THX 1138 (George Lucas Director's Cut Special Edition) (1971)

Director: George Lucas  Starring: Robert Duvall  Donald Pleasence  Maggie McOmie  
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Publisher: Warner
Format: DVD
UPC: 00085391116226
Buy.com Sku: 40246345
Item#: VJFJ2R
Buy.com Sales Rank: 34460
Category Keywords: Action  Classic  Drama  Future/Futuristic Worlds  Futuristic  Recommended  Robots/Cyborgs  Science-Fiction  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
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Features: DVD, Special Edition, Director's Cut, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dobly Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Documentary, Featurettes, Audio Commentary, Easter Egg, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, 2 Discs
 
Dystopian futuristic story about a man struggling to escape a robot-like society that forbids sex and enforces human assimilation.
 
"Extraordinary. Visually hypnotic."  Vincent Canby, New York Times
 


Editor's Note

In George Lucas's fascinating debut feature (based on his short student film), the filmmaking wunderkind creates a futuristic, underground world in which bald, drone-like workers are forced to take drugs to regulate their moods and stifle their libidos. THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and his mate LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) are factory workers, building the robotic police that keep order in their stark world. The soundtrack to their lives is a news service that continually lists information about factory accidents, as well as sex and drug crimes, la George Orwell's 1984. There are electronic confessionals where workers admit to mistakes they've made, outlets THX uses to express his unhappiness with his life. When LUH decides she and THX should stop taking their medication, their sense of humanity--and their desire and love for each other as a couple--is unleashed. It's not long, however, before they are imprisoned for this crime, and LUH learns that she is pregnant. Separated from LUH, THX embarks on a journey to find her, with the help of rebel SEN (Donald Pleasence) and hologram SRT (Don Pedro Colley), eventually attempting escape to the outside world.

Combining complex editing and sound techniques with brilliantly subtle performances, THX 1138 is Lucas's less widely regarded vision of life in outer space, though it stands firmly as an awe-inspiring sci-fi spectacle. The film is also eerily prophetic, depicting a world in which television screens are bombarded with sensationalistic news, sexually explicit films, and vapid comedy shows.

 

Features
Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Theatrical Trailers
Artifact From The Future: Making Of Featurette
Bald Featurette
Electric Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB George Lucas's Original Student Film
Widescreen Presentation
A Legacy Of Filmmakers: The Early Years Of American Zoetrope Documentary
Easter Eggs
Audio Commentary by George Lucas and sound editor, Walter Murch
Subtitled: English, French, Spanish
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Warner
Release Date: 9/14/2004
Running Time: 88 minutes
Original Release Date: 1971
Catalog ID: 11162
UPC: 00085391116226
Number of Discs: 2

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Widescreen  2.35:1

 
Cast & Crew
Don Pedro Colley
Donald Pleasence
Maggie McOmie
Robert Duvall
Sid Haig
Albert Kihn - Cinematographer
Francis Ford Coppola - Executive Producer
George Lucas - Writer
George Lucas - Director
George Lucas - Editor
Lalo Schifrin - Musical Score
Lawrence Stuhahn - Producer

 
Professional Reviews
Film Comment
"A sci-fi classic..." 09/30/2004 p.79

Entertainment Weekly
"[A] good film..." 09/24/2004 p.89

Chicago Sun-Times
"[A] science-fiction parable set in the 25th century and displaying remarkable visual mastery." 09/10/2004 p.33

Uncut
"[I]t's visually breathtaking." 11/01/2004 p.157

Sight and Sound
"[T]he film exhibits a sci-fi sensibility rooted in Orwell, Kubrick and Kafka..." 12/01/2004 p.76

 
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