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LAST SHOWN 01/24/2026
Sat Jan 24

THX 1138

Q&A with screenwriter and sound designer Walter Murch. Moderated by Jim Hemphill | 55th Anniversary | ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
YEAR
1971
ACCESSIBILITY
HI
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 26m
RATING
R
DIRECTOR
George Lucas

SYNOPSIS

George Lucas’ fascinating debut feature film, adapted from a short he made at university. THX 1138, LUH 3417 and SEN 5241 attempt to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. The society has outlawed sex, with drugs used to control the people. THX 1138 stops taking the drugs, and gets LUH 3417 pregnant. They are both thrown in jail where they meet SEN 5241 and start to plan their escape.

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