Coppola co-produced George Lucas ’ s first film, THX 1138, in 1971.

The logo is possibly a reference to the ending of George Lucas ' first film, THX 1138, in which the main character stands silhouetted with his arms raised during a sunset.

THX 1138 was developed from Lucas ' student film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which he made in 1967 while attending the University of Southern California's film school.

LUH has a male roommate, THX 1138.

* Robert Duvall as THX 1138

THX 1138 was the first film made in a planned seven-picture slate commissioned by Warner Brothers from the 1969 incarnation of American Zoetrope.

As a publicity stunt, several actors were filmed having their first haircuts / shaves at unusual venues, with the results used in a promotional featurette entitled Bald: The Making of THX 1138.

Lucas filmed THX 1138 in Techniscope.

THX 1138 was released to theaters on March 11, 1971 and was initially commercially unsuccessful, earning back $ 945, 000 in rentals for Warner Bros, but still leaving the studio in the red.

In 1977, after the success of Star Wars, THX 1138 was re-released with the footage that had been deleted by Warner Bros. edited back in, but still did not gain popularity.

The significance of the name THX 1138 has been the subject of much speculation among fans.

* In Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the 1976 tie-in novelisation of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, a Stormtrooper is referred to as THX 1138.

* The THX sound certification system, originated in 1982, is sometimes said to be derived from THX 1138, and also from the system's originator, sound engineer Tomlinson Holman, as ' Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment '.

* In the video game Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds ( first released in 2001 ), selecting a Stormtrooper soldier ( Galactic Empire faction ) occasionally results in his reply " THX 1138 ready, sir!

* The song " Regime of Coincidence, State of Gravity " on Laibach's 1992 album Kapital is made up nearly entirely of samples from THX 1138.

* The opening sounds of " Mr. Self Destruct " on the Nine Inch Nails 1994 album The Downward Spiral is a sample from THX 1138 in which a man is being beaten by a prison guard.

* The 2005 Corrupt Souls & Hyx's Drum n Bass Track “ 1138 ”, found on the Black Sun Empire double album Cruel & Unusual, uses several samples from THX 1138, including “ What's Wrong ?”.

* The track " I Need Something Stronger " on Unkle's 2005 release Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction is almost entirely composed of THX 1138 samples.

( The packaging artwork for the album also borrows heavily from the THX 1138 2004 DVD release packaging.

* In George Lucas ` s film Electronic_Labyrinth: _THX_1138_4EB, THX is escaping an electronic labyrinth

Knowing that their relationship is illegal, THX must decide whether to return to using the prescribed drugs, or escape with LUH.

THX is confronted by SEN, who uses his position as LUH's superior to change her shift, admitting he wants THX as his new roommate.

The city's authorities discover THX's and LUH's crimes of sexual intercourse and drug evasion ( because of a bureaucratic error, THX is briefly " mind-locked " while at a critical juncture of android construction, which almost leads to disaster ).

THX is imprisoned in an area of the city that resembles a white limbo world.

THX is consigned to another region of limbo, this one populated by a collection of other prisoners, including SEN. Knowing that THX filed the complaint against him, SEN nevertheless rallies him to join his undescribed cause.

It is then revealed that the entirety of the city whence THX came is all underground, as he stands before a large setting sun in a red sky, while birds intermittently fly overhead ( indicating that life is possible on the surface ).

* The music video for rap group Gangstarr's 1997 single " You Know my Steez ", directed by Terry Heller, is a faithful homage to THX 1138, from the costuming and iconic cinematography to an upside-down miniature BART tunnel and the duplication of the famous extreme telephoto sunset ending.

* The intro sequence for each episode of Pinky and the Brain ( the 1995 spin-off from Animaniacs ), shows The Brain writing equations on a blackboard, one of which is " THX = 1138 ".

", which is a reference to THX 1138.

Tomlinson M. Holman ( born 1946 ) is an American film theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably the Lucasfilm THX sound system.

THX is a trade name of a high-fidelity audio / visual reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems.

He landed many of his most famous roles during the early 1970s with films like the blockbuster comedy MASH ( 1970 ) ( as Major Frank Burns ) and the lead in George Lucas ' THX 1138 ( 1971 ).

He drew a considerable amount of attention in 1970 for his portrayal of Major Frank Burns in the film MASH and for his portrayal of the title role in the cult classic THX 1138 in 1971.

* THX 1138 ( 1971 ) ( directed by George Lucas )

< li > Scenes from the 1971 movie THX 1138 were filmed at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

* THX 1138 ( 1971 )

Maggie McOmie is an American stage and film actress, best known for co-starring with Robert Duvall in the 1971 film THX 1138.

* THX 1138 ( 1971 ) Control Voice

In 1971, Lucas re-worked the short as a theatrical feature, THX 1138.

It is described as a pastiche of " escape-from-dystopia " science fiction films of the 1960s and 1970s such as Fahrenheit 451, THX 1138, Parts: The Clonus Horror, and Logan's Run.

Science fiction films from the early 1970s explored the theme of paranoia, in which humanity is depicted as under threat from ecological or technological adversaries of its own creation, such as Silent Running ( ecology ), Westworld ( man vs. robot ), THX 1138 ( man vs. the state ), and Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange ( threat of brainwashing ).