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THX 1138 (1971)

Rating:PG
Genre:SciFi/Fantasy
Release Date:March 11, 1971
Running time:88 minutes
Cast:Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe
Director:George Lucas
Producer:Lawrence Sturhahn
Writer:George Lucas, Walter Murch
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures

Description: 'THX 1138' is a chilling look at a 25th-century totalitarian state where mankind is stripped of any individuality. People are numbered drones, and a government-enforced program of sedating drugs controls the populace. The story's title character, THX, is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when he stops taking his mind-numbing drugs.

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