Logans Run
Science Fiction
Warner Bros.  (1976) 118 mins PG

6.7 (11,644 votes)
Live it up today, your time is up tomorrow. In the Year of the City 2274, humans forsake the ravaged outer environment by living in a vast, bubbled metropolis. There, computerized servo-mechanisms provide all needs and everyone can pursue endless hedonism. Endless, that is, until Lastday. That's when anyone who's 30 must submit to Carrousel, a soaring, spinning trip to eternity and supposed rebirth.

The screen's first use of laser holography provides some of the sci-fi kicks in this post-apocalyptic saga honored with a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Michael York plays Logan 5, a government Sandman authorized to terminate Runners fleeing Carrousel. Logan is almost 30. Catch him if you can....

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Cast and Crew
Michael York  ......  Logan
Richard Jordan  ......  Francis
Farrah Fawcett  ......  Holly
Jenny Agutter  ......  Jessica
Peter Ustinov  ......  Old Man
Roscoe Lee Browne  ......  Box
Director  .....  Michael Anderson
Producer  .....  Saul David; Hugh Benson
Writer  .....  David Zelag Goodman; William F. Nolan; George Clayton Johnson
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Logan and Jessica swim back into the city and pull themselves up out of the water, Jessica's left palm does not have a life-clock on it. Nor does the palm of Logan's left hand. In the beginning scenes with the babies Logan holds his left hand to the glass and we see the red crystal on his palm for the first time. (more)

Trivia:
The interior shots of the main hall were filmed in the "Great Hall" at the Appearel Mart in Dallas Texas. (more)

Filming Locations:
Dallas, Texas, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Logan: [tapping on a glass window of maternity room] Wake up.
Francis 7: Logan, you are here. I couldn't believe it when they told me. What are you doing?
Logan: [indicates baby] Logan 6. Well it's not everyday that they authorize a new sandman. I tell you Francis,
[indicating baby]
Logan: that's him.
Francis 7: Well maybe, maybe not. What does it matter? Anyway, he isn't yours anymore.
Logan: [continues tapping lightly on the glass]
Francis 7: All right, you want me to wake him?
[bangs loudly on the glass with his baton]
[...]
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations (more)