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THX 1138

1971R1h 26m6.4 / 10

The Future is here.

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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Synopsis

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.

More about THX 1138

Cast

Robert DuvallTHX
Donald PleasenceSEN
Don Pedro ColleySRT
Maggie McOmieLUH
Ian WolfePTO
Marshall EfronTWA
Sid HaigNCH
John PearceDWY

Credits

Directed by
George Lucas
Written by
George Lucas, Walter Murch, George Lucas

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$777K
Box office
$2.4M

Production

  • Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
  • American ZoetropeUnited States

Themes

computerdrug addictiondystopiafuturehearinghologrammind controlphasing