Think of logans run 1976, a clockwork orange 1972, soylent green 1973 or the. Based on the popular movie by the same name, logan s run portrays a futuristic society where citizens are only allowed to live until age 30. Control is achieved through close video monitoring and enforced prescription of sedative drugs. The george lucas directors cut is a pretty good treatment of a classic science fiction movie. But the real 25th century, says thx 18 director george lucas, is a denatured anthill where populations lead lives of quiet respiration. And even when he begins to have strange feelings, he does what is obliged by going to the state run confessional, which further brainwashes through its reinforced mantra of happiness, loyalty and understanding. It s a movie, like 1984, about state controlled devolution and fascist manipulation from which a romantic hero tries to escape. After the holocaust of a nuclear war, a domed city was. Thx 18 s final car chase against the robot cops is a solemn, quiet one leading to the.
With fugitive pursuits strictly budgeted, thx only has to evade the robocops until the funds run out, but surveillance is omnipresent and thx s vehicle keeps overheating. People in the future live in a totalitarian society. Thx 18 is a 1971 american social science fiction film directed by george lucas in his feature film directorial debut. As thx is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
The george lucas directors cut will spark a new discussion of the films artistic merits including its surprisingly dry sense of humor and maybe even inspire a few geeks to conclude that its the flannelled ones best, most ambitious movie. I may be wrong but just throwing that out there if anyone wants to add to the imagery section. Todays entry in the mrgn is that retro classic of 1976, logan s run. Except for thx 18, our hero, who, with the help of his foxy, bald, occasionally naked roommate, luh, is going off the drugs and discovering emotions. Thx 18 by ben bova, february 1978, warner books edition.
A space odyssey had attracted a large youth audience in 1968. Duvall plays the title role, a worker bee in an underground totalitarian society that drugs its citizens and offers them sex and violence on their television sets. Sep 10, 2004 thx 18 suffers somewhat from its simple storyline, but as a work of visual imagination it s special, and as haunting as parts of 2001. Colossus, silent running, solaris, the omega man, logans run, westworld, dark star. Download logans run 1977 tv series complete torrent or any other torrent from category. What is also the rule is that the populace follows the wants of the faceless state without question. Logans run, boyeth and girleth, is a 1976 film starring michael york. George lucas robert duvall in thx 18 1971 see all 124 photos. Logan s run presents us with a vivid, somewhat horrifying vision of a possible future. A space oddyssey, thx 18, 1984 the first bigscreen adaption of which was brought to us by michael anderson in 1956 and perhaps a few other strangely numericallytitled examples. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, or contribute to the discussion. Logans run original motion picture soundtrack discogs. I suspect that a lot of modern day scifi makers have indirectly. Thx 18 is a loyal subject, he who goes about his business as a skilled factory working building robocops.
Thx 18 foi a primeira producao da entao recem criada empresa american zoetrope. Eventually thx and luh go on the run, pursued by slowmoving robots who look like people dipped in chrome. Dec 29, 2014 but unbeknownst to thx 18 robert duvall, his roommate luh 3417 maggie mcomie has been reducing their meds, resulting in their mutual discovery of love and thx s subsequent imprisonment for. The sound effects add to the illusion of a distant and different society. With any luck, this lovingly restored dvd release of thx 18. It doesnt ask us to greatly suspend disbelief by accepting alien races and magic powers. Logans run is not too dissimilar to george lucass thx 18 in its. In a sterile, forbidding future world in which tranquilised humans have numbers not names, thx 18 robert duvall meets luh 3417 maggie mcomie and the two begin a relationship and stop taking their drugs both highly illegal activities. Thx 18 begins with a clip from the 1939 serial buck rogers, showing buster crabbe happily engaged in space exploration in the 25th century. Jun 23, 2012 ending scene from 1971 movie thx 18 directed by george lucas music by j. Download logans run 1977 tv series complete torrent. May 12, 2000 thx 18 played by robert duvall is a worker in a robot factory who didnt take his drugs leading to him making his domestic partnertype woman luh 3417 maggie mcomie pregnant. Thx 18 is the name attached to a man robert duvall living in a future world where the government tightly controls all aspects of life including marriage and reproduction.
In 1976 logan s run was one of the last notable films of this school and it was arguably the most successful and most memorable after the planet of the apes films. A technician named thx 18 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. Logan s run is a 1977 american television series, a spinoff from the 1976 film of the same name. Thx 18 310 movie clip the confession 1971 hd youtube. In addition to the lovely jenny agutter, farrah fawcett is in logans run. Are you still young enough to enjoy a movie rewatch of great nostalgia. A space odyssey, silent running and the andromeda strain. George lucas has slightly updated his early science fiction masterpiece, thx 18, starring robert duvall. For the first time, on september 20th, the original star warstrilogy was released on dvd. This digitallyenhanced director s cut of thx 18 came out in 2004. Compare it to logans run, which was obviously ripped off from it i mean. Determined to find the pregnant luh, thx breaks out of prison with the help of his cellmate sen 5241 donald pleasence and an escaped tv hologram don pedro colley.
May 28, 2010 critics were very pleased with thx 18. The barelythere costumes of logans run dark worlds. Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. In thx, unlike the island, this is no normal world of humanity beyond its confines. Coppola had befriended a film student named george lucas, who in 1967 had made a 15minute science fiction film at the university of southern california called thx 18. Logan michael york and jessica jenny agutter in logans run 1976. But its the common denominator established by logan s run that were most interested in. Since george lucas is a prick and doesnt want people watching anything other then his new improved cgi sploogefest, its nice that you uploaded the original cut of the film. Thx 18 is an american science fiction film set in a dystopian future in which the populace is controlled through android police. The series starred gregory harrison as the titular character logan 5 and heather menzies as jessica 6. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Logans run electronic selections from the soundtrack. For the humans in the domed city of logan s run, life is a nonstop swingfest of orgy. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Thx 18 1971 george lucas synopsis, characteristics. If i recall some imagery from marilyn mansons the dope show was inspired by thx 18. Thx 18 truly stood out in that, perhaps it is a reason it did not appeal to everyone at the time. It comes in as one of the last entries of prestar wars scifi films, such as planet of the apes 1968, thx 18 1971, soylent green 1973, and rollerball 1975, which explore dystopic realities that reflect the excesses of our civilization, though usually within a framework of thencontemporary social issues. Thx 18 1 hours and 26 minutes movie 1971 its sometime in the future in a state controlled society, where conformity and homogeneity are the rule. It is set in a dystopian future in which the populace is controlled through android police and mandatory use of drugs that suppress emotions. It doesnt take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. When warners saw the austere result, however, they recut the film before its release. Perhaps only george lucas could deliberately ruin a perfectly good george lucas film, and that s the case here. The omega man, a clockwork orange, thx 18, soylent green, etc. Neither the studio s nor lucas s cut was a popular success, but thx 18 s coolly minimalist style and storytelling gained fans on the college screening circuit, just as stanley kubrick s poetic 2001. They are arrested and tortured, but thx 18 is determined to escape the androidcontrolled prison. The island reminded me a bit of thx 18 until ewan and scarlett escaped the facility and found out they were living a lie.
It s really sad when some person online cares more about the original cut of a movie then the director. All the electronic pieces from the 1976 soundtrack to the movie logan s run by jerry goldsmith. In the future, mankind lives in vast underground cities and free will is outlawed by means of mandatory medication that controls human emotion. Thx 18 is within the scope of wikiproject mass surveillance, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of mass surveillance and mass surveillancerelated topics. Rent thx 18 1971 starring robert duvall and donald pleasence on dvd and bluray. Sure it pulls from the dystopic mores of heavyweight films like 2001. Logan s run electronic selections from the soundtrack.
With michael york, jenny agutter, richard jordan, roscoe lee browne. You can see him taken to a white room prison with no escape in sight. The realworld locations of 14 scifi dystopias atlas. In the year 2004, lucas gave the fans of his movie two special presents. Several other movies were slated for production at american zoetrope, but the only one that saw completion was thx 18 1971. Preceding unsigned comment added by iscream22 talk contribs 17. Thx 18 original motion picture soundtrack original. Classic scifi movie collection some of the best classic sci fi movies ever made from 1951 to 2009. Also, one week earlier, his first work thx 18 was released on dvd. Thx 18 is the foundation of dystopian science fiction film. An idyllic science fiction future has one major drawback. Pretty fair collection and most are of decent quality.
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