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DVD : THX 1138 - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe directed by: George Lucas  List Price: $26.98 Amazon.com's Price: $10.99 You Save: $15.99 (59%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780790765266 Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Director's Cut, Surround Sound, Collector's Edition, THX, NTSC ISBN: 0790765268 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 14, 2004 Running Time: 88 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 1971 Sales Rank: 8908 MPN: WARD11162D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Two-Disc Special Edition: * Digitally remastered with THX certified sound * Commentary by George Lucas and co-writer/sound effects editor Walter Murch * Theatre of Noise sound-effects track with branching segments to 13 master sessions with Walter Murch * 2 New documentaries: "A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope" and "Artifacts from the Future: The Making of THX 1138" * George Lucas's original student film "THX-11384EB" * "Bald": 1971 production featurette * Five new trailers from the 2004 theatrical release * Original theatrical trailer Average Rating:
 Rating: - ExcellentTHX 1138 is, if not a great film, damned close to it, and one of the greatest directorial debut films ever made. The story is rather simple, and archetypal, broken into three discernible parts that pretty much recapitulate each other. In some futuristic dystopian world, where humanity has been forced to live underground, and the state is controlled by a leaderless hegemony run by a computer that prescribes medication to all its shaved bald citizens, thus allowing effete chrome-faced robots easy control ... Read More Rating:  - THX 1138I watched this movie as a kid and thought it was very frightening. Re-watching it 30 years later was really interesting. The movie takes place in a totalitarian future where humanity is living underground. I like how everything is not explained in detail (which year is it, why are everyone underground, are there other countries and so on???). I was a bit worried about Lucas new cgi "improvement", but it is wasn't disturbing at all (most noticeable in some cityscapes and the car chase). This movie has certainly ... Read More Rating:  - Original vs. Director's CutAlthough I like the digital restoration treatment Lucas gave the film, I always felt that the extra CGI scenes are completely out of place with original movie. After seeing the direcotr's cut on DVD a little while back, I was dissatisified with it and went scouting the original copy and found it on VHS from here on Amazon. As I was watching it I realized that not only had Lucas added the additional CGI, but he also had dramtically re-edited a few important scenes or removing them altogether ( i.e., there's a scene ... Read More Rating: - Another bad "director's cut"I hate it when they screw up great old movies by adding unwanted and inappropriate scenes. Boooo! I subtract two stars from an otherwise five-star movie to punish George Lucas for insulting our intelligence with lame special effects--pathetic eye candy in a movie whose initial charm owed a fair amount to stark minimalism. Did I say boo? Rating: - perfectThis is one of the best movies ever made! The perfect movie to show us what the government is willing to do to keep up silent. Not a likely future but makes you think. Browse for similar items by category:
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