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THX 1138

"Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime."

R 1971-03-11 Science Fiction 1hr 26m

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

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People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

  • Released
    1971-03-11
  • Revenue
    $2,437,000
  • Budget
    $777,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 26m
  • Genre
    Science Fiction, Action, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    6.6
  • Production
    American Zoetrope, Warner Bros. Pictures

Crew

George Lucas
Director
George Lucas
Screenplay
Edward Folger
Producer
Keywords:
prison mind control future computer police dystopia drug addiction hearing totalitarian regime phasing subterranean town hologram psychological thriller

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Cast

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall
THX
Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence
SEN
Don Pedro Colley

Don Pedro Colley
SRT
Maggie McOmie

Maggie McOmie
LUH
Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe
PTO
Marshall Efron

Marshall Efron
TWA
Sid Haig

Sid Haig
NCH
John Pearce

John Pearce
DWY
Irene Cagen

Irene Cagen
IMM
Gary Alan Marsh

Gary Alan Marsh
CAM
John Seaton

John Seaton
OUE
Eugene I. Stillman

Eugene I. Stillman
JOT
Jack Walsh

Jack Walsh
TRG
Mark Lawhead

Mark Lawhead
Shell Dweller
Robert Feero

Robert Feero
Chrome Robot
Johnny Weissmuller Jr.

Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
Chrome Robot
Claudette Bessing

Claudette Bessing
ELC
Susan Stroh

Susan Stroh
Control Officer
James Wheaton

James Wheaton
OMM (voice)
Henry Jacobs

Henry Jacobs
Mark 8 Student
Bill Love

Bill Love
Mark 8 Instructor
Doc Scortt

Doc Scortt
Monk
Gary Austin

Gary Austin
Man in Yellow
Scott L. Menges

Scott L. Menges
Child #1
Toby L. Stearns

Toby L. Stearns
Child #2
Paul K. Haje

Paul K. Haje
Trial Prosecutor
Ralph Chesse

Ralph Chesse
Trial Proctor
Dion M. Chesse

Dion M. Chesse
Trial Defender
Bruce Chesse

Bruce Chesse
Trial Pontifex
Mello Alexandria

Mello Alexandria
Hologram Dancer
Brandyn Barbara Artis

Brandyn Barbara Artis
Hologram Dancer
Morris D. Erby

Morris D. Erby
Hologram Newscaster
Willie C. Barnes

Willie C. Barnes
Hologram Comic
Richard Quinnell

Richard Quinnell
Hologram Comic
Jean M. Durand

Jean M. Durand
Hologram Listener
Scott Beach

Scott Beach
Announcer (voice)
Neva Beach

Neva Beach
Announcer (voice)
Terence McGovern

Terence McGovern
Announcer (voice)
Julie Payne

Julie Payne
Announcer (voice)
James Cranna

James Cranna
Announcer (voice)
Ruth Silveira

Ruth Silveira
Announcer (voice)
Bruce Mackey

Bruce Mackey
Announcer (voice)
David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers
Announcer (voice)
Bart Patton

Bart Patton
Announcer (voice)

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A Review by CaseyReese 6

Written by CaseyReese on 2023-02-05

Imagine a place organized like NASA's Mission Control Center, except, instead of controlling spacecraft, it controls us. Commerce, governmen... read more

Imagine a place organized like NASA's Mission Control Center, except, instead of controlling spacecraft, it controls us. Commerce, government, and religion are the same thing and all of it is regulated by computers. "Be efficient. Be happy." Happiness is, not surprisingly, the stated goal of this place. We are administered drugs that keep us from feeling much of anything. This must, we reason, be happiness, because nothing upsets us. "We only want to help." Computers, holograms, and machines want to keep things running smoothly. They seem like such wonderful additions to our society, partly because they seem so much like us. Or, is it us that seem so much like them? "Buy and be happy." After a long day monitoring people and building the machines that help regulate us, we like to go to the shopping mall and buy colorful polyhedrons. These things don't actually do anything, and if you're a responsible consumer, like we all are, you just put them in the garbage disposal so you can buy some more the next day. You're not sure why you like them so much. It must be the colors. They are, after all, the only color you see around this place. You live in a world of white-washed concrete, white plastic, and white aluminum. "Are you okay?" It's not that bad. The booth that you pray in tells you so. And so do those public service announcements. They remind you that you and your roommate are doing just fine. Actually, we like to refer to our roommates as 'mates. It's nothing sexual, of course. Sex is a crime. And nobody can really tell whether their roommate is male or female anyhow. Not that it matters; you don't really want to have sex. Maybe it's the drugs. And maybe it's George Lucas' first film, _THX 1138._ If you're worried that I might have given away too much of the story, don't be. There's not much story to this film, really. And all of the above is covered in the first few minutes of the movie. _THX 1138_ is mostly about (very bright) light and (slightly distorted) sound and someone who (for reasons that are not his own) starts to notice that he's not as happy as he's been told. Some people say that movies like these are too far-out to be relevant. But, I don't know. I see a bit of _THX 1138_ around us. At least we haven't painted everything white yet.

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A Review by CaseyReese

Imagine a place organized like NASA's Mission Control Center, except, instead of controlling spacecraft, it controls us. Commerce, government, and religion are the same thing and all of it is regulated by computers. "Be efficient. Be ha...

reviewer avatar

A Review by CaseyReese 6

Written by CaseyReese on 2023-02-05

Imagine a place organized like NASA's Mission Control Center, except, instead of controlling spacecraft, it controls us. Commerce, government, and religion are the same thing and all of it is regulate...

read more