THX 1138 is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by George Lucas in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence.
The film is developed by Lucas's student film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which he made in 1967 while attending the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Plot[]
In the future, mankind lives in vast underground cities and free will is outlawed by means of mandatory medication that controls human emotion. But when THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) stop taking their meds, they wake up to the bleak reality of their own existence and fall in love with each other in the process. But love is also illegal in this Orwellian dystopia, and the act of making love has made both of them outlaws on the run from an army of robotic police.
Cast[]
- Robert Duvall as THX 1138
- Donald Pleasence as SEN 5241
- Maggie McOmie as LUH 3417
- Don Pedro Colley as the hologram SRT
- Ian Wolfe as the old prisoner PTO
- Marshall Efron as prisoner TWA
- Sid Haig as prisoner NCH
- John Pearce as prisoner DWY
- James Wheaton as the voice of OMM 0000