O Lucky Malcolm!

The documentary is about the actor Malcolm McDowell. McDowell talks about his own life and his work. The film is built on a long interview. Sections from a question and answer session come in between. His family and his colleagues speak as well. Relatives, friends, directors and fellow actors have their say. The account goes back to his younger years. How he got into cinema is described. The period when he worked with Lindsay Anderson is taken up. Stanley Kubrick casting him in A Clockwork Orange is part of the account too. The fame that followed that role and what it did to him are discussed. The ups and downs of the later years are here as well. The account sets the work and the life side by side. Malcolm McDowell tells his own story in the eighty six minute documentary. It is an American production Jan Harlan finished in 2006.