Logan's Run
Short description
In the 23rd century, people live inside a sealed city where computers and robots handle every need, leaving residents free to pursue pleasure without work or hardship. The one condition is that no one may live past thirty. When a citizen's life clock reaches that age, they are expected to enter a ceremony called Carousel in the hope of being renewed. Those who refuse are declared Runners and hunted by Sandmen, the police force tasked with enforcing the age limit.
Logan is a Sandman who begins to question the system he serves, and his doubt turns him from pursuer into fugitive. Michael York plays Logan, with Jenny Agutter as Jessica, Richard Jordan as Francis and Roscoe Lee Browne as Box among a credited cast of thirty-three. Michael Anderson directed from a screenplay by David Zelag Goodman, produced by Saul David. The film sits between Conduct Unbecoming and Orca in Anderson's career and was made for about nine million dollars, returning roughly twenty-five million worldwide.
On IMDb it holds a 6.8 rating from around sixty-five thousand votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.6 from far fewer votes. A critics' rating of 6.3 from thirty-six reviews places professional assessment slightly below the audience response. The film runs 118 minutes and blends action with science fiction.
What's left behind the scenes
- One scene, originally four minutes long, had to be shortened and re-edited for the film to receive a "PG" rating (parental guidance suggested). A scene with an ice sculpture of nude Logan and Jessica was completely cut from the film. Another scene was cut because it showed drug use. The footage of all these scenes, as well as the film’s music, was lost during the so-called "purge," when Kirk Kerkorian (1917-2015), the owner of the film company "MGM," sold off as many of the company’s extensive archives as he could, and simply threw the rest away.
- The film is based on a book by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.
- The scene in the ice cave was filmed in Los Angeles in the summer. The frozen people were portrayed by extras painted white. For each take, they had to stand completely still for several minutes.
- The model of the city under the dome lacks detail to look realistic, but the model was made large enough to construct a real railway with miniature cars on it. Many of the buildings in the foreground reached a meter in height. The buildings were constructed at different scales depending on the distance to the camera.
- The waterfalls and steps where Logan jumps to return under the dome were filmed at the Water Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas. Initially, the pool was about three meters deep, but in 2004, four people drowned near the spot where Logan and Jessica jumped. The pool was closed to visitors and reopened only in 2007. Upon reopening, the pool's depth was reduced to half a meter.
- The costumes were initially designed to be more revealing, but this would have required more makeup for the exposed body parts (and therefore more funding), so the costumes were made more modest.
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