13 Facts About THX 1138

1.

THX 1138 is a 1971 American social science fiction film directed and co-written by George Lucas in his feature film directorial debut.

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THX 1138 was developed from Lucas's student film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which he made in 1967 while attending the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

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3.

At home, THX 1138 takes his drugs and watches holobroadcasts while engaging with a masturbatory device.

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4.

THX 1138 enjoys a brief reunion with LUH, disrupted shortly after she reveals her pregnancy.

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5.

The city is then revealed to be entirely underground, and THX 1138 has escaped onto the surface, where he then witnesses the Sun setting.

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6.

THX 1138 was the first film made in a planned seven-picture slate commissioned by Warner Bros.

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7.

THX 1138 flew over the handlebars, was hit by the airborne motorcycle, landed in the street on his back, and slammed into the crashed car in which Duvall's character had escaped.

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8.

THX 1138 was worried that they might have ruined the amazing stunt he had just performed by walking into frame.

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9.

The end scene, of THX 1138 standing before the sunset, was shot at Port Hueneme, California, by a second unit of Caleb Deschanel and Matthew Robbins, who played THX 1138 in this long shot.

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10.

THX 1138 was released to theaters on March 11, 1971 and was a commercial flop, earning back $945, 000 in rentals for Warner Bros.

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11.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and wrote, "THX 1138 suffers somewhat from its simple storyline, but as a work of visual imagination it's special, and as haunting as parts of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Silent Running and The Andromeda Strain.

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12.

In 1977, after the success of Star Wars, THX 1138 was re-released with the footage that had been deleted by Warner Bros.

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13.

For example, THX 1138 138 is the license plate number of John Milner's hot rod in American Graffiti.

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