THX 1138 is a American Film of Science-fiction carried out by George Lucas (1971). Product by Francis Ford Coppola.

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  • a first film partly is inspired by the novel 1984 , equipped with political ideas rather radical and inspired of the Marxism of the school of Frankfurt, but equipped with a clean visual identity. Sometimes near to the first experimental court-measurings of George Lucas, the film stresses the introspective and nightmarish aspect of this company where the white walls, surrounding people of white, remove any depth and asepticize this company regulated by computers whose machineries and screens invade the field of view. Described by George Lucas like a “metaphor of the years 1970”, the film keeps, according to its author, all its topicality.
  • the film is based on a short-measuring of student of George Lucas entitled THX 1138 4EB which is available in its entirety in the no-claims bonus of the edition collector of the DVD.
  • In the Star Wars , Luke and Han, disguised in stormtroopers, indicate the number of cell in which Chewbacca is transferred. It is the number 1138… In the Empire counter-attacks , a general asks “to send Rogue 10 and 11 to sector 38” (either 1138). In American Graffiti one of the number plates is " THX 1138".
  • Lastly, THX was taken again for the charter of sound quality and graphics emitted by Lucasfilm Ltd. and means Tom Holman consequently eXperiment .
  • the film of Lucas is inspired much more of the novel by Ira Levin an insupportable Happiness , that of 1984 of Orwell.
  • THX-1138 corresponds to the phone number of George Lucas, when it was student (THX is equivalent to 849 on an alphanumeric keyboard).
  • In the play Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and the data base Wars] TriHeXalophine or TriHeXalon 1138 is a mortal poison.
  • In the play Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter , the space station to be destroyed is the station 1138.
  • In the play Star Wars: Galactic Battleground , the imperial stormtroopers, when they are selected, say " THX 1138, I am prêt". There is also a droïde of combat whose number is LUH-989 during the invasion of kashyyyk.
  • In the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando , the number of " Boss" the chief of the Section Delta is RC-1138. (RC = Republic Commando)
  • the Commander Clone Bacara has as a number CC-1138. (CC= Clone To order)
  • In the book the Shades of the Empire (Black River) the secret plans of Star of Dead is in the sector Tango-Hector-Xenon (THX) of the computer (page 220).
  • Further, on page 370, a guard speaks in its comlink: “- Tehachix? What occurs in bottom? Tehachix? Answer, sector un-un-trois-huit, answer…”
  • In the credits of the animated series Minus and Cortex, Cortex written with the chalk " THX = 1138" on the black board.

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  • Official site THX 1138 (site in flash)

  • THX 1138.ORG
  • Analysis of film on Dvdclassik.com

Simple: THX 1138

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