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THX 1138

THX 1138

Mar 11, 1971
86 min
Science FictionActionDrama
6.4/ 10
1,008 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
6.4/10
1,008 votes
IMDB
6.6/10
56,547 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
75/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$777,000Production cost
Box Office$2,437,000Worldwide gross
Profit$1,660,000Profitable
ROI
+213.6%Return on investment
US Box Office$2,437,000Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 wins & 3 nominations total

Details

Production information

"The Future is here."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$777,000

Revenue

$2,437,000

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesAmerican Zoetrope

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