Logan, you are here. 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 himself. Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film[5] directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. Of course there's a lot that I don't like about the movie, it's quite easy to pick apart. [7] Producer George Pal's attempt was troubled in 1969 by competing views of what the film's story should be, including the possibility of incorporating symbolism of real life issues, in comparison to screenwriter Richard Maibaum's vision. With Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat, Randy Powell. "[20] The first release of portions of the score was on MGM Records on LP, in 1976. [60], Theatrical release poster by Charles Moll, sfn error: no target: CITEREFNoonan2011 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFDonovan2015 (, "Interview with Michael York | Interviews", "The Complete List: Everything You Will Find in a Dystopian Movie", "FILM AWARDS Best Science Fiction Film Releases", Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, "10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977)", "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1977 Nebula Awards", Logan's Run' Remake Taps 'Hunger Games' Writer, Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. What he had found was "old ruins, exposed”, "an old man”, and that the missing Runners were "all frozen”. [14] The robot character Box was portrayed by placing actor Roscoe Lee Browne in a robot costume. [59] However, as of 2018, the film was still in pre-production. What are you doing? In his art, Pérez sought to follow the art direction of the film. Where is Logan's Run streaming? [19][22] Roger Ebert gave the film a three-star rating, calling the film a "vast, silly extravaganza", with a plot that's a "cross between Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars and elements of Planet of the Apes" and "that delivers a certain amount of fun". [21], The film was previewed for test audiences prior to its release. Other sequences were trimmed. Another story written was a presequel to the novel and movie. Directed by Michael Anderson. Here are the buzz-worthy titles you're going to want to mark on your calendar. Other scenes survive in the shooting script, but the footage appears lost. [34], The character of Box, being voiced by African-American actor Roscoe Lee Browne, could serve as a precursor to Darth Vader, voiced by African-American actor James Earl Jones in Star Wars (1977), in "racializing cyberphobic primers available to Generation X". [28], Another interpretation is that individualism, the "freedom to live and be," is curbed by "social mechanisms" telling citizens to have a good life for only a limited time. In the cave, they meet Box, a robot designed to capture food for the city from the outside. 30 November 2020 Discover (and save!) Later that evening, he meets Jessica 6, a young woman also wearing an ankh pendant. The old man recounts what he remembers about what happened to humanity outside the city, and Logan realizes that Sanctuary has always been a myth. [48], Intrigued by the film's success with young viewers, CBS and MGM Television paid Nolan $9 million to base a television series on the film starring Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies, but after debuting in 1977, the series was cancelled before the end of the season. [43] In 2015, Rolling Stone named it 27th among the 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s. William F. Nolan (based on the novel "Logan's Run"), Amethyst, Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Logan%27s_Run_(film)&oldid=999434758, Films based on works by George Clayton Johnson, Films that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award, Best Science Fiction Film Saturn Award winners, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Lara Lindsay as the woman runner and voice of the City computer, This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 04:16. In 1977, a TV series aired, though only 14 episodes were produced. The two are captured by other Sandmen and taken to the computer, which With Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne.