History Trivia / LogansRun

* FollowTheLeader: This was one of many French cinema-inspired, lower-budget, CyberPunk style sci-fi films released in the late 1960's to late 1970's such as ''Film/ColossusTheForbinProject'', ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', ''{{Film/Westworld}}'', ''Film/SilentRunning'', ''{{Film/Zardoz}}'', ''Film/TheOmegaMan'', ''Film/CapricornOne'', ''{{Film/Rollerball}}'', and ''Film/SoylentGreen''.

** The genere of lower-budget, "philosophically thoughtful" sci-fi films would be quickly tossed aside by the public in favor of big-budget, blockbuster "popcorn adventure", by the May of 1977 release of a certain [[Film/ANewHope space adventure film]]. This includes ''Logan's Run'', which had just received a Special Academy Award for its visual effects, and six Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film.

** The genere of low-budget, "philosophically thoughtful" sci-fi films would be quickly tossed aside in May of 1977, in favor of big-budget, blockbuster "popcorn adventure", by the release of a certain [[Film/ANewHope space adventure film]]. This includes ''Logan's Run'', which had just received a Special Academy Award for its visual effects, and six Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film.
** The lower-budget, "philosophically thoughtful" sci-fi wouldn't return until the late 1980's or early 1990's.

* FollowTheLeader: This was one of many French cinema-inspired, lower-budget, CyberPunk style sci-fi films released in the 1970's such as ''{{Film/Westworld}}'', ''Film/TheOmegaMan'', ''Film/CapricornOne'', ''Film/SilentRunning'', ''{{Film/Rollerball}}'', and ''Film/SoylentGreen''.
** The genere of low-budget, "philosophically thoughtful" sci-fi films would be quickly tossed aside in favor of big-budget, blockbuster "popcorn adventure", by the May of 1977 release of a certain [[Film/ANewHope space adventure film]].

* FollowTheLeader: This was one of many CyberPunk films released in the 70s such as ''{{Film/Westworld}}'', ''Film/TheOmegaMan'', ''Film/CapricornOne'', ''{{Film/Rollerball}}'', ''Film/SoylentGreen'' and started a collective boom for sci-fi in general.

* DevelopmentHell: A remake has been in the works for some time now. How long? Let's put it this way. [[http://www.rogermwilcox.com/LogansRun.html#remake One old website]] says that one plan was to cast Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio "of ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' fame". In other words, plans have been in the works since before ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.

** Many people who worked on the series were later involved in ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', which began shortly after ''Logan's Run'' was cancelled, including the producer Leonard Katzman, the writer D.C. Fontana, the directors Robert Day, Irving J. Moore and Michael Preece and actors such as Donald Moffat, Randy Powell, Morgan Woodward, Jared Martin, Sherril Lynn Katzman, Mel Ferrer, Liam Sullivan and E.J. André.

* DevelopmentHell: A remake has been in the works for some time now. How long? Let's put it this way. [[http://www.rogermwilcox.com/LogansRun.html#remake One old website]] says that one plan was to cast Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio "of ''Romeo & Juliet'' fame". In other words, plans have been in the works since before ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.

* DawsonCasting: Michael York was already 33. Creator/JennyAgutter was 24, playing a 17-year-old. The main reason the death-age was raised, from 21 in the novel to 30 in the movie, was because the actors chosen to play the roles could ''never'' pass as teenagers. Richard Jordan (Francis 7) was 38 years old during filming. This also bypasses issues with the limited hours younger actors can work -- not to mention the uncomfortable implications for some of sexually-active 14- and 15-year-old "adults".

* RealLifeRelative: Doc is played by the director's son Michael Anderson, Jr..

* FakeAmerican: Sort of. Michael York claims that he and Creator/JennyAgutter tried to speak with Mid-Atlantic accents in order to give the impression that British and American accents had blended together over time.

* FollowTheLeader: Inverted. The TV series was in the works before ''Film/StarWars'' came out. But since it didn't appear until after, it just looked like a knock-off, which is ironic given the original film it was based on predated ''Star Wars'' by a year. (The "follow the leader" effect might have been worse had the episode "Turnabout", which included a duel with electric swords that sounded just like lightsabers, been broadcast in 1978, but the series was pulled from US airwaves before it aired. (It was shown internationally and is included on the DVD set.)

* PropRecycling: The hovercar was later used in the music video for Music/TomPetty's song "You Got Lucky".

** When the Old Man is showing Logan portraits that used to hang on the walls of the capital, he was going to show one of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon - and say "they used to call him tricky...something". The gag was dropped because it was considered too controversial at the time.

* TheOtherDarrin: No one from the original film carried over to the series. Only three characters were retained: Logan, Jessica and Francis, with Jessica given the same hairstyle and general appearance as Creator/FarrahFawcett's character in the film. Although the film did include a robot character, Rem is a completely different (and far more benevolent) character.

** Dorothy Fontana, David Gerrold, and several other Franchise/StarTrek alumni were involved, and the Trek influence shows up heavily in some episodes like "Fear Factor".

* ProductionPosse: Dorothy Fontana, David Gerrold, and several other Franchise/StarTrek alumni were involved, and the Trek influence shows up heavily in some episodes like "Fear Factor".

* TheDanza: Morgan Woodward played Morgan, the leader of the Council of Elders.

* ExecutiveMeddling: CBS asked to have the pilot re-shot to include the council of elders ruling over the domed city, which not only completely changes the concept of the original film, but in introducing the elders, Francis' entire motivation for pursuing Logan and Jessica is changed (in the TV series, he's clued into the true nature of the domed city and "renewal" and is offered a seat on the council - and life beyond age 30 - if he successfully captures the two alive).

* RecycledTheSeries: Saul David and MGM studios had no dreams of a TV series when they were filming the movie. Some of the [[PropRecycling props]] were re-used for the series. The pilot episode (and opening credits) reused special effect footage from the film - most notably the Carousel sequence and the model of the domed city, and its first act is a (very) condensed retelling of the original film story. A later sequence in the pilot introduces a character named Martin who is clearly intended to be an {{Expy}} of Peter Ustinov's old man; some of Jessica's dialogue towards the character is paraphrased.

* DawsonCasting: Michael York was already in his late thirties. Creator/JennyAgutter was 24, playing a 17-year-old. The main reason the death-age was raised, from 21 in the novel to 30 in the movie, was because the actors chosen to play the roles could ''never'' pass as teenagers. Richard Jordan (Francis 7) was 38 years old during filming. This also bypasses issues with the limited hours younger actors can work -- not to mention the uncomfortable implications for some of sexually-active 14- and 15-year-old "adults".

* ProductionPosse: Dorothy Fontana, David Gerrold, and several other Franchise/StarTrek alumni were involved, and the Trek influence shows up heavily in some episodes like "Fear Factor."
* RecycledTheSeries: Saul David and MGM studios had no dreams of a TV series when they were filming the movie. Some of the [[PropRecycling props]] were re-used for the series. The pilot episode (and opening credits) reused special effect footage from the film - most notably the Carousel sequence and the model of the domed city, and its first act is a (very) condensed retelling of the original film story. A later sequence in the pilot introduces a character who is clearly intended to be an {{Expy}} of Peter Ustinov's old man; some of Jessica's dialogue towards the character is paraphrased.