Logan's Run (1976)

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Genre

action film, post-apocalyptic fiction, science fiction film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,050 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a domed city where everyone is killed at age 30, a man named Logan works as a Sandman hunting those who try to run away. When his own death date approaches, he escapes with a woman named Jessica while another Sandman chases them.

futuristicsuspensefulbleakfast-pacedvisually stylizeduneasyaction-packedhunted

What happens

Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. The screenplay by David Zelag Goodman is based on the 1967 novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a future society, on the surface a utopia, but soon revealed as a dystopia in which the population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing everyone who reaches the age of 30. The story follows the actions of Logan 5, a "Sandman" who has terminated others who have attempted to escape death and is now faced with termination as well. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film uses only the novel's two basic premises — that everyone must die at a set age, and that Logan and his companion Jessica attempt to escape while being chased by another Sandman named Francis. After aborted attempts to adapt the novel, story changes were made, including raising the age of "last day" from 21 to 30 and introducing the idea of "Carrousel" [sic] for eliminating 30-year-olds. Its filming was marked by special-effects challenges in depicting Carrousel and innovative use of holograms and wide-angle lenses. The film won a Special Academy Award for its visual effects and six Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film. A spin-off TV series aired in 1977–1978 on CBS for 14 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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