THX 1138

THX 1138 (1971)

15
11/03/1971 (GB)
Science Fiction, Drama
1h 26m

The Future is here.

Overview

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.

  • George LucasDirector, Screenplay
  • Walter MurchScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $777,000

  • Revenue

    $2,437,000

Keywords

  • prison
  • mind control
  • future
  • computer
  • police
  • dystopia
  • drug addiction
  • hearing
  • totalitarian regime
  • phasing
  • subterranean town
  • hologram
  • psychological thriller
  • dystopian sci-fi
  • techniscope

Top Billed 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

DWY

Irene Cagen

IMM

Gary Alan Marsh

CAM

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