THX 1138: Special Edition

Released 1971
Stars Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe, Marshall Efron, Sid Haig, John Pearce, Irene Forrest, Gary Alan Marsh
Directed by George Lucas

George Lucas based his first feature film on an award-winning short he lensed while in college. In a future where sexuality is banned, drugs are used to control people's minds and citizens are stripped of their individuality, THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) rebel against the status quo. When LUH winds up pregnant and THX is jailed, only a fellow prisoner (Donald Pleasence) can help THX escape and reunite with his love.

Summary by www.netflix.com

This was a really interesting sci-fi flick, and I was impressed with Lucas' debut feature. I guess he had a pretty small budget, but it sure didn't look like it. I liked the world Lucas created, and it was kind of cool how the plot and characters were a little ambiguous. The look and sound of the film are definitely its strong points, though. It's kind of a sci-fi art film and a pretty good flick. --Bill Alward, July 16, 2005