Film · Synopsis
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.
Release windows
When & where
US
- In CinemasThu, Mar 11, 1971
- PhysicalSat, Jan 1, 1983Warner Home Video #11162 [VHS] 88 minutes (Clamshell)
GB
- In CinemasThu, Mar 11, 1971
CA
- In CinemasFri, Apr 23, 1971
AU
- In CinemasThu, Mar 11, 1971
FR
- In CinemasWed, May 12, 1971Cannes Directors' Fortnight (12 May 1971 – 27 May 1971)
- PhysicalWed, Nov 24, 2010
DE
- In CinemasSat, Dec 30, 1978
JP
- In CinemasFri, Mar 5, 1982
Where to watch
Streaming TBA
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Cast
Top of the call sheet
Robert Duvall
as THX
Donald Pleasence
as SEN
Don Pedro Colley
as SRT
Maggie McOmie
as LUH
Ian Wolfe
as PTO
Marshall Efron
as TWA
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