When Does the Film "THX 1138" (1971) Take Place?
"THX 1138" is a science fiction film written by George Lucas with Walter Murch [adapting "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" (1967) by George Lucas] that released March 11th, 1971. So when is "THX 1138" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because early on the numbers "06/15/69", probably representing June 15th, 2069 AD, flash on the screen when THX 1138 asks for stronger drugs. So it must be during or after June of 2069 AD.
2075 AD
We know this because early on the numbers "06/15/69", probably representing June 15th, 2069 AD, flash on the screen when THX 1138 asks for stronger drugs. So it must be during or after June of 2069 AD.
More specifically, when LUH 3417 is cited for a current "POSSIBLE DRUG VIOLATION" the screen reads "3/21/75" representing March 21st, 2075 AD. It is most likely March of 2075 AD at this point.
We know these dates are extremely unlikely to represent dates in the Twentieth Century because of the myriad of technologies (video phones, bipedal robots, holograms, etc.) throughout the story that did not exist in the real world between 1901 AD and 2001 AD. It could be during a later century but the technology and environments hasn't progressed forward terribly much farther than the real-world Twentieth Century advancements.
