Logan's Run (1976)
- 1976
- ·PG
- ·119 min
It's 2274 and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society.
Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform and inhabitants are free to pursue all of the pleasures of life.
There is one catch however: your life is limited and when you reach 30, it is terminated in a quasi-religious ceremony known as Carousel.
Some, known as runners, do try to escape their fate when the time comes and it's the job of Sandmen to track them down and kill them.
Logan is such a man and with several years before his own termination date, thinks nothing of the job he does.
Soon after meeting a young woman, Jessica-6, he is ordered to become a runner himself and infiltrate a community outside the dome known as Sanctuary and to destroy it.
Pursued by his friend Francis, also a Sandman, Logan and Jessica find their way to the outside.
There they discover a beautiful, virtually uninhabited world.
Logan realizes that he must return to the dome to tell them what he's found and be set free.
- Actors
- Jenny Agutter·Michael York·Richard Jordan·Roscoe Lee Browne
- Directed by
- Michael Anderson
- Genre
- Action·Adventure·Sci-Fi
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Director
- Michael Anderson
Hugo Awards 1977
- Best Dramatic Presentation
It's a shame that you need to go back 44 years to find a thoughtful Science Fiction film where the special effects are secondary to story and themes, but here we are. Originally when I first saw Logan's Run, it was on television after a successful theatrical release and even if edited for TV, movies on TV were a big deal for Gen X kids in the 70s.
This film is obviously overshadowed by Star Wars, which was released the following year and has undeniably superior special effects, however it is defiantly worth watching as the story doesn't feel dated.Set in a domed city in a future world life appears to be good for the inhabitants, there is of course a catch.
The one thing this show had going for it was that it predated the Star Wars craze that wracked TV and movies alike. Similarly it was missing a certain something to make it a complete TV rendition of the feature film.
