THX 1138 (1970)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 82 mins (UK)     95 mins (USA)
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: Techniscope     2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: American Zoetrope
Executive Producer: Francid Ford Coppola
Producer: Lawrence Sturhahn
Associate Producer: Ed Folger

SCRIPT
Script: George Lucas, Walter Murch, Ben Bova (uncredited)
Story: George Lucas

DIRECTION
Director: George Lucas

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: David Myers, Albert Kihn
Camera Assistants: Ned Kopp, Steve Lighthill
Lighting Gaffer: William Mayley
Key Grip: Ken Phelps

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: George Lucas
Assistant Editor: Marcia Lucas

MUSIC
Music: Lalo Schifrin; Johann Sebastian Bach (from St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - uncredited); Karl Hajos (from Buck Rogers (1940)); Heinz Roemheld (from Buck Rogers (1940)); Franz Waxman (from Buck Rogers (1940))
Scoring Mixer: Dan Wallin (uncredited)

SOUND
Location Sound: Lou Yates, Jim Manson
Sound Montages: Walter Murch

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costumes: Donald Longhurst

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Titles / Animation: Hal Barwood

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Michael Haller
Props: Ted Moehnke

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Lillian McNeill
Production Assistants: Stan Scholl, Nick Saxton, George Burrafato

LOCATIONS
Locations: Alameda, California, USA; BART, San Francisco, California, USA; Bay Area, San Francisco, California, USA; Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California, USA; Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California, USA; San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA

STUNTS
Car Stunts: John Ward
Bike Stunts: Duffy Hamilton

CASTING
Casting Supervisor: Ronald Colby

CAST
Robert Duvall (THX 1138)
Maggie McOmie (LUH 3417)
Donald Pleasence (SEN)
Don Pedro Collins
Ian Wolfe
Marshall Efron
Sid Haig
John Pearce
Irene Forrest
Gary Alan Marsh
John Seaton
Eugene I. Stillman
Raymond J. Walsh
Mark Lawhead
Robert Feero
Johnny Weissmuller Jr
Claudette Blessing
Susan Baldwin
James Wheaton
Henry Jacobs
Bill Love
Doc Scortt
Gary Austin
Scott L. Menges
Toby L. Stearns
Paul K. Haje
Ralph Chesse
Dion M. Chesse
Bruce Chesse
Mello Alexandria
Barbara J. Artis
Morris D. Erby
Willie C. Barnes
Richard Quinnell
Jean M. Durand
Scott Beach
Neva Beach
Terrence McGovern
Julie Payne
James Cranna
Ruth Silveira
Bruce Mackey
David Ogden Steers
Bart Patton
John Rigg (uncredited)

In a harsh, sterile future, THX 1138 and LUH 3417 commit the ultimate crime - they fall in love. Imprisoned by the faceless authorities, they meet SEN 5241 and attempt to escape the underground city, hoping to reach the long-outlawed surface.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG

1970
March
11: USA - theatrical release

1984
December
14: Finland - television broadcast

1985
January
6: Portugal - shown at the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian

Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime.

The Future is here.

L'uomo che fuggi dal futuro - Italian title

REMAKE OF
THX 1138:4EB (1967)

OTHER SOURCES

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credits

the future, authoritarianism, robots, computers, prisons, sex, dissidents, underground cities, police

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008