

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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $777K
- Box office
- $2.4M
- Language
- English
- prison
- mind control
- future
- computer
- police
- dystopia
- drug addiction
- hearing
- totalitarian regime
- phasing
- subterranean town
- hologram
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG11 Mar 1971
- PhysicalPGWarner Home Video #11162 [VHS] 88 minutes (Clamshell)1 Jan 1983
- PremiereGuggenheim Museum in New York City, New York (The George Lucas Director's Cut)9 Sept 2004
- Theatrical (limited)RThe George Lucas Director's Cut10 Sept 2004
- PhysicalRThe George Lucas Director's Cut DVD14 Sept 2004
- PhysicalRThe George Lucas Director's Cut Blu-ray7 Sept 2010
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1511 Mar 1971
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM11 Mar 1971
CanadaCA
- Theatrical23 Apr 1971
BrazilBR
- Physical14Warner Home mj.gov.br22 Oct 2004
FinlandFI
- PhysicalK-1211 Mar 1971
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Directors' Fortnight (12 May 1971 – 27 May 1971)12 May 1971
- TheatricalTP3 Nov 1971
- Physical24 Nov 2010
- PhysicalBlu-Ray10 Mar 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1230 Dec 1978
JapanJP
- TheatricalG5 Mar 1982
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical (limited)1811 Mar 1971
PortugalPT
- PremiereM/1211 Mar 1971
- PhysicalM/1211 Mar 1971
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1511 Mar 1971
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THX 1138 was released on 11 March 1971.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CaseyReese
2/5/2023
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- D9/10
Dr Nostromo
11/25/2025
87/100 In a future society, where technology watches over every aspect of the human life and is totally void of humanity, roommates THX and LUH are arrested for the crime of drug evasion and physical love. This is essentially just a chase movie but I'm fascinated by the totally unique futuristic world that one is pulled into (and surprisingly not dated after 50 years) where even those moments of humor are quite se…
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