Logan's Run

Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, et al.

Product Description

A security guard and his girlfriend escape from a domed future city where life ends at 30.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569506220
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Michael Anderson
• Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson Jr., Gary Morgan, Denny Arnold, Glen Wilder
• Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: anamorphic
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

There is more to the story than just action.

Logan's Run is a film version of the story of a futuristic environment, the year 2274, that “Renews” (yeah, right) or recycles people after 30 years. Logan (Michael York) is a Sandman (similar to a police officer), who enforces the rule and chases down people who “run” from Renewal, a system where people who reach the age of 30 are reborn and prevent anyone from becoming too old. The computer that runs the facility charges him with finding the location that the runners go to, called “Sanctuary.” To do this, he must become a runner himself. Some people who watch this like to be critics. They pick on costumes and actors, etc. Well, they do not have the DVD version. There is an optional parallel audio commentary. This commentary explains why things are designed the way that they are. Also, the buttons on Peter Ustinov's coat were pennies to be symbolic; yet they were too small to film properly. According to the commentary, it was easier to stick everyone in pantyhose than to try to find monotone makeup for everyone as was done in Ursula K. Le Guin’s "The Lathe of Heaven" (1980). The buttons on Peter Ustinov's coat were pennies. Best of all, the Renew scene was shot upside down. One nice note is that one of the filming locations was: Houston & West Lancaster Streets, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Water Gardens; the place with lots of cats)

My favorite movie

Saw it when it came out and loved it. Rewatching it caused me to follow with the entire made for TV series: different actors, silly spin off, but OK. The original bears rewatching every decade and sharing to broaden minds, 1984/Brave New World like.