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THX 1138

Author: Lawrence SturhahnGeorge LucasWalter MurchDonald PleasenceRobert DuvallAll authors
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : English : The George Lucas director's cutView all editions and formats
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"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime."--Container.
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Genre/Form: Films for the hearing impaired
National Film Registry
Feature films
Science fiction films
Fiction films
Dystopian films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Short films
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrence Sturhahn; George Lucas; Walter Murch; Donald Pleasence; Robert Duvall; Ian Wolfe; Sid Haig; Robert Feero; Lalo Schifrin; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); American Zoetrope (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN: 0790765268 9780790765266
OCLC Number: 56520465
Language Note: English, French, or Spanish audio tracks ; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned (main feature only).
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Credits: Directors of photography, David Myers, Albert Kihn ; editor, George Lucas ; music, Lalo Schifrin ; sound montages, Walter Murch.
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Robert Duvall, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe, Sid Haig, Marshall Efron, John Pearce, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., Robert Feero, Irene Forrest, Claudette Bessing.
Awards: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB was named to the National Film Registry in 2010 by the Library of Congress.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R for some sexuality/nudity (previously rated GP in 1971); bonus material not rated.
Description: 2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD ; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio ; dual-layer disc.
Contents: Disc 1: Main Feature (ca. 88 min.) --
Optional audio feature commentary by co-writer/director George Lucas and co-writer/sound designer Walter Murch --
Theatre of Noise Experience: Isolated music and sound effects track --
Optional Master sessions, featuring break-out scene-specific video clips with sound designer Walter Murch ; Disc 2: A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (ca. 64 min. ; 2004 ; written, produced, edited and directed by Gary Leva ; narrated by Richard Dreyfuss) --
Artifact from the Future: The Making of THX 1138 (ca. 31 min. ; Produced, directed and edited by Gary Leva) --
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (ca. 15 min. ; 1967 ; The University of Southern California presents ; a film by George Lucas ; written and directed by George Lucas ; produced by Navy students in the Navy Production Workshop, U.S.C.) --
Bald : The making of THX 1138 (ca. 8 min. ; Warner Bros.) --
Original 1971 trailer --
5 different 2004 re-release trailers (The Future --
What's wrong? --
Characters --
Pure cinema --
Be happy).
Other Titles: Legacy of filmmakers: The early years of American Zoetrope.
Artifact from the future: The making of THX 1138.
Electronic labyrinth THX 1138 4EB.
Bald: The making of THX 1138.
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THX 1138
Responsibility: Warner Bros. Pictures ; WB, a Kinney National Company, presents ; an American Zoetrope production ; Executive producer, Francis Ford Coppola ; producer, Lawrence Sturhahn ; screenplay by George Lucas and Walter Murch ; story by George Lucas ; directed by George Lucas.
Local System Bib Number:
193305

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"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime."--Container.
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