THX 1138
“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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Cast
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Robert Duvall
THX
Known for
The Godfather Part II
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Donald Pleasence
SEN
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Halloween
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Don Pedro Colley
SRT
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The Dukes of Hazzard
Maggie McOmie
LUH
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Young Goodman Brown
Beau Ideal
Ian Wolfe
PTO
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Rebel Without a Cause
Marshall Efron
TWA
Known for
Robots
Shogun Assassin
Sid Haig
NCH
Known for
House of 1000 Corpses
Bone Tomahawk
John Pearce
DWY
Known for
Ulzana's Raid
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Irene Cagen
IMM
Known for
Bride of Re-Animator
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Gary Alan Marsh
CAM
No other roles listed
John Seaton
OUE
Eugene I. Stillman
JOT
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George Lucas Director · Walter Murch Screenplay Lalo Schifrin Composer
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $777K · United States release March 11, 1971
Box office
Budget
$777,000
Worldwide gross
$2,437,000
Gross vs. budget
3.1×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
American Zoetrope
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · March 11, 1971
Theatrical
United States · March 11, 1971
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1983
Physical · Warner Home Video #11162 [VHS] 88 minutes (Clamshell)
United States
September 9, 2004 · Premiere · Guggenheim Museum in New York City, New York (The George Lucas Director's Cut)
September 10, 2004 · Limited theatrical · The George Lucas Director's Cut
September 14, 2004 · Physical · The George Lucas Director's Cut DVD
September 7, 2010 · Physical · The George Lucas Director's Cut Blu-ray
Brazil
October 22, 2004 · Physical · Warner Home mj.gov.br
Canada
April 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Finland
March 11, 1971 · Physical
France
May 12, 1971 · Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight (12 May 1971 – 27 May 1971)
November 3, 1971 · Theatrical
November 24, 2010 · Physical
March 10, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
December 30, 1978 · Theatrical
Japan
March 5, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 11, 1971 · Limited theatrical
Portugal
March 11, 1971 · Premiere
March 11, 1971 · Physical
Sweden
March 11, 1971 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 11, 1971 · Theatrical
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