''A Clock Work Blue'' is a 1972 American

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comedy film directed by Eric Jeffrey Haims. It stars

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as Homer, a clumsy researcher who acquires a watch that allows him to travel through time.

Cast

Release and legal issues

''A Clock Work Blue'' opened in 1972 at the Cinestage Theatre on Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois, six days after the film ''

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'' had completed an 18-week run at the nearby Michael Todd Theatre. This, combined with ''A Clock Work Blue''s title and the fact that some of its advertising had made references to ''A Clockwork Orange'' (such as that the former film "makes ''Orange'' blush") resulted in legal action from Warner Bros., the distributor of ''A Clockwork Orange''. The case resulted in Warner Bros. winning a consent order which declared that ''A Clock Work Blue'' was not to be screened under that title in any other theater in Cook County, Illinois.

Critical reception

Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com called the film "bizarre and relentless with its mediocrity", as well as "screamingly racist".

Home media

In April 2014, ''A Clock Work Blue'' was restored in 4K and released on DVD and Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome as a

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with the 1971 film ''

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'', also directed by Haims.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clock Work Blue, A 1970s exploitation films 1970s sex comedy films American sexploitation films Films about time travel 1972 comedy films 1972 films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films