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Mick Jagger 'A Clockwork Orange' Petition Being Auctioned

10/19/2015
. (Classic Rock) A petition signed by the Beatles and calling for Mick Jagger to star in classic film A Clockwork Orange is to go under the hammer. Auction house Paddle8 expects the letter to fetch between $18,000 and $25,000 by the time the bidding comes to an end on October 29.

The letter was signed by all four members of the Fab Four, as well as Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg, in 1968. It urges screenwriter Terry Southern to cast Rolling Stones frontman Jagger in the role of Alex in the film adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel.

The petition called on Southern to choose the singer over actor David Hemmings for the part - although in the end it went to Malcolm McDowell when director Stanley Kubrick later acquired the rights to the script and released his controversial big-screen version in 1971. See the petition and read more here.

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