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A Clockwork Orange - German Version (RELEASED)

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My dear droogies, the next project in my Kubrick German Preservation pipeline is A CLOCKWORK ORANGE aka UHRWERK ORANGE.

Now the project is released.

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Scope of the project

The following things I aimed to achieve:

  • A 1080p version of the latest 4K restoration
  • Preservation of the German intro and ending credits
  • German mono track
  • English mono track
  • German and English 5.1 DD tracks
  • German and English subtitles (HOH and normal)
  • Chaptering (in German & English)

Sources

  • 4K Rip in SDR by SWTYBLZ
  • German VHS cassette (thanks to pinheadraiser)
  • German TV recording (thanks to pinheadraiser)
  • German BluRay (2007)
  • R1 DVD (1999)

The work was pretty straightforward, my dear droogies. The effects on the replaced credits needed to be adapted for each title card, but other than that, it was a rather linear workflow, as clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.

The quality of the German TV audio was really horrorshow. However, it needed some extensive resynching at the scene/reel changes, which caused your friend and humble narrator some pain in the gulliver. German Subtitles are the official ones from the DVD/BluRay, and do not correspond to the the German dub - unfortunately these were the only ones available, oh my brothers and only friends.

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Menu
00:00:00.000                             : de:01. Alex und seine Droogs - en:01. Alex and His Droogs
00:02:15.969                             : de:02. Die alte gewalttätige Art an einem Tramp - en:02. The Old Ultraviolence on a Tramp
00:04:26.975                             : de:03. Kampf des Billy Boy - en:03. Battling Billy Boy
00:07:31.325                             : de:04. Durch die echte ländliche Dunkelheit - en:04. Through the Real Country Dark
00:08:57.411                             : de:05. Der Landsitz - en:05. Country House
00:13:20.716                             : de:06. Dim disziplinieren - en:06. Disciplining Dim
00:16:45.629                             : de:07. Zu Haus mit Ludwig van - en:07. At Home with Ludwig Van
00:20:01.450                             : de:08. Krank zu Hause; Mr. Deltoid - en:08. Home Ill; Mr. Deltoid
00:25:46.711                             : de:09. Das Musik Geschäft - en:09. The Music Shop
00:28:04.307                             : de:10. Zwei Ladies - en:10. Two Ladies
00:29:02.991                             : de:11. Unstimmigkeiten zwischen den Droogs - en:11. Dissent Among Droogs
00:33:18.246                             : de:12. Ein echter Führer - en:12. A Real Leader
00:36:29.562                             : de:13. Das Cat Lady Haus - en:13. The Cat Lady's House
00:43:30.816                             : de:14. Jetzt ein Mörder - en:14. Now a Murderer
00:47:19.795                             : de:15. Häftling Nr. 655321 - en:15. Prisoner #655321
00:52:56.006                             : de:16. Bemerkungen des Kaplans - en:16. The Chaplain's Remarks
00:55:29.409                             : de:17. Biblische Phantasien - en:17. Big Book Fantasies
01:01:18.675                             : de:18. Besuch des Ministers - en:18. The Minister's Visit
01:07:19.493                             : de:19. Ankunft in Ludovico - en:19. Arrival at Ludovico
01:11:12.851                             : de:20. "Und Filme sollte ich zu sehen bekommen." - en:20. "and Vidi Films I Would"
01:15:32.945                             : de:21. "Ich bin geheilt!" - en:21. "I'm Cured. Praise God"
01:19:15.125                             : de:22. Eine Aufführung - en:22. On Display
01:23:57.907                             : de:23. Die Krankheit - en:23. The Sickness
01:26:17.839                             : de:24. Dein wahrer Christ - en:24. Your True Believer
01:28:08.199                             : de:25. Familienzusammenkunft - en:25. Family Reunion
01:31:52.340                             : de:26. Kein Zimmer für Alex - en:26. No Room for Alex
01:35:54.373                             : de:27. Drei bekannte Gesichter - en:27. Three Familiar Faces
01:39:29.922                             : de:28. Droogs mit Dienstmarken - en:28. Droogs with Badges
01:42:22.010                             : de:29. Rückkehr zum Landsitz - en:29. Return to the Country House
01:49:34.609                             : de:30. Mr. Alexanders Gastfreundschaft - en:30. Mr. Alexander's Hospitality
02:01:08.636                             : de:31. Das Krankenhaus - en:31. The Hospital
02:04:02.184                             : de:32. Die Dia-Show - en:32. A Slide Show
02:07:36.523                             : de:33. Ein besonderer Besucher - en:33. A Very Special Visitor
02:12:32.986                             : de:34. "Ich war geheilt, all right." - en:34. "I Was Cured, All Right"
02:13:55.277                             : de:35. Abspann - en:35. End Credits
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I’ll be looking forward to this for sure.

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Really looking forward to this one, I´ll check how will you master that fullHD, that would be interesting.

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How will you convert the HDR to SDR? I’m a total noob when it comes to that sort of thing.

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Fortunately, someone already did the job before me. 😃

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Another screenshot of localized titles.
(the copyright line is English in the German version as well)

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So when do you think the project will be completed?

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Yeah. Was busy, but got back into it. It’s a bit repetitive now.

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I see. Thanks for the update.

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An update with some curious info.

As the end credits 1) are cycling through the same sequence of colors (Red -> Blue -> Orange -> Green -> Purple) and 2) are timed to the song “Singin’ In The Rain”, there was no possibility to insert a German dub credit additionally to the existing ones. Therefore, one credit was replaced.

Also, there is a curious addition to the following credit: the English version only lists one Production Assistant (Andros Epaminondas), whereas the German version lists the credit in plural form and adds another name (Margaret Adams).

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TheHutt said:
Also, there is a curious addition to the following credit: the English version only lists one Production Assistant (Andros Epaminondas), whereas the German version lists the credit in plural form and adds another name (Margaret Adams).

Not that curious actually after you hear the explanation…

As we all know from the documentary Room 237, SK didn’t like to spoon-feed his messages to us. He put the final piece of this hint — that is pre-Shining — only in the German version so that people wouldn’t pick up on it immediately; they’d have to sleuth it out as they did with The Shining. This image shows you what he did…

SK

He left the needed bits out of the English credits so that only those who noticed the curious discrepancy could get the pieces and see what’s ultimately rather plainly obvious in regards to the message.

So, yes, as with The Shining where good sleuthing of its hints makes it clear the moon landings were faked, he also gave us the same message via the German version of ACO a full decade earlier (though not figured out until now). Hope that clears this up for you, TheHutt, and everyone else.

(For anyone not sure, this post is just some for-laughs silliness I came up with, is NOT indicative of any real thoughts/beliefs on this matter 😃)

LightWave = fun times with gfx for me 😃

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WXM said:

He left the needed bits out of the English credits so that only those who noticed the curious discrepancy could get the pieces and see what’s ultimately rather plainly obvious in regards to the message.

Now it all gets clear! Clear as an unmuddied lake. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. 😃

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My rassoodock was harried with worries you’d dislike my perhaps too-oomny raskazz, so your reply was quite the relieving veshch of radosty for this malchick’s malenky glazzies to viddy.

(Okay, I admit I had to look many of those nads up for this post 😃 )

LightWave = fun times with gfx for me 😃

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Will you use the mono from the 1999 release? I’ve heard the 4K has the same track but louder.

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wick_exe said:

Will you use the mono from the 1999 release? I’ve heard the 4K has the same track but louder.

Yeah, it’s from the DVD.

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Just became aware of some asynchronity in the German mono.
I will fix it ASAP.

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Upload has been replaced with an updated version.
An asynchronity in the German mono dub was fixed.

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Actually NASA DID hire Kubrick to fake the moon landings. His research was so meticulous, took so long, and he was so demanding and difficult to work with that NASA eventually decided it would be less of a headache to just go.