THX 1138
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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.
- Director
- George Lucas
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $2M
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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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Box Office & Release
THX 1138 returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $777,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Mar 11, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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