Logan’s Run

An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.

• Director: Michael Anderson
• Genre:Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi
• Runtime:118 minutes

Cast

Michael York : Logan
Richard Jordan : Francis
Jenny Agutter : Jessica 6
Roscoe Lee Browne: Box
Farrah Fawcett : Holly (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)

The film begins with an on-screen preamble:
“ Sometime in the 23rd century…the survivors of war, overpopulation and pollution are living in a great domed city, sealed away from the forgotten world outside. Here, in an ecologically balanced world, mankind lives only for pleasure, freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything. There’s just one catch: Life must end at thirty unless reborn in the fiery ritual of Carrousel”

Within a domed city, Logan 5 (Michael York) watches as an infant’s hand is implanted with a Lifeclock; it changes colour as a person ages. As someone approaches their “Last Day” the Lifeclock blinks red, and finally turns black. Logan is a Sandman, responsible for hunting down and killing Runners, people who refuse to report to Carrousel when their Lifeclock blinks. Logan is accompanied by his fellow Sandman and friend Francis 7 (Richard Jordan).

The two witness a Carrousel ceremony. In Carrousel, there is the hope of Renewal, a belief that if they have obeyed the rules faithfully, they may be reincarnated. If anyone disobeys, they are “finished forever.” The participants assemble in an arena, then appear to be vapourized while the audience cheers, shouts and chants “Renew!” Although neither Logan nor Francis have known anyone who succeeded in this, Francis believes that Sandmen will always renew. After helping Francis hunt and kill a Runner, Logan gathers the Runner’s personal effects which include a small silver ankh.

At home searching for recreational sex, Logan summons someone from “The Circuit”; he meets Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter), who wears a collar with an ankh pendant. After discussing with Logan why it’s wrong to run, Jessica leaves, deciding not to have sex with him. Read more