list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around THX 1138 on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/THX_1138/33935/default.aspx Title: THX 1138
Year: 1971
Director: George Lucas
Plot: Based on his award-winning student short, George Lucas's debut feature cerebrally celebrates the possibility for individual freedom against all odds. In a 1984-esque white-washed future underground dystopia where sexuality is banned, all humans sport shaved heads and the same shapeless outfits as they go about their work in a mandated state of sedation, listening to exhortations to "Buy and Be Happy." Black-clad robot cops chant a mantra to their victims that "everything will be all right" and automated confessional booths emit soothing therapeutic bromides. But unbeknownst to THX 1138 (Robert Duvall), his roommate LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) has been reducing their meds, resulting in their mutual discovery of love and THX's subsequent imprisonment for drug evasion and sexual misconduct. Determined to find the pregnant LUH, THX breaks out of prison with the help of his cellmate SEN 5241 (Donald Pleasence) and an escaped TV hologram (Don Pedro Colley). With fugitive pursuits strictly budgeted, THX only has to evade the robocops until the funds run out, but surveillance is omnipresent and THX's vehicle keeps overheating. Making the only film produced through the first incarnation of Francis Ford Coppola's independent studio American Zoetrope, Lucas and his small crew, including co-writer and sound editor Walter Murch, shot THX 1138 in northern California with no interference from distributor Warner Bros. When Warners saw the austere result, however, they recut the film before its release. Neither the studio's nor Lucas's cut was a popular success, but THX 1138's coolly minimalist style and story-telling gained fans on the college screening circuit, just as Stanley Kubrick's poetic 2001: A Space Odyssey had attracted a large youth audience in 1968. When Lucas returned to sci-fi after American Graffiti, he traded restraint for nostalgic fun in the film that guaranteed his creative freedom in Hollywood: Star Wars. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:44:26 GMTTHX 11381971George LucasBased on his award-winning student short, <a href="/players/P___100308/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>George Lucas</a>'s debut feature cerebrally celebrates the possibility for individual freedom against all odds. In a <a href=/films/56/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>1984</a>-esque white-washed future underground dystopia where sexuality is banned, all humans sport shaved heads and the same shapeless outfits as they go about their work in a mandated state of sedation, listening to exhortations to "Buy and Be Happy." Black-clad robot cops chant a mantra to their victims that "everything will be all right" and automated confessional booths emit soothing therapeutic bromides. But unbeknownst to THX 1138 (<a href="/players/P____88530/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Duvall</a>), his roommate LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) has been reducing their meds, resulting in their mutual discovery of love and THX's subsequent imprisonment for drug evasion and sexual misconduct. Determined to find the pregnant LUH, THX breaks out of prison with the help of his cellmate SEN 5241 (<a href="/players/P____57070/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Donald Pleasence</a>) and an escaped TV hologram (Don Pedro Colley). With fugitive pursuits strictly budgeted, THX only has to evade the robocops until the funds run out, but surveillance is omnipresent and THX's vehicle keeps overheating. Making the only film produced through the first incarnation of <a href="/players/P____85868/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Francis Ford Coppola</a>'s independent studio American Zoetrope, Lucas and his small crew, including co-writer and sound editor <a href="/players/P___103815/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Walter Murch</a>, shot THX 1138 in northern California with no interference from distributor Warner Bros. When Warners saw the austere result, however, they recut the film before its release. Neither the studio's nor Lucas's cut was a popular success, but THX 1138's coolly minimalist style and story-telling gained fans on the college screening circuit, just as <a href="/players/P____98221/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stanley Kubrick</a>'s poetic 2001: A Space Odyssey had attracted a large youth audience in 1968. When Lucas returned to sci-fi after <a href=/films/1157/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>American Graffiti</a>, he traded restraint for nostalgic fun in the film that guaranteed his creative freedom in Hollywood: <a href=/films/32762/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Star Wars</a>. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)26153http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t45374w32n4.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/THX_1138/33935/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Re_Take_the_red_pill_Recast_THE_MATRIX_1999/563/32155/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: forticus
Post To: Filmgaming
Post Date: 7/5/2008 1:32:06 PM
Body: George Lucas version of the Matrix in a computer far far away.Narration by James Earl Jones Neo-Hayden Christensen(Star Wars) Morpheus-Samuel Jackson(Star Wars) Trinity-Natalie Portman(Star Wars) Agent Smith-Mark Hamill(Star Wars) Oracle-Carrie Fisher(Star Wars) Cypher-Robert Duvall(THX1138) Tank-Ahmed Best(Star Wars) Apoc-Peter Mayhew(Star Wars) Mouse-Ron Howard (American Graffiti) Dozer-Billy D. Williams(Star Wars) Switch-Cindy Williams (American Graffiti) Agent Brown-Ewan Mcgregor(Star wars) Agent Jones-Liam Neeson(Star Wars) To be continued............................ The Keymaker-Richard Dreyfuss(American Graffiti) Train Man-Bruce Spence(Star Wars) Link-Harrison Ford(Star Wars) The Architect-Christopher Lee( Star Wars) Seraph-Ray Park( Star Wars) Commander Lock-Alex Guinness(Star Wars) Commander Locks lieutenant-Jimmy Smits(Star Wars) Twin 1-Peter Cushing(Star Wars) Twin 2-Ian Mcdiarmid(Star Wars) Merovingian-Anthony Daniels(Star Wars) Raver 1-Kenny Baker(Star Wars) Raver 2-Warwick Davis(Star Wars)
]]>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:32:06 GMTforticusFilmgaming7/5/2008 1:32:06 PMGeorge Lucas version of the Matrix in a computer far far away.Narration by James Earl Jones Neo-Hayden Christensen(Star Wars) Morpheus-Samuel Jackson(Star Wars) Trinity-Natalie Portman(Star Wars) Agent Smith-Mark Hamill(Star Wars) Oracle-Carrie Fisher(Star Wars) Cypher-Robert Duvall(THX1138) Tank-Ahmed Best(Star Wars) Apoc-Peter Mayhew(Star Wars) Mouse-Ron Howard (American Graffiti) Dozer-Billy D. Williams(Star Wars) Switch-Cindy Williams (American Graffiti) Agent Brown-Ewan Mcgregor(Star wars) Agent Jones-Liam Neeson(Star Wars) To be continued............................ The Keymaker-Richard Dreyfuss(American Graffiti) Train Man-Bruce Spence(Star Wars) Link-Harrison Ford(Star Wars) The Architect-Christopher Lee( Star Wars) Seraph-Ray Park( Star Wars) Commander Lock-Alex Guinness(Star Wars) Commander Locks lieutenant-Jimmy Smits(Star Wars) Twin 1-Peter Cushing(Star Wars) Twin 2-Ian Mcdiarmid(Star Wars) Merovingian-Anthony Daniels(Star Wars) Raver 1-Kenny Baker(Star Wars) Raver 2-Warwick Davis(Star Wars) http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Sci_Fi_Movies_A_Z/598/29653/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: gambrel83
Post To: Movie Games
Post Date: 5/21/2008 10:24:27 AM
Body: THX 1138
]]>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:24:27 GMTgambrel83Movie Games5/21/2008 10:24:27 AMTHX 1138 http://www.spout.com/groups/PulpFiction1975/Re_What_If_Hitchcock_Could_Use_Today_s_Technology/66/10755/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: PulpFiction1975
Post Date: 6/11/2007 1:33:53 PM
Body: There actually have been a huge number of instances of directors remaking their own work.Yasujiro Ozu essentially remade most of his movies over and over from what I hear, some officially like A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)Quite recently it seems as though directors of foreign movies that are successful, often remake their films in English with American stars. Here's a few examples.Robert RodriguezEl Mariachi (1992)Desperado (1995)George SluizerThe Vanishing (1988)The Vanishing (1993)Takashi ShimizuJu-On: The Grudge (2003)The Grudge (2004)Michael HanekeFunny Games (1997)Funny Games (2008)Hideo NakataRingu 2 (1999)The Ring Two (2005)Consider the fact that Evil Dead 2 is essentially a remake of The Evil Dead. I hear that is because Raimi wanted to use footage from The Evil Dead in the beginning of Army of Darkness but he lost the rights. So he decided to just remake the whole movie first. I'm not sure if this is actually true.A lot of filmmakers end up turning a short films into full length films such as George Lucas: THX 1138 and I'm sure countless more that I can't think of at the moment.
]]>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:33:53 GMTRisseladaPulpFiction19756/11/2007 1:33:53 PMThere actually have been a huge number of instances of directors remaking their own work.Yasujiro Ozu essentially remade most of his movies over and over from what I hear, some officially like A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)Quite recently it seems as though directors of foreign movies that are successful, often remake their films in English with American stars. Here&#39;s a few examples.Robert RodriguezEl Mariachi (1992)Desperado (1995)George SluizerThe Vanishing (1988)The Vanishing (1993)Takashi ShimizuJu-On: The Grudge (2003)The Grudge (2004)Michael HanekeFunny Games (1997)Funny Games (2008)Hideo NakataRingu 2 (1999)The Ring Two (2005)Consider the fact that Evil Dead 2 is essentially a remake of The Evil Dead. I hear that is because Raimi wanted to use footage from The Evil Dead in the beginning of Army of Darkness but he lost the rights. So he decided to just remake the whole movie first. I&#39;m not sure if this is actually true.A lot of filmmakers end up turning a short films into full length films such as George Lucas: THX 1138 and I&#39;m sure countless more that I can&#39;t think of at the moment. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Post_Apocalyptic_Films/190/7003/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: josephkuzma
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 4/13/2007 12:36:24 AM
Body: A few of my favorite dystopian flicks have been mentioned (Brazil, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange) but I'd also like to mention Jubilee (weird but entertaining) and Metropolis (a f**king classic in every sense of the word). I also kinda liked Reign of Fire in that "It's on the SciFi Channel and it's 2am, why not?" sort of way. Logan's Run is one of my favorite pieces of cheeseball 70s crap also. Also: Dark City, 1984 (both versions), Fahrenheit 451, RoboCop.I remembered liking Equilibrium but when I rewatched it with my wife I realize what a steaming pile it really was. Demolition Man is another example of a steaming pile of dystopian (sorta) crap. Idiocracy had a good premise but was just a bad bad bad movie all around (die Dax Shephard, die). And, of course, two of the biggest piles of crap ever: Fortress & THX 1138.
]]>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:36:24 GMTjosephkuzmaTop 54/13/2007 12:36:24 AMA few of my favorite dystopian flicks have been mentioned (Brazil, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange) but I&#39;d also like to mention Jubilee (weird but entertaining) and Metropolis (a f**king classic in every sense of the word). I also kinda liked Reign of Fire in that "It&#39;s on the SciFi Channel and it&#39;s 2am, why not?" sort of way. Logan&#39;s Run is one of my favorite pieces of cheeseball 70s crap also. Also: Dark City, 1984 (both versions), Fahrenheit 451, RoboCop.I remembered liking Equilibrium but when I rewatched it with my wife I realize what a steaming pile it really was. Demolition Man is another example of a steaming pile of dystopian (sorta) crap. Idiocracy had a good premise but was just a bad bad bad movie all around (die Dax Shephard, die). And, of course, two of the biggest piles of crap ever: Fortress &amp; THX 1138. http://www.spout.com/blogs/sci-fi-4/archive/2005/12/21/6.aspx Post By: P3X984
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 12/22/2005 1:35:28 PM
Body: No way man, these two films don't compare at all. Unless you mean the "the world is not what it seems" theme (in which case you'd have to lump in The Truman Show, The Thirteenth Floor , and The Matrix - not all "the same"). Logan's run was a better movie, but not the same. Now if you wanted to say The Island ripped off THX 1138 I might accept that.
]]>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:35:28 GMTP3X984sci-fi12/22/2005 1:35:28 PMNo way man, these two films don't compare at all. Unless you mean the "the world is not what it seems" theme (in which case you'd have to lump in The Truman Show, The Thirteenth Floor , and The Matrix - not all "the same"). Logan's run was a better movie, but not the same. Now if you wanted to say The Island ripped off THX 1138 I might accept that. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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