture theatre E whenever I had the chance to soak up the vibes. Always felt crazy knowing Kubrick had worked there. Top work, really enjoyed this.
Absolutely.......Amazing, yep amazing content!!.....one of my favourite films....I did an English exam in 1988......essay on the book....I passed..but marked in red ink on the paper by a teacher.....CHOOSE LESS VIOLENT SUBJECT MATTER.....IN THE FUTURE!!.......TRUE STORY FROM ABERDEEN SCOTLAND....1971.......TIIL NXT TIME DROOGY!!!!🎭😎
Such a fun and informative video. Thanks, Sean. I saw A Clockwork Orange for the first time when I moved to Spain in 1993 because it was banned in UK until Kubrick's death in 1999. He was worried about copycat gangs reproducing the scenes in the seventies. Also to protect his family I suppose.
I think the lad who owns the writer's house needs to get the people in from the "Storage Hoarders" show because there's barely room to move in that house now!🤣🤣
To be fair it is a small and tight home. There isn't much room in there. If you look at what Kubrick did with that space he barely had anything in it when he shot those scenes.
@@malfuncsean To be honest, given Kubrick's shooting and lighting style on the movie, I'd be surprised whether there was much set-dressing beyond that which was essential to the plot (ie the sculpture at the dancer's house, for example). It's probably just personal preference, but I'd be doing my best to keep it fairly sparsely furnished, I think the style of home it is suits that.
Man this was an epic filming location video. Well worth the hour. Thank you for the passionate entry you really did an amazing job in tracking down all of the locations.
I can totally appreciate your mind scramble at getting to stand on that “hollowed” ground!! It would be like if I got to visit the Lars house in Tunisia from Episode IV or Hoth in Finse, Norway from ESB. Awesome clip!! 🤘🏻
The Dashwood Mausoleum must also be the location for the end of 'To the Devil a Daughter' [1976] with Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark and Nastassja Kinski.
Speaking of weird old movies, have you ever seen the 1967 low budget horror/sci-fi cult classic The Equinox…….A Journey Into the Supernatural? It was directed by Dennis Muren, who later went on to win Best Visual Effects Academy Awards for Jurassic Park, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Abyss, Indians Jones and the Temple of Doom, etc. It starred Frank Bonner (later on WKRP In Cincinnati) and Robin Snider who later became one of Stevie Nicks best friends. Apparently it was mostly filmed in Tujunga Canyon and Griffith Park, so it might be easy for you to do an HHG episode on.
My father was a member of the Edgwarebury Country Club, as the hotel was back then. We used to go there for Sunday lunch. But because it was so close to Elstree Studios, it was always popping up on TV. Episodes of the Saint were shot there, and just about anything from ABC. It had a big part in the Hammer Horror The Devil Rides Out. It was also popular with various Muppets! They did good roast beef.
Thanks for all your efforts. This is a really comprehensive overview of the filming locations. By the way, it's 'Canterbury House' - pronounced canter-berry, not cantun-berry. I shared a flat there, with my then-gf, in the 90s. It's nice to see it again. A fellow Clockwork fan here.
It's interesting but, in hindsight, I would rather not have seen it. I'd rather have kept those old images in my mind. Fantasy beats reality any day of the week.
I'm originally from a town that's quite near West Wycombe. We knew all about the Dashwoods from when we were kids. They were absolutely notorious aristocratic deviants who were in to all kinds of weird stuff right back to the 18th Century. (Their organisation was called the "Hell Fire Club", so you figure it out for yourself!) I wonder if that's why Kubrick chose the location! He might have known about the stories and scandals because he settled not that far from there in the neighbouring county.
Nice video. I remember in the mid 90's people going on a day trip to Calais to buy this film on video as it was banned from release in the UK then. The part seen at 16:54 and 25:53 is Thamesmead stage 1 or 2. I lived just across the road in Abbey Wood then. Another film had some seens that were set were set here at Tavy Bridge looking towards Lakeside, Peter Sellers' film 'The Optimist' - 1973.
I forgot to mention in my last profound comment that due to the obvious similarities in the stories it’s believed that the 1967 low budget (but creative) horror/sci-fi cult classic “The Equinox…….A Journey Into the Supernatural” movie inspired “Evil Dead”.
Manythnx, my favorite also🤘 next to Night of the Living Dead. Edit: imagine if the school children could see what was on the walls at the Cat Lady's house 50 years ago..
Viddy this droog.. The band Sigue Sigue Sputnik was heavenly influenced by Clockwork as well. So much so that they shot a lot of footage in the same tunnel where they beat up the old vino.. I think it ended up in the Love Misiisle video but its definitely used on the cover of the second 12 inch of Love Missile F1-11. They did about 8-10 different remixes of the hits normally so i had the black Clockwork cover. The German Mix. The Hong Kong Mix and later in the 21st century another 4-5 mixes. But the guys standing in full Sputnik gear in that tunnel at night was a great poster in 1986.
The deeper meaning of a clock work orange is purpose. It's second to my all time favorite "Dr.Strangelove" because I went through my journey to find my purpose but for many is necessary to watch.
Cool video! I must have seen this film 200 times but lately I tend to not watch the second half. I love the first half with the droogs. I love that scene at the milk bar where the german woman starts to sing Beethoven from the glorious 9th and the dumb fat one makes fun of it and Alex just smashes him on the leg. While it would be cool to see that bar, I thought even at the time it was very ugly and very 60's looking with all the massive amounts of wood. It looked to me like they were trying to copy a western bar type thing in the U.S. Sad that the lake scene now looks so decrepit and run down. I doubt it will last
Fascinating. Coming from south-east London, Thamesmead always gave me the willies. Where's that underpass where Georgy and Dim take Alex towards the end of the film?
This is definitely at the top of my film locations bucket list. Maybe by the time I get to the UK, the residents of Alex's apartment will be replaced be someone open to sharing it with the public. This location has been notoriously impossible to get into since Clockwork Orange's filming locations were revealed.
Still watching this vid.. And so far at almost an hour in i will say that every view you have on where the things was filmed i 100% agree on. The road where the police Land Rover comes from can only be your way.. It comes drom the left from far away, it cant come from the other side as there's no where to go that way. So you're spot on with all your detective work.. Its a fave film of mine too, but if ive seen it 20 times or 30 i feel you can ad a zero to yours im sure.. Great stuff.. Adam Ant was also a big fan of this film as well as many other great movies. He mentions the Durango 95 in one of his songs. Cant. Remember which but i know it's a track from Vive Le Rock.. He sings.. My Durango Supercar... 😊
Antony Burgess, who wrote the novel Clockwork orange Was born in the same area as myself, Harpurhey in Manchester. The school I attended from age 5 to aged 9 years old was called Burgess- Becker, named in honour of Anthony Burgess, The Becker in the name was a German born chemist who was part of a group of scientists that contributed to the Levenstein Process that invented mustard Gas in a nearby factory.
Very nice ! I have an idea for a next vidéo. I would love to see the filming location of "Blow up", that movie from 1966. I love that movie. Thanks for all your videos 👍
