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THX-1138

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Friday, February 5, 2010 21:21
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OPPYH

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:26 AM

THX-1138 is...

the first telephone number George Lucas had.

Useless geek trivia for the day.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:32 AM

The number Mark Hamill yells out in the garbage masher to C3PO in Star Wars was Carrie Fisher's home phone.
She hadda have it changed once the film opened.

How useless is THAT trivia?

The laughing Chrisisall

KWICKO

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:32 AM

So my first movie will be called 949-2456. :)

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
So my first movie will be called 949-2456. :)

Give us an area code & you'll definitely get some calls, dude!

The laughing Chrisisall

MISSTRESSAHARA

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:24 AM

Well Harrison Ford actually says that code during the rescue scene when he's talking to the official over the speaker.

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"Boring conversation anyway."

<<<"You want to rule the world. What you don't understand is, there is no world anymore, only corporations.">>> Dr Evil's #2

KWICKO

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:41 AM

Quote:
Give us an area code & you'll definitely get some calls, dude!

915.

You DO realize this was my FIRST phone number, right? Like, when I was 5 and we just moved to San Angelo from Taiwan?

But do feel free to call. I wonder who's got that number now!

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

CAZARIL

Friday, January 22, 2010 4:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
THX-1138 is...

the first telephone number George Lucas had.

I had never heard that.. I did know that it was the main character (played by Robert Duvall) in the movie of the same name (which was Lucas' first full length feature film).

Caz

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 3:18 PM

This is actually my favorite Lucas film... nowadays!
Of course, I was only 8 when my Dad took me to see it, and I didn't understand it at all, but I loved the tunnel scenes at the end.
When Lucas came out with his 2-disc Director's Cut DVD, I gave it a revisit... and my jaw was on the floor pretty much the whole time!

http://www.thx1138movie.com/
http://thx-1138.org/

Lucas' original USC student film...

Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5325801707376229569#

________________________

"Spry for a dead fella!"

CHRISISALL

Friday, February 5, 2010 1:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:

When Lucas came out with his 2-disc Director's Cut DVD, I gave it a revisit... and my jaw was on the floor pretty much the whole time!

I just read this review- what do you think of the scathing parts?
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/thx1138dc.php

The laughing Chrisisall

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, February 5, 2010 2:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:

When Lucas came out with his 2-disc Director's Cut DVD, I gave it a revisit... and my jaw was on the floor pretty much the whole time!

I just read this review- what do you think of the scathing parts?
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/thx1138dc.php

Oh, I totally agree!* Lucas should've included a cleaned-up version of the original theatrical release, like Cameron did with The Abyss: Special Edition, and Ridley Scott did with the A L I E N: Director's Cut and Blade Runner: Final Cut deluxe DVD sets.
(I still love how Ridley says in his introduction and commentary on the ALIEN DC that he considers his original cut to be perfect, so that was really his "director's cut".)

How loud did the fans have to scream to get a DVD of SW:ANH where Han shot first?

* DVD Verdict is my favorite review site! Their dossier on Firefly is the one I always refer potential new Browncoat recruits to.
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/firefly.php