Logan's Run (1976)

Logan's Run. (1976)

http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0074812

In order to conserve resources the inhabitants of a domed city of the future face euthanasia at the age of 30. A original good idea, but after Michael York's escape the film runs out of plot and limps along to the end. The citizens are inextricably all caucasians, wearing Spandex and with 'Charlies Angels' feathered hair.

I enjoy Logan's Run. It was by the time I see it a very cool picture. I see it
recently and now compare with the new movies and effects it look very
plain. But I have to say I enjoy it a lot. I think you always will remember
after looking it the red light in your palm telling you are 30 years old.

What was the name of this movie/TV serie?

A few years ago (when I was mutch mutch younger) I watched a movie or TV series about people living beneath the surface of the earth. When they were about 30/35 they would participate in a ritual witch let them float up (somewhere) actualy they died.
I also know that 2 or more people made it to the surface and as I recall they found a house where an old man was living. They had some kind of light in their hand......

Anybody know what I am talking about?

Please help.....

Peter from the Netherlands

That almost sounds like "Logan's run". I might be wrong though.
:blpaw:

Thanks very mutch.
I've checked and it is true!

Great board, will sell my brain!

No problem :rolly2:
:blpaw:

kind of embarrassing but...

...I think this film rocks! And it's the same age I am

I can't even tell you why. It is absolutely preposterous, but every time I catch it on the telly I can't tear my eyes away.
I only ever saw it for the first time a few years ago, and I was surprised I had never even heard of it before.

The premise isn't very exciting, but I find the story compelling. 'Sanctuary' is far from what they were expecting, Peter Ustinov and some mangy cats. I always wondered why someone would choose to live on Capitol Hill, if they had pretty much the entire planet to choose from? And where there lots of other little communes, or was that the only remnant of humanity?

I believe there was a very short lived series based on this movie shortly afterwards - it might have been called "Sandman", or something to that effect.

Plot Outline from IMDB:
It is 2274. Some type of holocaust has decimated the earth, and the survivors sealed themselves into a domed city near Washington, D.C. To maintain the population balance, the computers that run the city have decreed that all people must die at 30. This system is enforced by "sandmen" : black-clad police operatives who terminate (kill) "runners" (those who attempt to live beyond 30). Logan, a sandman, is sent on a mission to find "sanctuary," which is a code- word used by the master computer to describe what it believes is a place to which runners have been escaping. Logan begins to question the system he serves and after seeing for himself that there is life beyond the dome, he returns to destroy the computer.

I have to admit that I see it again from time to time, this past months some cable movie channels show it again. And when I haven't nothing to do and see it in a channel see it again. I really enjoy it.

Krystal

Utopian Spandex?!

I love this show. Could have done without the bright colors and the spandex, but how can you not love yet another attempt at utopia? It's like trying to invent a perpetual motion machine—always a failure but a fascinating endeavor nonetheless.

I also thought Peter Ustinov's role was hilarious! And yes, I think that, just as there has to be life on other planets, there had to be other small clusters of runners and their natural-born existing elsewhere on the globe.

Good stuff.

by Tabitha
I believe there was a very short lived series based on this movie shortly afterwards - it might have been called "Sandman", or something to that effect.

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There was indeed a series of 'Logans Run', which dragged out Logan's discovery of the outside world in more nauseating depth. In retroflect it was pretty dire, biggest plus was the lack of clothing on the young ladies, but not nearly as bad as say Lost World.

And now I see there is a proper film remake slated for production. Will be interesting to see if they can actually come up with a better take on the story.

Originally posted by ray gower
And now I see there is a proper film remake slated for production. Will be interesting to see if they can actually come up with a better take on the story.

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Is this remake still a go?

There is an old interview with Bryan Singer about it here:
http://www.iesb.net/videointerviews/bryansingerthetriangle.php

I'm actually watching the original on TV right now. I guess they could make it less cheesy, but there are some clever ideas they must keep. It surprised me how much violence there is in it. Almost as many people get shot as in a Spaghetti Western.

Were there lots of other little communes, or was that the only remnant of humanity?

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Difficult to believe that was the only city and that only 1056 people ever escaped when outside is back to normal. Also, like all those planets in the original 'Star Trek' series you wonder how the inhabitants had ever become so subsurvient to a computer and never ever questioned the status quo.

In any sequel, I would like that addressed and the reason for the "catastrophe".

I loved it! It was one of the first "old sci-fi" films I had ever seen and it impressed the hell out of me, because it looked so good even without CGI. And that crazy robot and his birds!

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And that crazy robot and his birds!

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Voiced by Roscoe Lee Brown, too. Great casting there.

Greetings.
We had a discussion about this one in the Film Club a while back. If you want a look just go here:

http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/8556-december-film-logans-run.html

27th May 2010 05:03 PM

Darren Allan



The possible Warner Bros remake of Logan’s Run has been on the back-burner for some time – it was actually first floated in the mid-nineties – but it appears that the movie may now be happening (again).

The classic seventies sci-fi gem now looks set to get a Director in the form of Carl Rinsch, according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision blog.

Rinsch is more known for commercials, and a recent short film he made called The Gift. But he was apparently going to direct the Alien prequel, before Ridley Scott decided that he wanted to do it himself.

In case you’re not familiar with the story of Logan’s, it’s based on a book about a future society where population control is instigated, so everyone dies at the age of 30.

Those who leg it from the carousel death ceremony are called runners, and must be hunted down – hence Logan’s Run.

It’s a story that explores some interesting themes, and hopefully Hollywood won’t ruin it. Having said that, a lot of critics hated the original, believe it or not.

Is anyone else keen to see Logan's Run remade?

do tell...

Well WaylanderToo, I know the re-make fell through in 2010, but talks resumed last year. This was the first film I watched as a child that fit the sci-fi genre and I have had a soft spot for this film (and the TV series) since. I don't normally go in for remakes, but I do think Logan's Run is a deserving candidate.

I agree. This was a big movie for me growing up (not to mention Jenny Agutter was one of my first crushes). I think a remake is well deserved and it'd be nice to bring this movie to a newer generation.

Michael York will always be Logan to me. There is something about the atmosphere of the 1976 movie that gets under my skin. Loved it when I first saw it and I have sat through quite a few viewings of it, although not recently.