Logan's Run (1976)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Michael Anderson

Escritores:

William F. Nolan (novel) &
George Clayton Johnson (novel) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 junio 1976 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Drama | Romance | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

Welcome to the 23rd Century

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Runner | Sanctuary | Domed City | Sandman | Escape

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

And I Thought Turning 40 Was Supposed To Be the Bad Age....

Reparto

Michael York	...	Logan
Richard Jordan	...	Francis
Jenny Agutter	...	Jessica 6
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Box
Farrah Fawcett	...	Holly (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
Michael Anderson Jr.	...	Doc
Peter Ustinov	...	Old Man
Randolph Roberts	...	2nd Sanctuary Man
Lara Lindsay	...	The Woman Runner
Gary Morgan	...	Billy
Michelle Stacy	...	Mary 2
Laura Hippe	...	Woman Customer
David Westberg	...	Sandman
Camilla Carr	...	Sanctuary Woman
Greg Lewis	...	Cub (as Gregg Lewis)

También conocida como:

Fuga en el siglo XXIII (Venezuela) [es]
La fuga de Logan (Spain) [es]

Duración:

120 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Stereo (with Dolby noise reduction) (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | West Germany:12 | Italy:T | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:A (original rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The costuming was originally intended to be relatively scanty for all the actors in the film, but it was decided the resulting demands on makeup were prohibitive.

Errores:

Continuidad: 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.

Citas:

[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]
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: The Black Cherry (#1.20)" (2005)

And I Thought Turning 40 Was Supposed To Be the Bad Age....

I must admit that I should be ashamed as a sci-fi fan: I hadn't seen this film until recently, and I wanted to better understand the parody from "Free Enterprise".

But I enjoyed the film.

Watching this film against the more recent glut of sci-fi films, I have to say that they made them a little more original back in the 70's-80's, instead of everything being techno-computer-CG-spaceship fights. A grim look at the downside of maintaining an "ideal", utopian society. When you hit 30, you either have the option of willingly submitting yourself to be killed under a pretense of renewal, or having the Sandmen play with you before they go in for the kill. Neither option seems really appealing. But the idea of one of the killers having to face their mortality is an interesting idea.

A little slow in places (but I did keep wanting to see what would happen next), and some of the special effects look really dated (even to '77's "Star Wars"), but the story holds up well, and it's an entertaining ride overall.

It's truly a classic of the genre, and I wish I had seen it sooner.