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* CaliforniaDoubling: The car chase scene was filmed in the tunnels of the UsefulNotes/BayAreaRapidTransit system, which were under construction at the time.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/WarnerBrothers inexplicably cut 5 minutes from the original theatrical release, much to the displeasure of Creator/GeorgeLucas, who has stated that [[InSpiteOfANail "Whether it's five minutes shorter or longer, it didn't change the movie one bit".]] WB did reinstate the cut footage when they rereleased the film in 1977 to cash in on Lucas's celebrity from ''Film/ANewHope''. Of course, known prints from the original run indicate that it could've just been five ''seconds'' that were cut completely, and the only other change was in the reordering of certain scenes leading up to THX's imprisonment.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/WarnerBrothers inexplicably cut 5 minutes from the original theatrical release, much to the displeasure of Creator/GeorgeLucas, who has stated that [[InSpiteOfANail "Whether it's five minutes shorter or longer, it didn't change the movie one bit".]] WB did reinstate the cut footage when they rereleased the film in 1977 to cash in on Lucas's newfound celebrity from ''Film/ANewHope''.''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''. Of course, known prints from the original run indicate that it could've just been five ''seconds'' that were cut completely, and the only other change was in the reordering of certain scenes leading up to THX's imprisonment.
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** ''Literature/AlienExodus'', a ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel that was planned but cancelled in the '90s, would have revealed that the film was in fact part of the ''Star Wars'' universe. The first humans in ''Star Wars'' would have been refugees from the backstory of ''THX 1138'', who escaped the descent of the modern world into the movie's oppressive society by fleeing into space and being accidentally drawn into the distant past.
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** ''Literature/AlienExodus'', ''Fanfic/AlienExodus'', a ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel that was planned but cancelled in the '90s, would have revealed that the film was in fact part of the ''Star Wars'' universe. The first humans in ''Star Wars'' would have been refugees from the backstory of ''THX 1138'', who escaped the descent of the modern world into the movie's oppressive society by fleeing into space and being accidentally drawn into the distant past.
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** Creator/GeorgeLucas' original plan was to shoot the film in Japan, but Creator/FrancisFordCoppola could not afford a budget large enough to take the entire production to Japan. The film was shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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** Creator/GeorgeLucas' original plan was to shoot the film in Japan, but Creator/FrancisFordCoppola could not afford a budget large enough to take the entire production to Japan. The As a result, the film was shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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** A ''Literature/AlienExodus'', a ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel that was planned but cancelled in the '90s '90s, would have revealed that the film was in fact part of the ''Star Wars'' universe. The first humans in ''Star Wars'' would have been refugees from the backstory of ''THX 1138'', who escaped the descent of the modern world into the movie's oppressive society by fleeing into space and being accidentally drawn into the distant past.
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** A ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel that was planned but cancelled in the '90s would have revealed that the film was in fact part of the Star Wars ''Star Wars'' universe. The first humans in Star Wars ''Star Wars'' would have been refugees from the society backstory of ''THX 1138'' 1138'', who escaped the descent of the modern world into the movie's oppressive society by travelling fleeing into space and being accidentally drawn into the past.
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* ReferencedBy: The scene in the prison in which a mechanical cop beats a man with their baton.
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* ReferencedBy: The scene in the prison in which a mechanical cop beats a man with his baton is sampled at the beginning of Music/NineInchNails' song "Mr. Self Destruct" from their baton.album ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $777,777. Box office, $945,000 (rentals on first release), $2.4 million (after reissues).
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Italian title translates into ''The Man Who Escaped the Future''.
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** The Italian title translates into ''The Man Who Escaped the Future''.
** The Italian title translates into ''The Man Who Escaped the Future''.
