History Trivia / LogansRun

* AwesomeDearBoy: Michael York was reluctant to take the part until a friend of his read the script and said "you ''have'' to do this".

** The episode "The Collectors" predicts both e-books and PDFs.

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

* LifeImitatesArt: The episode "The Collectors" predicts both e-books and PDFs.

** Peter Ustinov improvised most of his dialogue on set. He also used US pennies for the buttons on the Old Man's costume, because he apparently couldn't find any real buttons.

** Michael York was reluctant to take the part until a friend of his read the script and said "you ''have'' to do this".

* BillingDisplacement: '''STARRING FARRAH FAWCETT''' -- TV Guide ad. Except Creator/JennyAgutter was the female lead, and Farrah's role was a minor part as an assistant in a face-lift shop.
* DawsonCasting: Michael York was already in his late thirties. Jenny Agutter 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".

* FakeAmerican: Sort of. Michael York claims that he and Jenny Agutter tried to speak with Mid-Atlantic accents in order to give the impression that British and American accents had blended together over time.
* FollowTheLeader: This was one of many CyberPunk films released in the 70s such as ''{{Film/Westworld}}'', ''Film/TheOmegaMan'', ''Capricorn One'', ''{{Film/Rollerball}}'', ''Film/SoylentGreen'' and started a collective boom for sci-fi in general.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Peter Ustinov is a major supporting character but no footage of the Old Man appears in the trailer.

** 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 Richard Nixon - and say "they used to call him tricky...something". The gag was dropped because it was considered too controversial at the time.

* {{Expy}}: As portrayed by Heather Menzies, Jessica closely resembles - both in appearance and in performance - Creator/FarrahFawcett, who had a small role in the movie but who was a huge TV star by the time the series debuted.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: One episode, "The Collectors" had ''Series/LostInSpace'' actress [[http://virtualvikki.com/a/loganpics/movie/a6more/angela1.jpg Angela Cartwright]] as guest star. She and Heather Menzies were two of the singing Von Trapp children in ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''.
** Another episode, "The Judas Goat", guest stars Nicholas Hammond, another Von Trapp veteran. Ironically. Hammond was one of the actors considered for Logan.

* 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 Farrah Fawcett's character in the film. Although the film did include a robot character, Rem is a completely different (and far more benevolent) character.

* 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.

* 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.

** Another episode, "The Judas Goat", guest stars Nicholas Hammond, another Von Trapp veteran.
* LifeImitatesArt: The episode "The Collectors" predicts both e-books and PDFs.

* TheOtherDarrin: No one from the original film carried over to the series.
* 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 film 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.

* RetroactiveRecognition: None other than Creator/MichaelBiehn appears in the first episodes.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Logan's vehicle is supposed to be a hovercraft, yet wheels are clearly visible in some distance shot.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: One episode, "The Collectors" had ''LostInSpace'' actress [[http://virtualvikki.com/a/loganpics/movie/a6more/angela1.jpg Angela Cartwright ]]as guest star. She and Heather Menzies were two of the singing Von Trapp children in ''TheSoundOfMusic''.

* 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 also re-used for the series.

* ExecutiveMeddling: CBS asked to have the pilot re-shot to include the council of elders ruling over the domed city.
* 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.
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: One episode had ''LostInSpace'' actress [[http://virtualvikki.com/a/loganpics/movie/a6more/angela1.jpg Angela Cartwright ]]as guest star. She and Heather Menzies were two of the singing Von Trapp children in ''TheSoundOfMusic''.

* RecycledTheSeries: Saul David and MGM studios had no dreams of a TV series when they were filming the movie.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The powers that be insisted that many important scenes be cut so the result would be rated PG. We still get a quick glimpse of some bare ta-tas, though. Think of it as Movie Ratings March On. PG used to be much more permissive before the creation of the PG-13 rating.
* FollowTheLeader:
** Try to explain the plot of the movie to somebody who hasn't seen it. "Um, in a dystopian future, there are cops who hunt people down for trying to exceed their government-mandated lifespans..." [[Film/BladeRunner Similarity to any later film]] is a coincidence. It kinda is just coincidence considering that ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', the novel ''Film/BladeRunner'' is based on, came out in 1968, only one year after the release of the novel ''Literature/LogansRun''. Might be more. ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' is about people hunting down robots passing for humans. ''Film/BladeRunner'' added the whole government-mandate lifespan thing.
** ''Film/InTime'' seems a better comparison, to the point one might wonder if it is an offshoot or [[DuelingMovies dueling movie]] to the [[DevelopmentHell hellbound]] remake.
* ThrowItIn: In the final scene when the crowd is gathering in awe around the Old Man, one of the extras gives the Vulcan salute that is of course familiar from ''Franchise/StarTrek''. The director probably either didn't recognize it or didn't mind it in the least. At the time this film was made, ''Star Trek'' was still just some obscure cancelled TV show from TheSixties and had yet to [[PopCultureOsmosis catch on with the general public]]. It wouldn't have [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture its own official revival]] until three years later.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/AustinPowers Basil]] as Logan, [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]] as the Old Man and [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries The Kingpin]] as Box.

* 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}}''.

* DawsonCasting: Michael York was already in his late thirties. Jenny Agutter 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 teen-agers. 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".
* 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 This old website]] says that one plan was to cast LeonardoDiCaprio "of ''Romeo & Juliet'' fame". In other words, plans have been in the works since before ''Film/{{Titanic}}''.

* FollowTheLeader
** Try to explain the plot of the movie to somebody who hasn't seen it. "Um, in a dystopian future, there are cops who hunt people down for trying to exceed their government-mandated lifespans ..." [[Film/BladeRunner Similarity to any later film]] is a coincidence.
*** It kinda is just coincidence considering that ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', the novel ''Film/BladeRunner'' is based on, came out in 1968, only one year after the release of the novel ''Literature/LogansRun''.
*** Might be more. ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' is about people hunting down robots passing for humans. ''Film/BladeRunner'' added the whole government-mandate lifespan thing.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[AustinPowers Basil]] as Logan, [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]] as the Old Man and [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries The Kingpin]] as Box.
* ThrowItIn: In the final scene when the crowd is gathering in awe around the Old Man, one of the extras gives the Vulcan salute that is of course familiar from ''StarTrek''. The director probably either didn't recognize it or didn't mind it in the least. At the time this film was made, ''Star Trek'' was still just some obscure cancelled TV show from TheSixties and had yet to [[PopCultureOsmosis catch on with the general public]]. It wouldn't have [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture it's own official revival]] until three years later.

* {{Irony}}: The movie was released in the year (1976) that the oldest Baby Boomers, who had coined the phrase "Don't trust anyone over 30," turned 30 themselves.

* BillingDisplacement: '''STARRING FARRAH FAWCETT''' -- TV Guide ad. Except Jenny Agutter was the female lead, and Farrah's role was a minor part as an assistant in a face-lift shop.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]] as the Old Man, and [[Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries The Kingpin]] as Box.

* FollowTheLeader: Try to explain the plot of this movie to somebody who hasn't seen it. "Um, in a dystopian future, there are cops who hunt people down for trying to exceed their government-mandated lifespans ..." [[Film/BladeRunner Similarity to any later film]] is a coincidence.
** It kinda is just coincidence considering that ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', the novel ''Film/BladeRunner'' is based on came out in 1968 only one year after the release of the novel of Logans Run
** Might be more. ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' is about people hunting down robots passing for humans. ''Film/BladeRunner'' added the whole government-mandate lifespan thing.