Through the modern magic that is DVD I managed to finally see this iconic movie, almost 50 years after in was filmed, incidentally in Texas, mostly in the DFW area.
It is set in the future, year 2274, in a time after the "outside world" has been made unlivable. The people here live in very large, interconnected domes. Large enough to have transportation systems inside them. Most of the people wear clothes made of brightly-colored, sheer fabric, and they move about in a happy, carefree manner. The women seem to have long ditched the idea of wearing bras. Skin tones are homogenous.
The old idea of marriage and family have long been discarded, as has birth of children by the old-fashioned way. And, as you turn 30, you and your group go to the carousel to be "renewed." But you are never seen again.
Michael York, who was so good as Tybalt in the 1968 "Romeo and Juliet", with that commanding stage-worthy voice is Logan, who is a Sandman, an enforcer. He and others in that role dress differently, in black uniforms, and carry weapons. Those who try to avoid the Carousel are deemed "runners." The story here is when Logan decides he will run.
Jenny Agutter is Jessica, she has signed up for a role as a sex worker in their world but decides she doesn't really want to do that. She and Logan end up forming a connection.
Agutter was famously in the 1971 movie "Walkabout", filmed when she was 18. She has a great swimming scene in that movie and in "Logan's Run" she has a similar scene in a similar pond at 1:15 into the DVD, joined by York. She was about as pretty as a 1970s girl could be.
Farrah Fawcett wasn't well-known yet, most of her acting was in TV shows and TV movies. A native Texan herself, she has a somewhat small role as Holly who works for a doctor who can give runners a different appearance.
Also fun was hearing Peter Ustinov recite some of T. S. Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" in one scene with lots of cats. This filming was done several years before Andrew Loydd Webber wrote his musical "Cats" based on the same source material.
Overall a very interesting and entertaining movie, how the 1970s viewed a possible dystopian future.
It is set in the future, year 2274, in a time after the "outside world" has been made unlivable. The people here live in very large, interconnected domes. Large enough to have transportation systems inside them. Most of the people wear clothes made of brightly-colored, sheer fabric, and they move about in a happy, carefree manner. The women seem to have long ditched the idea of wearing bras. Skin tones are homogenous.
The old idea of marriage and family have long been discarded, as has birth of children by the old-fashioned way. And, as you turn 30, you and your group go to the carousel to be "renewed." But you are never seen again.
Michael York, who was so good as Tybalt in the 1968 "Romeo and Juliet", with that commanding stage-worthy voice is Logan, who is a Sandman, an enforcer. He and others in that role dress differently, in black uniforms, and carry weapons. Those who try to avoid the Carousel are deemed "runners." The story here is when Logan decides he will run.
Jenny Agutter is Jessica, she has signed up for a role as a sex worker in their world but decides she doesn't really want to do that. She and Logan end up forming a connection.
Agutter was famously in the 1971 movie "Walkabout", filmed when she was 18. She has a great swimming scene in that movie and in "Logan's Run" she has a similar scene in a similar pond at 1:15 into the DVD, joined by York. She was about as pretty as a 1970s girl could be.
Farrah Fawcett wasn't well-known yet, most of her acting was in TV shows and TV movies. A native Texan herself, she has a somewhat small role as Holly who works for a doctor who can give runners a different appearance.
Also fun was hearing Peter Ustinov recite some of T. S. Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" in one scene with lots of cats. This filming was done several years before Andrew Loydd Webber wrote his musical "Cats" based on the same source material.
Overall a very interesting and entertaining movie, how the 1970s viewed a possible dystopian future.