window. He survives, but is badly injured, and wakes up in a state hospital. His parents take him back and the government, smarting from the bad publicity, gives him a well-paying job where he can channel his naturally-violent tendencies against the enemies of the state. The effects of the Ludovico Technique have worn off, and Alex is his old, ultraviolent self again: "I was cured, all right". While the film ends here, the novel features an additional chapter in which Alex, now a few years older, has outgrown his sociopathy. While his new "droogs" commit crime sprees, Alex sits them out as he has lost interest in violence. When he runs into Pete at a coffee shop and learns he got married Alex begins to think about starting a family but is worried his children will inherit his psychopathy. Reception The American Film Institute rated Alex the 12th-greatest film villain of all time. Empire magazine selected Alex as the 42nd-greatest movie character of all time, and Wizard magazine rated Alex the 36th-greatest villain of all time. Malcolm McDowell's performance has been widely acclaimed by critics. McDowell was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and some consider his failure to receive a Best Actor nomination at the Academy Awards a major snub. In 2008, his performance was ranked #100 on Premier magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time." In 2004, Vanessa Claire Smith won LA Weeklys Leading Female Performance award for her gender-bending performance in the stage production of A Clockwork Orange. References A Clockwork Orange Fictional rapists Fictional torturers Fictional murderers Fictional gangsters Fictional anarchists Fictional English people Literary characters introduced in 1962 Characters in British novels of the 20th century Male characters in literature Male characters in film Teenage characters in literature Teenage characters in film Characters in written science fiction Science fiction film characters Fictional attempted suicides Male literary villains Male film villains