Everything you need to know about Logan’s Run (1976)

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[@mikewashlake927]

Logans Run was my first feature film that I worked on. I was one of the cubs. Bill Couch was the stunt coodinator. He came to CSUN looking for young gymnasts for tumbling and mini tramp. He found me, Mitch Gaylord, his brother Chuck and a few others for the cub scene. It was a fun time in my life and the beginning of my stunt career.

[@charliephillips6024]

That is wonderful! LOGAN'S RUN is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time! I watched it in the theaters and I continue to rewatch it often on blu-ray and digital! Thanks for being one of the cubs! That's a great scene!

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Is that why you’re names Mitch Gaylord but your names Mike Washlake?

[@Rogelio_007]

I remember that scene! You were great! screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Logans-Run/pages/Logans-Run-065.htm

[@JamesThompson-oz8kh]

@@C0wb0yBebop I think you misread the sentence. 😁

[@GizmoMaltese]

Once upon a time in Holywood

[@biggee8111]

My favorite Logan’s run quote is from Phil Hartman's character on News Radio. He said “I’m so old if I was in Logan’s Run I would be Soylent Green!“

[@marccolten9801]

I remember Hartman's character telling another that he had once tried to impress a woman by telling her his favorite movie was Ingmar Bergman's Persona. When asked what his actual favorite was, he answered Logan's Run. I think it was supposed to sound low brow.

[@garfunkle5447]

I'm still watching News Radio on DVD. "Good flick, good flick" "Farah Faucets best work"

[@5lowburner]

Great video, thanks. Narration needed work

[@lib556]

Best part of Logan's Run? Two words: Jenny Agutter!

[@lib556]

@gunther giesl Try "The Eagle Has Landed" and "An American Werewolf in London". She plays a teen in "Walkabout" but was 20 when she filmed it so it's okay to ogle her.

[@1pcfred]

Farah was nothing to sneeze at either.

[@michaelmcguire7687]

@@lib556 actually she was 17..it was filmed in 1969

[@lib556]

@@michaelmcguire7687 Disregard my last....going to hell. edited to add: IMDb says she was 16 during filming...going to hell even faster. I looked it up cause I was really hoping you were wrong.

[@OOICU812]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Jenny Agutter.

[@azimuth361]

LOVE this movie. And Jenny Agutter was one of my first childhood crushes.

[@davekincla9818]

Same here, i still have a crush on her now :)

[@azimuth361]

@@davekincla9818 Oh yeah. She has remained lovely!

[@petermerchant4439]

Useless trivia: Jenny Agutter is in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. She's the World Security Councilperson that Black Widow impersonates. You also see her briefly in The Avengers.

[@Thepirireis]

😍

[@kevinpittman2517]

Agreed first saw this when i was 7 and i just remember her legs... she has always been lovely

[@Wonkabar007]

Jenny Agutter the ultimate posh totty 💕

[@georgeburke2678]

I love the Augutter in this..........So fine.

[@aliassmith113]

liked her in a american werewolf in london

[@ktcarl]

Schwiiiiing!!!!

[@aliassmith113]

@dave4248 lol

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Sister Julienne ???

[@pogo1140]

Jenny Agutter's costume when we are introduced to her was something to behold as it was essentially a very thin light poncho held together by 2 light chains on the side worn without underwear.

[@Thepirireis]

Pogo She was sooooo hot!

[@ceylonmooney]

she sure made an impression on me.

[@jasonbowman9521]

[@ebayerr]

Pogo : 8:45 You're welcome

[@BrownsburgKevin]

I need to find the deleted ice scenes with Jenny!

[@Appleholic1]

I was a boy when I first saw that scene showing abandoned buildings like the capital in ruins. For some reason that had quite an affect on me. It stirred my post apocalyptic imagination.

[@coogano]

you may even see it in real life

[@JP5466]

@@coogano Quite possible with all the crap that is going on now.

[@bruceblackerby3742]

I work for Congress and whenever I see the Capitol building or drive by the reflecting pool I'm reminded of the scenes from Logan's Run. If one considers the direction from which they come, the domed city would have been located south of DC.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

now 4 years later, it's real!

[@logankent2633]

MY DAD NAMED ME LOGAN AFTER LOGANS RUN !

[@two-five9702]

Same here mate

[@poisonskin80]

thank God, he could have named you Francis

[@svenfigueroa312]

TWO - FIVE you are 2-5. Not logan.

[@two-five9702]

@@svenfigueroa312 really. Wow. I never noticed. Thanks for pointing that out for me really appreciate it.👍

[@svenfigueroa312]

TWO - FIVE hehe

[@craigdavidson2278]

Jenny was my teenage fantasy after this and American werewolves in London. ....

[@ThomasBarone]

Absolutely,

[@nicomeier8098]

A, An American Werewolf in London - a true classic!, all done "old school" without CGI messing things up. Excellent movie, glad to have it on DVD.

[@seaninness334]

I think it's China 9, Liberty 37 that Jenny spends a lot of time naked. Kind of a must see for someone with an Agutter crush. Kind of an English Bo Derek. The late 70's/early 80's/early days of cable TV.

[@craigdavidson2278]

@@seaninness334 never heard of those two films....think I might have to do a search.....

[@seaninness334]

@@craigdavidson2278 It's actually one title. There are some funny lines in it. American Werewolf in London, Equus and Logan's Run are more entertaining IMO. It was fun spotting Jenny in the Avengers and Winter Soldier in recent years. I just wish she was highlighted more in terms of her screen time and in the credits.

[@kurtstergar1042]

So glad they never remade this movie.

[@grogery1570]

I will never forget watching Logan's Run in the cinema, I was about 12 and suddenly I could no longer pretend that women were yuck! Jenny Aguter you will always be the one that got away!

[@richardm3023]

So your balls dropped during the movie?

[@EliahHoliday]

This is one of the great Sci-Fi films I grew up with.

[@sitoudien9816]

Jenny Agutter should have been a Bond girl. Someone at the Bond camp was asleep at the wheel. How did she go unnoticed.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"Jenny Agutter should have been a Bond girl." Yes, and she may have taken her clothes off, too. Unlike all the other Bond girls, who haven't - except in other films. Isn't that the irony of modern Bond films? The girls still keep their clothes on while appearing naked in other film parts! Ian Fleming must be sucking his cigarettes in rage!

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@sjdrifter72 the shower scene in AAWIL,the American actor,David Naughton, playing her love interest referred to it as the highlight of his acting career.

[@michaelstone1]

I think this was the first time I saw a naked girl in a movie.. Never forgot

[@dannydunn223]

"I Drink Dr. Pepper Don't You Know"

[@TheBlindDM]

She was also great in American werewolf in London

[@eduardo_corrochio]

"Identify ....." There's nothing else like this movie; some other dystopian sci-fi films come close, but Logan's Run has a unique look, mood, and sound. And even though Logan's Run was a big budget spectacle from a major Hollywood studio, today it is often viewed with disdain or mockery ... which is actually understandable if we put ourselves behind the eyes of people who did not grow up in the 70's/80's; this movie has to seem a bit cheesy to younger viewers. And yet at the same time, it is held with such deep esteem and affection by many fans-- even some fans who aren't from the generation that discovered LR during its youth. Interesting to recall that critic Roger Ebert enjoyed this film, and called it "a vast, silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun, once it stops taking itself seriously".

[@tubefan10]

Very well written & said.

[@rolandboss9045]

There are elements of it in the movie In time starring Justin Timberface

[@thetruthchannel349]

I wasnt born when it came out but I love the film. 70s film and music was the absolute best.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@thetruthchannel349 Yes, nothing else like that period. Such a great decade for music and movies.

[@dreamweaver1603]

The Truth Channel, I saw the movie several times at the theatre (that’s what we did back then as kids, saw movies over and over again because it would be years before it would come out on network tv). I still think this movie and The Warriors are the epitome of cheesy, wonderful ‘70s movies.

[@trmblingblustar]

I read the novel about 10 years ago, and it is very different from the film. There was a fear in the 60's of a youth revolt, and the novel played out that scenario. The film, on the other hand, never bothered explaining why people were killed at age 30, other than the computer said so. I'd like to see a more faithful film, but can't help but think instead of tackling the themes from the 60's original it would be modernized and turned into a commentary on social justice and diversity.

[@clairewarner5704]

It always shocks me that people believe that Logan became a runner because his palm blinked red. It's made very clear in the movie that the supercomputer needed him to infiltrate sanctuary and he needed to be believed so the computer turned on his palm light so the runners would accept him as a runner. That's why Logan goes to the computer at the end to tell it that Sanctuary doesn't exist

[@redwolfexr]

That part is unique to the movie. Because they needed to "wrap it up" in a nice bow. In the book there WAS a sanctuary. He never goes back. Also the "gun" was vastly simplified for the movie since they wanted more action/pew-pew. The book it was a revolver with different effects/projectiles for each cylinder. In particular one round is a "homing missile." One is a net, ect... When Logan ran he had the rounds in his gun and that was it.

[@ariesviolent]

YES!!!! I'm glad someone brought that up.

[@thehylian6984]

well he wasnt sure whether the life clock would be reset to the correct time after, so he was uneased about the infiltration and he decides to run for real halfway through. He only went back to the computer for interrogation after being captured

[@bxpress6507]

@@thehylian6984 yes..he had 4 years left when his life clock was set at 30..to him it was upsetting..the computer never answer him when he asked if will get his 4 years back..yeah I seen in some places on internet that says Logan ran because he time was up..in actuality he was not 30 but 26..still I loved this movie when 1st came out when I was a kid..back then this type of movie was hi-tech!😎

[@ColdRFusion]

One of my fav Sci-Fi movies, yes as the commentators say Agutter is "smokin' hot" well maybe "melt to the center of the Earth" hot. Love the high-concept Sci-Fi story & fantastic visuals which won a special Academy Award. Often overlooked, the TV series does have a good cast & some great stories. By the end I was sad they didn't make more episodes.

[@markusdaxamouli5196]

Sir Peter played the F out of that role..his scene when they met him in awe was so sweet and adorable. All in all this was cast perfectly..and has held up remarkably well.

[@KutWrite]

SPOILER: I love at the end when Peter comes back to the City and all the young hot girls fawn over him. I'm probably older now than he was when he made the film!

[@jmmartin7766]

I bought a copy of T.S. Eliot's *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats* because of how well Peter Ustinov played the old man... lol T. S. Eliot and 1 more Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"All in all this was cast perfectly..and has held up remarkably well." Bollocks! It's a crap film ruined by corporate paranoia, especially here in the UK. Every time Film 4 shows it they cut out Jenny's toppless scene - the best moment in the film!

[@laurencedankel4751]

Sam Samoa - if it’s crap, why do you keep watching it?

[@edamnaf9265]

Still love this movie...and I saw it first run too!

[@DEPORTMAN]

Great movie, lots of childhood memories. THERE IS NO SANCTUARY is probably one of the most dramatic scenes ever in a sci-fi flick.

[@nps1016]

I love Logan’s Run, it’s a good sci-fi movie, made before Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica. A lot of 1970’s Dystopian movies were done well at the time like Omega Man, Soilent Green, Silent Running and Omega Man. I’ve heard for a long time they were going to remake this movie but I’m glad they haven’t, Hollywood would screw it up.

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

I don't know Silent Running. What is it?

[@nps1016]

Cristinita Corazon it’s a movie that came out in 1971 starring Bruce Dern. It’s about the end of botanical life on Earth and Bruce plays a botanist that maintains a green house in space in order to preserve various plants for future generations with help from robots. It’s really good, you should check it out.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"but I’m glad they haven’t, Hollywood would screw it up." They couldn't make it any worse.

[@peppermintcatsass3141]

...3 of my Favorite movies, if you had included Phantom of the Paradise 4/4

[@selfdo]

It was a great era for sci-fi and particularly dystopian flicks, as you well pointed out, even if the cast is mostly now dead or decrepit and the production values are well "dated".

[@wlessfanable]

I saw the movie when I was 10 so I was concentrating so much on Jenny Agutters hemline to even know what the movie was about. I actually had to see it again.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"I saw the movie when I was 10 so I was concentrating so much on Jenny Agutters hemline to even know what the movie was about." It's not about anything but JA's hemline, especially when she doesn't even have one!

[@chrismarshall3972]

@@nossasenhoradoo871 its all about JA, the female outfits were lovely, shame it isnt like that now lol

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Thanks for this Jonathan..I'm in my late 40's(dont tell the Sandman)and loved Logun's since the 70's.But you told me a bunch of facts that I never knew about..Hasslehoff was going to be in it?.,The Backround City was used in Star Trek and Mork & Mindy?!.Thank you!

[@WhySoLoud]

Producer: "The studio called, they're over budget, again." Banker: "How much is this thing costing NOW?" Producer: "Going on...$9 Million Dollars" Banker: "Damn Hollywood, what do they think, we're made of money?"

[@CarnorJast1138]

I really don't care what many say of this movie, and the fact it deviates from the book, it is still one of my favorite movies, and I love watching it from time to time! Just plain great fun, and wonderfully made!

[@schnertblatt]

I agree with you 100%. There was . . . something . . . about the movie that captivated me. I could name a number of things, but yet, the sum of them don't total to the "why"; the "why" defies logic. There only thing I can say is that it's everything about the movie. Also, I do as you do . . . I pull the movie out of my collection and watch it every so often.

[@schnertblatt]

@Linda Niemkiewicz The screenplay is an adaptation of the book of the same name, by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It's science fiction dealing with population stabilization. (In the book it's 21 but the movie it was changed to 30.) Also, added in is the belief of "renewal" (reincarnation) via Carousel. The mega-cities are not all underground, as such, but domed, so much is also above ground, but not "Outside". About Box: he's not a robot, but a cyborg. His story is in the book: he stores and preserves food . . . and what he was doing with the runners was in following his prime directive. Hope this helps. 🐱

[@schnertblatt]

@Linda Niemkiewicz Hi, Linda. Logan 5 was given that mission to find Sanctuary (that the unseen superiors do believe exist -- the Ankh is the identification to Sanctuary . . .) and to give him credibility they (somehow) advance his Lifeclock so he appears to be on Lastday. (Note that the voice never did answer his question about re-setting his Lifeclock . . . good catch by you, Linda. I wondered about that too. . . .) And, it was an undercover mission; the other Sandmen were unawares. He picked Jessica 6 go with him because she wore an Ankh too and therefore knew of Sanctuary. Regarding their meeting up with Box in the movie: that was not planned by the superiors of the Domed Cities. They knew nothing about what Box was doing to the runners on their way to Sanctuary. ("Prime Directive" was my term, for want of a better one. He said he would freeze/preserve what was sent to him. Then the fish, Plankton, and protein from the Sea stopped coming. Then, later, the runners started coming. So he stored them. Hopefully I answered your questions about the movie as well as you wanted me to. I was glad to. Regarding the book, if you're interested, maybe it's available at your library or if not they could get it through interlibrary loan program. The screenplay deviates radically from the book, but the book is stupendous for being a short little science fiction book: the authors have great imaginations! I don't want to give a lot of the story of the book away, but there isn't the "Domed City" concept as such, or "Outside", and Logan and Jessica travel far and wide. There are more backstories and different things happen. If you like the movie, I think you will like the book. I read the book after I saw the movie and I did. I like both.

[@raybod1775]

Logan's Run was the only movie that I thought was better than the book.

[@schnertblatt]

@@raybod1775 Hello, Ray. I do see your point. And, while I don't disagree with you, I don't agree with you completely either. I look at the book and the movie as being about as different as Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "Blade Runner". Both are good. In the book "Logan's Run", I loved the poetry, the songs, the description of the DS Corps, the Pleasure Gypsies . . . and, of course, Ballard. (Ballard's lived a double lifetime, why can't we do the same? / Think of Ballard. . . . Think of Ballard. . . . Think of Ballard's name.) The movie had the great storyline, a great adaptation from the book. "Carousel" was marvellous! So, Ray, I think the movie is great, but the book is good too.

[@gsr4535]

I've always been a big fan of Logan's Run. Thanks Jonny!

[@kungfew1396]

Meat..greens...and protein from the sea! 🤖

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

Worst robot ever but kinda endearing at the same time lol not knocking it though, it's a total classic..

[@bertsedgwick9828]

That's random, I certainly didn't expect to see a pre-fame David Hasselhoff modeling costumes from the film for visitors to the set

[@surferdude4487]

For those of you who have not read the book: 1) The "Old man" had a name. He was 42, not 100 and quite a warrior and a hunter. He nearly killed Logan when they finally met. 2) The women did wear undergarments but they were transparent. 3) The Weapon of the Sandman was a six shooter, but each one of the six cartridges had a different effect. 4) The drug "Muscle" was a super-stimulent that gave the cubs super-speed. Older people could not use it because it would cause their heart to burst under the added strain.

[@mjl1966y]

I saw this in the theater as a kid and to this day, Jessica is the most alluring female character in any movie I have ever seen. And I did not have a Farah poster. Not a single one. Jessica was vulnerable but determined. She was sad, but yearning. She just really struck a vibe with me that has resonated through the years.

[@justketh4298]

And she looked so beautiful too

[@vooveks]

Look, if you're not going to show that bit with Jenny Agutter getting her kit off briefly in an ice cave or wherever it was, then I'm pulling my trousers back up and going home!

[@DebbieMcVegan]

I talk about Logan's Run a lot! It's nice to know I'm not the only one

[@PatrolOfficer161]

I was at the Fort Worth water garden the day they filmed. It was a big deal then!

[@clbazar]

PatrolOfficer161 Hey, me too! My family and I were visiting my aunt and uncle and we went to the water gardens without knowing they were shooting a movie. Then it turned out to be Logan’s Run, which was pretty cool because my name is Logan and at that time I had never heard of another Logan. But from then on whenever I would meet someone they would say, “oh, like Logan’s Run, huh?” Lol... Glad to hear about someone else who was there that day. How did you happen to be there?

[@samhouston1673]

I want to know how they were in the pool and did not get sucked under like everybody else.

[@kirkbolas4985]

I was 13 when Logan’s Run hit the cinema. I saw it three times...once first run and two more times a couple of months later at the dollar movie (it was actually $0.50-it was 1976 after I all. Most of my buddies had the Farrah Fawcett pinup on their bedroom wall. I had Jenny Agutter from the scene where she put herself on the Circuit and that’s where Logan met her. The still was artfully cropped to exclude Michael York. She had essentially a poncho held loosely by two metallic cords on each side. Oh, she also had gone commando...no undergarments; that poncho was one mild gust of wind away from an R rating, at a minimum. Jenny over Farrah any day in my book. I also read the novel Logan’s Run that same summer. If they ever get serious about the remake, I hope they follow the novel faithfully. With a little creative screen play writing and a good director minding the camera angles, it’s possible to be faithful to the novel and avoid the NC-17 rating. If one has not read the novel, understand that there are parts that are descriptively pornographic, even by today’s standards. 😆

[@deanlucero64]

Thanks for doing these. Logan's Run is one of my favorite all time movies.

[@Stansman63]

Loved the Sandman gun design..and Jenny Agutter..

[@andrewdillon7837]

31 years is the death point,,the entire cast is obviously over 21..

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

Andrew Dillon yes and society would have no doctors or other professionals available to help people if 21 was the cutoff.

[@BackFromTheMadeUp]

I think it's 30

[@TheSighphiguy]

@@PeterRichardsandYoureNot you do realize the movie is set 200 years in the future. its very possible that advanced techniques could be "speed learned". sort of like Neo learning all those combat styles in "the Matrix". its also possible that all medical procedures were done by robots.

[@Zooumberg]

@@BackFromTheMadeUp It is thirty.

[@georgehenderson7783]

Andrew Dillon, I was surprised to see that the death point was going to be 21 at first, then they changed it to 30.

[@348loadedlever3]

Does anyone remember the series after the movie.

[@xaenon]

I do. I wish I didn't.

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@xaenon agreed,it was crap.

[@jitzfitz]

unfortunately, yes I do. The only good thing about it was the solar powered "car"

[@johannahjohari2915]

I did not see the movie , but l see the TV series .

[@arricammarques1955]

Poorly made.

[@dbsommers1]

Thanks for the rememberence. And yes, Jenny was hot. Actually she still looks great in Winter Soldier (she's the one Widow impersonates at the end)

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

Also in Call the Midwife.

[@18632ewa8]

That's awesome I didn't know it was the same person. That is just incredible. So she was Authors Keeper in the remake? She put on the Darth Vader masque. And she was the Assassin in red. She is off the hook incredible.

[@raythulhu5143]

Ah, yes....Seeing this in the late 70's was the source of my life-long crush on Jenny Agutter

[@Noobshire]

"Jenny Agutter" End

[@fozziebear26]

Oh Jenny❤😍 Oh Farrah❤😍

[@zzygyy]

👍 Super hotties 🔥

[@trevorbrown6654]

I always thought that the model city looked like a model anyway . Blade Runner did a far more effective job. However many of the films sets were reused in two late 1970s TV series, Battlestar Galactic and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. The ruined city is very prominently featured in the Buck Rogers movie that ended up becoming the pilot for the TV series.

[@Bacopa68]

The ships from "Silent Running" became the agro-ships in the original Battlestar Galactica.

[@dennyadkins21]

I want to find the underground tunnel to the edge of the earth. Who's with me

[@Name-ps9fx]

Sounds like a Flat Earth theory...sure, I’m in. Mind if I bring my Sandman gun, just in case Francis follows us?

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"I want to find the underground tunnel to the edge of the earth. Who's with me." Err... you have to do that yourself, as in 'The Shawshank Redemption'!

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

I'm in. Weirdo 😆

[@peppermintcatsass3141]

... I've been there, its behind a Bar in Juarez. ...and Epstein didn't kill himself.

[@kjk7611]

Peppermint Catsass Who the he🏒🏒 is Epstein?😮

[@Pinza7]

Everything you need to know about Logan's run in one word - Jenny.

[@jackflip4877]

I remember wanting to own this movie and for years went to many video stores to find it and finally did on my 30 th birthday. I was renewed.

[@JonnyBaak]

21 is the age in the Logans Run novel, as stated in the beginning of the video!

[@theo9952]

Apparently they didn't want to restrict the cast to teenage actors and set the age at 31 in the film. But even so, they could have made something closer to the novel. I was disappointed with the film.

[@SailorBarsoom]

@@theo9952 It would have been too expensive. Sure you could do it *now,* devilsticks and all. And maybe they should. Make it now I mean. There are a lot of action scenes audiences would love which never made it into the 76 movie. I think they need Ballard back, too. The "double lifetime" guy who hunts tigers with a bow and arrow is much cooler than the Old Man with dozens of cats.

[@theo9952]

@@SailorBarsoom Indeed so.

[@stevenjohnarmitage4345]

Love the film and waych it whenever I find it = Jenny Agutter was a teenage crush as was Farrah!

[@rosselliswilkinson]

She was also attractive in An American Werewolf in London

[@ThisGuyFrritz]

One of my kidhood memories. I've seen it in a drive-in theater and later in a "sit-in" theater. The dome city looked cool, as well as the cars that drive through the tubes. I even remember seeing frozen naked bodies (in a PG-rated movie!), as well as Box turning out to be a bad robot. I recently saw it on Blu-ray a couple of times. It was one of the first sci-fi movies I enjoyed outside of the original "Star Trek" series, some years before I was a teenager... and before "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars"!

[@htos1av]

"NEVER trust anyone over the age of 30". How'd that work out for ya'?

[@xheralt]

Growing up, I had a friend so nerdy, his version of "Cowboys & Indians"/"Cops & Robbers" was "Sandmen & Runners"...

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️

[@KutWrite]

Just ahead of his time. :D

[@adamgoodword7888]

And today kids are playing Chinese & Indians ... it's China vs. India in the race to becoming the next economic super power.

[@redwolfexr]

Nerdy was if he claimed to shoot a "homer" at you. :)

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@adamgoodword7888 Selling what?

[@claressalucas8922]

I had no idea this movie was so technically difficult to make. Now I love it even more. Thanks!!

[@christopherkahn6522]

I always found Michael York to be a compelling actor. I thought he was great as John the Baptist in Jesus of Nazareth too.

[@jonoeschger1552]

Christopher Kahn Michael was, and is, my favorite film D’Artagnan.

[@libertypsych]

Christopher Kahn : Christopher, my sentiments exactly!

[@athb4hu]

Caberet.

[@sidkul3766]

One of my many “Growing Up” movie. Love the male top attire, wore a similar design and color in campus later, cool. This movie also described to me for the first time what beauty is in a woman and sort of generalized the picture of perfect women, Jenny and Farrah. Of course the earlier perspective of everything changed, evolved and mature later as I grew, but it was the first catalyst.

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

Peter Ustinov was great in the part

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"Peter Ustinov was great in the part " Sadly, the part wasn't great on him!

[@richardscanlan3419]

Ustinov was great in any role.Always remember him playing Nero in "Quo Vadis" - his best performance - and he was superb as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Agreed, but it was the worst role of his career. He dawdled incoherently throughout and made the second half of the movie intolerable. The first half remains a gem.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

@@commandercaptain4664 "The first half remains a gem." The only star of this awful film was Jenny Agutter!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

You sure pick the best ones to do, and do them so well. Thanks man!

[@erictaylor5462]

The old man had a name, but he had been alone so long he'd forgotten it.

[@ThomasBarone]

Oh, that's right!

[@commandercaptain4664]

His name was Schlemiel Schlimazel Hasenpfeffer Incorporated

[@erictaylor5462]

@@commandercaptain4664 Are you trying to be funny?

[@MisterTutor2010]

@@commandercaptain4664 Would have been appropriate in the ruins of Milwaukee.

[@danielc3453]

Richard Pryor "I seen Logans Run there ain't no black people in the future".

[@edlawn5481]

"White folks ain't plannin' for us to be here."

[@ronniejdio9411]

Theve been segregated

[@ronniejdio9411]

@Brett Hazelton other than runners ....no violence

[@VCYT]

...an add to that place, the Whitehouse.

[@truthsocialmedia]

But look at the malls that don’t have any looting or snatch and grabs!?!!

[@ThomasCouey]

I like the movie and the video is informative, but hard to listen to. Please pause more between sentences. When you run them together it creates ambiguity where you're not sure if a word is the last word of one sentence or the first of another. Slow down your script read, what's the hurry?

[@VidHawke]

Disclaimer: I enjoyed the "Logan's Run" movie greatly, but... I've read the novel. Everything you need to know about "Logan's Run" that the movie doesn't tell you: - Logan's post-apocalypse world resulted from a civil war inside of America, between the young people and the old. The older folks used the nukes on the cities, and the young people built the domed cities in order to survive in the post-nuclear apocalypse wasteland. This civil war is referred to as the "Little War". - The above is why no one in the domed cities is permitted to live beyond 30; Not only is it a matter of limited supplies, it's also a matter of social cleansing, as they consider anything over 30 as being OLD. - Carousel is a cult religion invented by the councils that run the domed cities, in order to get those who turn thirty to willingly die, believing that they will be "renewed". Renewal is true, in a warped sense, as each person is cloned, again and again. There is no natural reproduction inside the domed cities. - The councils of the domed cities are people who were young when the Little War happened - they are in stasis tanks that preserve their bodies, allowing their minds to remain active, linked to the central computers of the cities they oversee. - The people of the domed cities live only for pleasure - they have jobs, so to speak, but drug houses, brothels, public orgies, and more, are quite common in the domed cities. Logan meets Jessica in one such brothel. - The Sandmen are the council's enforcers; Their job is to terminate anyone who attempts to escape Carousel and become a Runner. Needless to say, the citizens of the domed cities fear the Sandmen, as they are the only ones with weapons, and their weapons do horrific things to people. They are stormtroopers in every sense of the word. - The Council of Logan's domed city did, indeed send him on a secret mission, posing as a Runner, to find and destroy Sanctuary. In the movie, there is no Sanctuary. In the novel, Sanctuary is quite real; Sanctuary is the colony on Mars, and it requires a trek across the wasteland of America to reach Cape Canaveral, in order to take a shuttle up to the orbital station, then take an interplanetary shuttle to Mars. Why is Cape Canaveral still in one piece? They never explained that. - Vox was merely one of the menaces that Logan & Jessica meet along their trek to Canaveral. They are pursued by Francis, Logan's friend and fellow Sandman - that much is accurate - and it freaks Francis out badly when they get outside the confines of the domed city, as their life clocks wink out, and Francis can't understand why. There are raiders and slavers out in the Wasteland, and one tribe that Logan & Jessica run afoul of literally want a pound of flesh - taken from Logan's thigh - in order that Logan & Jessica be allowed to pass. - Logan & Jessica do make it to Canaveral, in the end, and escape to Sanctuary, much to their amazement.

[@warrenny]

"drug houses, brothels, public orgies, and more" sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks for the book review!

[@vikingwarbrides]

Great. It'll turn into reality when the war between millenials and boomers gets escalated. Also Canaveral survived because the boomers were going to nuke it, but they needed an out, and Mars was it.

[@doingtime20]

Thank you very much, I found thrilling to know all this as I'm a fan of the movie.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@warrenny Give "Brave new world" a read!

[@brianbradburn]

21. The movie came up with 30.

[@occamsrazor4370]

Love this movie. Classic ScI Fi the likes of Soylent Green, The Omega Man and Roller ball. Always revisit it once a year. ANKH = Sanctuary

[@htos1av]

We're LIVING in Rollerball! Apple/Google are MORE powerful than ENTIRE countries AND can beat them in war! We're here!!!!

[@219garry]

I don't think I've ever seen Roller Ball. What's it about? I think I never watched it because it sounds like a skating movie

[@occamsrazor4370]

Gee purrs oh if you haven’t seen it, it’s just fantastic. I don’t want to spoil a second from it. Run out and watch rollerball now you will love it. I promise

[@shizuokaBLUES]

I was looking for it online. Can’t find it anywhere. Netflix should have a category for classic dystopian films like those !!

[@occamsrazor4370]

Brian Coley very true, 70’s sci fi is just different. I love how they view things. Set designs, the scores. I’m right at home with all of it.

[@pattenicus]

Soylent Green was based on Harry Harrison's novel 'Make Room! Make Room!'

[@springbloom5940]

Everything you need to know about Logan's Run: Jenny Agutter bra-less

[@ANobodyatall]

More like full frontal.

[@johnmca5643]

I always remembered..."Logan's Run starring Farah Fawcett". She was in it for something like a minute.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Man I love this movie, it’s so sad I don’t have the same love for modern movies..... 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤡🤡🤡🤡🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

An excellent movie... any re-make of this classic would be awful. :)

[@SaulBadd]

@@slappy8941 LMAO True, though.

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

I will organize a "Hell No!" campaign if they do. Some movies should be left alone. Was really disappointed in The Giver and Ender's Game. There is just no good way to make those stories work.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"any re-make of this classic would be awful. :) " Not if I made it because the original was rubbish: not enough of Jenny Agutter naked. Any suggestions for an actress of the same age (26 at the time) would be appreciated.

[@markj702]

What, like The Island for example? ;)

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Mark J - The Island... A Michael Bay full on action movie with good cinematography. It was entertaining somewhat and maybe similar, but nothing compared to the stylish vision of the classic Logan's Run. Talk of a proper remake has been on the table forever, I guess it will happen one day... :)

[@archenema6792]

This did not tell me everything I need to know about Logan's Run. The most important question was not answered: How could seeing Jenny Agutter naked not turn Michael York straight? ;)

[@hadleymanmusic]

Ah haahaaaahaa

[@IggyStardust1967]

Wait... Michael York is not straight? And here I thought he was just really British.

[@mapesdhs597]

I saw an uncut version on TV in about 1981 when I was 11, watched it with a friend who was 9. Ah yes, the ice cave sequence. 8) After that, all I had to do was mention "ice cave" when my friend was around his parents and he'd get very embarassed. :D Boring UK TV though would in later years show only the cut version.

[@archenema6792]

@@mapesdhs597 I still can't think about the shower scene from "American Werewolf in London" without becoming "warm". ;)

[@mapesdhs597]

@@archenema6792 S'funny, been so long I'd forgotten she was in that movie. :D Haven't seen it for at least a decade.

[@matthew8153]

One thing I like about this movie was how it predicted Tinder.

[@nml4546]

I remember seeing this a long time ago and what stuck with me was the female lead's fantastic legs.

[@stevo728822]

The only thing you need to know was that Jenny Agutter was young and beautiful in skimpy clothing. That's about it.

[@angelabroughton5980]

Did you miss the whole point of the movie?

[@errolstewart2910]

I watched this movie on the big screen when I was about 12 remember watching it like yesterday I'm 50 time has gone ✌️✌️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@simonegeezer6238]

Love this film. The books are a typical 60s scifi fest. The graphic novels are good too. And I love Jenny. Run, runner, run

[@robertkess9907]

It's funny how the future in Logans Run looks suspiciously like a shopping mall.

[@ownpetard8379]

Shopping mall? What is that?

[@ronlogan8213]

It was in fact filmed on location in a shopping mall

[@ChickSage]

@@ronlogan8213 I thought it was filmed at a high school.

[@thetruthchannel349]

Its the Galleria in Dallas

[@saveourrivers]

That was one of the things that, IMHO, made the film interesting, that it anticipated mall culture, and showed the shallowness of it. And the idea that people live their entire lives indoors, never having any contact with nature.

[@ersturdevant2831]

Good review. Always considered " The Island" a remake.

[@carlbrink3964]

Er Sturdevant ”In Time ”!is the remake www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

[@michaelg.1786]

One of my favorite sci-fi movies! I must have watched this movie 30 times in my life. Just a unique story, interesting characters, and great 70s view of the future.

[@robyn2344]

I was in two fan clubs. Logan's Run Organization of Fans and United Sandman. I had a Sandman uniform made and wore it to high school occasionally

[@Larkinchance]

Interesting, but you do drone like you are reading text. Reading text is ok but make it more conversational. It is a video after all.

[@rushaholic]

Not an ounce of charisma

[@thermalreboot]

The E on the end of Devane is silent, the name is properly pronounced De-vain.

[@funzjag]

RENEW , RENEW, RENEW, RENEW, RENEW, RENEW, RENEW.......

[@carlbrink3964]

funzjag ”In Time ”!is the remake www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

Renovatio ... oh wait, that was the other movie ... :D

[@funzjag]

@@yesyesyesyes1600 & Carl Brink I was a grade school aged boy when I saw the "renew" scene on TV. I was confused as to what was occurring in the scene. My father explained it to me. That was one of my first realizations that "group think " could make people do bizarre, evil things. This realization led me down a path of not joining groups , always looking at opposing views, and not believing anything that came out of an elected officials' mouth. When dad told me that 31 was the death age ,remembers that he was 30,I told him that it was nice knowing him!

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

@@funzjag yes, sir, this scene was really bizarre. And I was like - but maybe there is a slight chance that they are hetting renewed ... Because I really wanted to believe, that they are renewed. But why would they wear masks for that task (creepy ice hockey masks)? Shouldn't they they smile in joy for getting renewd? And why these explosions? And then the people who were yelling fanatically ... This whole scene makes me still today feel some kind of uncomfortable :/

[@funzjag]

@@yesyesyesyes1600 I agree, even as an adult, the scene gives me the creeps! Like you pointed out, it was very ritualistic. Also, the complete group think at the cost of morality and humanity.

[@streetwalkincheetah4126]

I watched Logan’s Run this very evening on TCM.

[@Adam-McG]

If you. Can talk. Like this. You can. Make a. Video too.

[@zzygyy]

Always loved the miniature city created. Great stuff.

[@Novusod]

Logan's run doesn't need to be remade. Just remaster it for 4K and put it on Netflix and Amazon Prime. People should watch the original because as a story it still holds up with its deep philosophical underpinnings. I actually preferred Logan's run to Star-Wars which is cotton candy "Sci-fi" beginners stuff for children. Remember the galactic empire was beaten by a bunch of teddy bears. That is a kids' movie. Logun's run is real sci-fi for adults that asks profound philosophical questions about what to do about over population. This was the same kind of questions the greatest intellectuals of the era where discussing at the Club of Rome in 1973. What is the most moral solution? Euthanize people before they get too old or allow populations to expand until they overwhelm the environment resulting in a die-off. It is a question that really can't be answered. Everybody dies eventually either way. It is just a matter of how and when. Logan's run is real sci-fi because it attempts to teach you something about the human condition much like the first utopia story in Plato's republic, Milton's Paradise lost, or Huxley's Brave New World. There is a reason it is a cult film because you really need to watch it a few times and think about that is saying to really understand it. What Logan's run leaves out in the form of plot holes is actually there for a reason and that reason is to make you think. The movie appears to have a "happy-ending" at first glance but did it really? It is a paradise lost kind of ending as the Utopia was destroyed and most of these people will probably starve in the outside world. The survival instincts have bred out of these people. Think about it. How come nobody ever thought about cutting their hand off like in "Saw" or just gouging out the crystal? Maybe that is a barbarian way of thinking and they would never think to do that. Human's with survival instincts would have organized armed resistance to commit terrorism. Since these humans have no survival instincts they will just perish in the wild except for maybe a handful that will then live a cave-man like existence. That is a pretty deep ending when you think about it. The Film was actually better than the book and the main reason for this is the film came after the famous discussions at the Club of Rome in 1973. The book being published in 1967 did not take advantage of over the population themes from the Club of Rome talks that influenced almost every sociopolitical and economic thought process of the 1970s. Sending people to Carousel at age 30 also made the film more realistic than the book because at that age the film at least had the pretense of creating a feasible working society with adults in charge rather than children. In the book their society was more akin to a sci-fi version of Peter Pan and Lord of the flies in space. The film made big improvements to the book by taking inspiration and themes from the planet of the Apes and Beneath the planet of the apes. Showing the ruined Abraham Lincoln statue was meant to invoke the the scene where Charlton Heston saw the ruined statue of liberty. If Hollywood does insist on doing some type of remake I would hope it would come in the form of a prequel that adds to the existing story rather than attempting to replace the classic Logan's run. It would be interesting see how the city actually got started and how they convinced the survivors of the cataclysm it would be for the greater good of all that everyone was put to death at age 30. The framework of a Faustian bargain is already there it is that it is assumed the survivors trade long life for so a short life of pleasure and luxury.

[@Novusod]

@TC Fenstermaker There is still some good thinking person's sci-fi made post Star-Wars. Examples: The Black Hole (1979), Bladerunner (1982), Dune (1984), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Children of Men (2006). None of these movies made much money so this genre of sci-fi kind of slowly went away.

[@Nikademus1969]

The city model was also used in the first season of the 80's Buck Rogers television show...

[@Nikademus1969]

@Charles Yuditsky yeah, they maybe moved some of the models around, but we KNEW lol

[@lear1980]

I remember seeing Logan's Run at the drive in as part of a double feature with Rollerball.

[@wallace8us]

Logan's Run was the last big budget Sci-Fi Movie with the zany, corny 70-s visual effects and art design. and then Star Wars came a year later and changed everything. Love Logan's Run though

[@ownpetard8379]

No.

[@wardragonprime]

A re-make, a re-make, my kingdom for a re-make!!!😀

[@SwillinGrog]

I actually loved the TV series.

[@dorjechang1656]

I saw Logan's Run in theater. At the time it was mind blowing and was very much an adult film even though there was no nudity. As side note, this story was written in the days when everyone was talking about the expected world-wide population explosion. Much Thanks!

[@RogueWJL]

Excellent if sometimes disturbing movie. The Carousel sequence is extremely unsettling and hard to forget. Never looses its impact. I actually enjoyed the TV series -it was great fun if much lighter in tone. Had no idea there where two NOVEL sequels.

[@scottmantooth8785]

there were also a few comics as well

[@RogueWJL]

@@scottmantooth8785 Yep. i heard about those years ago but have never come across any and had completely forgot about them. MARVEL also had a STAR TREK comic. around this era (although later in the decade ). i remember owning a LOGANS RUN ANNUAL -released around Christmas time in the UK-but that focused on the TV version.

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@RogueWJL the one i have was found at a friends comic book store a few years ago...it was illustrated in black and white not sure if i have any others from that series...i did buy a LOT of comics from him and found some really obscure ones from other series and publishing houses that no longer exist...even have some of the Alien Nation comics...

[@flnthrn2]

People. It's 30 in the movie but 21 in the book. They explain this in the video if you watch past the first few minutes.

[@jackgrattan1447]

'70s disco era science fiction. Studio 54 production design. I have seen the future and it is a shopping mall. Jenny Agutter looked great, though.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Yep bran new unopened mall

[@scottlangdon9403]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Outstanding job! This is one of my all time favorite movies. I am still looking forward for a remake just so todays youth can enjoy this story. I do own Free Enterprise and it is also a good movie that captures a moment of an actors perspective.

[@Anamnesia]

Random KZbin suggestion. Starts off well with the "U.F.O" theme in the background... You know it makes an excellent ring tone? 😮👍

[@ecclestonsangel]

I'm GLAD that they've never been successful in rebooting this movie! They would have ruined it, as they've ruined every other movie they've tried to reboot. This movie is a classic, and it's perfect. DON'T TOUCH IT!!!!!!

[@lazycalm41]

Always loved this movie and I own the Blu ray release. Groundbreaking SFX at the time and terrific cast using the much under rated Richard Jordan sadly no longer with us. But Jenny Agutter was simply stunning in this film and has remained a fantasy since my childhood. she was gorgeous in the role!

[@ItsTimePictures]

Very interesting concept that is in a horribly dated movie. As everyone else is saying, the best thing about the film is the lead actress, Jenny Agutter. What a hot babe! PG nudity. Terrible ending.. as dumb as a bag of rocks on crack.

[@StillLateToTheParty]

Saw Logan’s Run in the theater as a kid and have loved it since. I’m sure it must have shaped some deep aspect of my worldview and sexual attitudes as well...

[@gundamfan2020]

This film would do well from a upto date reboot as long as its done tastefully in line with cult passions and cannon. This rules out Disney getting hold of this reboot..

[@Rockhound6165]

Fun Fact: The masks worn by the people "renewing" were Mylec Tony Esposito street hockey goalie masks.

[@ianwilkinson2731]

Jenny,s dress was the sexiest since forbidden planet 😍