40 years ago, director Stanley Kubrick was riding high following the back-to-back Oscar-nominated films Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it would be his next movie that would really define the filmmaker’s career.

A Clockwork Orange was Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel, a film that introduced many people to Malcolm McDowell as Alex, a gregarious street thug who leads his three “Droogs” on a rampage of sex and violence that shocked the world when it was first released. Alex eventually makes a mistake that gets himself arrested and he takes part in an experimental process that turns the tables on him, as he’s no longer able to experience violent or sexual thoughts. Even forty years later, the film says as much or more about our society as it did back then, and the film clearly has had a huge cultural impact on youth culture as each new generation discovers it.

On Tuesday, May 31, Warner Home Video will be releasing a 40th Anniversary Edition of the film on Blu-ray which includes a number of new bonus features including a doc called “Malcolm McDowell Looks Back” and other docs, including Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures and O Lucky Malcolm!. The same day, they will release Mike Kaplan’s documentary “Never Apologize,” in which McDowell celebrates the life of his long-time director and friend Lindsay Anderson, who directed the actor in IF and O Lucky Man!, the movies that preceded and followed A Clockwork Orange. If that wasn’t enough, McDowell also appears on the new TNT law show Franklin and Bash, which is set to air on Wednesday, June 1.

Clearly, McDowell hasn’t been resting on his laurels since playing the iconic

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