Si Litvinoff, the executive producer of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ and Nicolas Roeg’s ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth,’ died Dec. 26 in Los Angeles. He was 93
His death was confirmed to Deadline by his friend Shade Rupe. A cause of death has not been announced.
Litvinoff was a practicing lawyer for more than a decade before pivoting to film production. He acquired the rights to the now-classic 1962 Anthony Burgess dystopian sci-fi noveland developed the project with Burgess and writer Terry Southern. Litvinoff eventually recruited director Kubrick, who signed on as both producer and director.The film, starring Malcolm McDowell as the leader of an “ultra-violence” gang in a futuristic Britain, was released by Warner Bros.
, based on the 1963 book by Walter Tevis. The film starred David Bowie, in his major film debut, as the alien Thomas Jerome Newton.and the 1970 comedy-dramastarring Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell and Judy Carne. Litvinoff also served as executive producer on the documentaryHe is survived by sons Ian and Bram; stepdaughter Gittel; and a grandson.
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