THX 1138

BLACK:

Barely audible, an organ plays a haunting theme. The title

credits appear.

They are simple green lettering on a black background.

1. BLACK

T.V. MONITOR

Point of view from inside a small medicine cabinet. The

door is opened creating a low hum, and throwing light on

THX 1138, a man about thirty-five years old. He has a

closely shaved head: which makes him appear bald. The

image is distorted as seen over a TV monitor.

MALE VOICE:

What's wrong?

THX takes a bottle of blue pills out of the cabinet and

talks directly into the camera.

THX:

Nothing.....nothing really. I

just feel kind of lousy. I need

something stronger.

MALE VOICE:

If you have a problem, don't

hesitate to ask for assistance.

CALL 348-853

THX:

Yes.....Thank you, I'll be all

right. I'm all right.

He takes two of the pills and returns the bottle the

cabinet.

FEMALE VOICE:

For more rapid results use your

new D code on your Mercicontrol

card.

Thank you.

THX closes the cabinet.

BLACK:

T.V. MONITOR

The door to the cabinet begins to open - hesitates - then

closes.

MALE VOICE:

What's wrong?

The door opens revealing LUH 3417, a 20 year old woman,

also with a closely shaved head. She is nervous and

struggle to maintain her composure.

MALE VOICE:

What's wrong?

LUH takes the bottle of pills THX has just consumed and

becomes frightened.

LUH:

....never mind. I'll replace these

later.

She slams the door closed.

BLACK:

HOLOGRAM ROOM:

CLOSE ANGLE:

A bald man dressed in white, huddles in a bare, dimly lit

room, Two large leather clad policemen beat the man with

long chrome nightsticks, making a dull thudding sound.

BATHROOM:

LUH also dressed in white stands in the corner of a very

small bathroom. It is very modern, with many fixtures not

in an ordinary bathroom; outstanding of these is a small

medicine cabinet with a small sign on the face which reads:

SEDATION SP9, USE WHEN NECESSARY.

CLOSE ANGLE:

She stands facing the wall. She is crying. The thudding

sound of the policemen can be heard in the background.

MED ANGLE:

LUH stops crying, drys her eyes and looks into the mirror.

She regains her composure and pores the pills down the

toilet. The camera TRACKS with her as she walks into the

mainroom. She passes by the Hologram room where the

thudding sounds of the policemen are originating.

MAINROOM:

LUH enters the small, white, plastic looking room. One

wall is filled with small compartments. She opens one of

the cabinets and pushes a series of buttons; which light

up.

CLOSE ANGLE:

LUH sits for a moment having now regained control of

herself. She takes a cellophane packet of pills out of

one of the compartments and carefully removes the pills

and replaces them with pills from her pocket. She puts

the packet back into the compartment. She becomes aware

of the sounds of the policemen in the Hologram room.

HOLOGRAM ROOM:

FULL ANGLE:

The room contains two over-stuffed reclining chairs, with

control panels on the arms. THX is sitting in one of the

chairs watching the policemen beat the huddled man. LUH

enters and stands by the doorway, slightly repulsed by the

beating. THX is aware of her presence, but neither speak.

CLOSE ANGLE:

Upon closer inspection, we see the policemen have smooth

chrome faces and are actually robots.

MED ANGLE:

THX reaches for the volume knob and twists it up one notch.

Another robot appears beating the man. LUH walks over and

sits in the vacant chair. She fidgets nervously.

LUH:

You ought to eat.

THX looks over to her, but does not respond. LUH reaches

for the volume knob, and turns it down, one of the policemen

disappears.

LUH:

I started your dinner for you.

It's probably ready by now.

THX:

I'm not hungry.

LUH:

Well it's fixed, so you'll have to

eat it.

LUH becomes angry.

LUH:

No, your going to eat it, or it

will go to waste.

THX:

What's the matter with you?

LUH turns back to watching the policemen. THX sits quietly,

and after a few moments, he gets up and leaves the room.

LUH immediately flips the switch on the arm of the chair.

An intense flash of light fills the room and gives way to

a naked negro female mannequin, with no genitals, dancing

exotically to driving, sensual afro-electronic music. She

flips the switch again, and the flash fades into a

newscaster comfortably seated in a chair directly across

from her. He is dressed in white, and his head is closely

shaven; as are all of the people in this society.

NEWSCASTER:

....in the constant striving for

perfection in the AIA.PB848's which

have been built this year. Five

felons have been caught fleeing

rehabilitation center dd2. All

five have been undergoing treatment

for drug offenses, two of the felons

were products of the sex act, the

other three....

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