Line #23 Trivia/LogansRun


1	!!''Logan's Run'' movie
2	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/MichaelYork was reluctant to take the part until a friend of his read the script and said "you ''have'' to do this".
3	* BillingDisplacement: '''STARRING [[Creator/FarrahFawcett 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.
4	* DawsonCasting: Creator/MichaelYork 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".
5	* DevelopmentHell: How long has ''Logan's Run'' been in limbo? A '''''very''''' [[http://www.rogermwilcox.com/LogansRun.html#remake outdated website]] (circa May of 2000) says that one remake plan was to cast Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio "of ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' fame" as Logan. So, people have been trying to remake the film since before ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.
6	* DisownedAdaptation: William F. Nolan has made his displeasure with the film known.
7	* ExecutiveMeddling: The powers that be insisted that many important scenes be cut so the result would be rated PG. The 'Love Shop' sequence ran about four minutes, and featured more nudity. Likewise Box would make a nude ice sculpture of Logan and Jessica. Another sequence of characters visiting the "Hallucimill" shop in Arcade was cut for its depiction of drug use. The footage is considered lost nowadays.
8	* FakeAmerican:
9	** 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.
10	** Creator/PeterUstinov as the Old Man.
11	* FollowTheLeader: This was one of many French cinema-inspired, lower-budget, CyberPunk style, UsefulNotes/NewHollywood 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''.
12	** 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", thanks to the May of 1977 release of '''[[Film/ANewHope STAR WARS]]'''. The revolutionary visuals and insane success of ''Star Wars'' rendered ''Logan's Run'' (which had '''''just''''' received a Special Academy Award for its visual effects, and six Saturn Awards), ''completely'' obsolete within ''months'' of its awards victory.
13	** The lower-budget, "philosophically thoughtful" sci-fi genre wouldn't return until the late 1980's or early 1990's.
14	* HeyItsThatPlace: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens Fort Worth Water Gardens]] were used in various scenes.
15	* RealLifeRelative: Doc is played by the director's son Michael Anderson, Jr.
16	* RecycledSet: The Senate set appears to be reused from ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''.
17	* ThrowItIn:
18	** 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.
19	** Creator/PeterUstinov 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.
20	** Logan's black house robe was thrown together in about two hours while the set was being lit. The director spontaneously decided that Logan should look more casual in his apartment on the first day of shooting.
21	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
22	** 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.
23	** All the costumes were going to be much skimpier on all the characters. This idea was eliminated because having to apply make-up on so many extra body parts would have cost too much.
24	** The CatFight between Jessica and Hollie was much longer, but the actresses got so into it that the director changed it out of fear that they would legitimately hurt each other.
25	** Creator/JonVoight was the first choice for Logan, while Creator/JamesCagney was the first choice for the Old Man.
26	** Creator/SylviaKristel was considered for Jennifer 6.
27	!!''Logan's Run'' series
28	* TheDanza:
29	** Morgan Woodward played Morgan, the leader of the Council of Elders.
30	** Lisa Eilbacher played Lisa in "The Innocent".
31	* ExecutiveMeddling: CBS asked to have the pilot re-shot to include the Council of Elders ruling over the City of Domes, 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 city and "renewal" and is offered a seat on the council - and life beyond age 30 - if he successfully captures the two alive).
32	* FollowTheLeader: Inverted. The TV series was in the works before ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' 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.)
33	* LifeImitatesArt:
34	** The episode "The Collectors" predicts both e-books and [=PDFs=].
35	** The episode "Turnabout" predicted by decades the current issues and debate over some religions and cultures requiring women to cover their face.
36	* MissingEpisode: The last three episodes never aired in the US, due to the show being cancelled. They aired in the UK and finally on TNT in the 80s when Ted Turner bought the MGM library.
37	* 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 named Box, Rem is a completely different (and far more benevolent) character.
38	* ProductionPosse:
39	** 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".
40	** 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 Creator/DonaldMoffat, Randy Powell, Morgan Woodward, Jared Martin, Sherril Lynn Katzman, Creator/MelFerrer, Liam Sullivan and Creator/EJAndre.
41	* PropRecycling: The solarcraft was later used in the music video for Music/TomPetty's song "You Got Lucky".
42	* RealLifeRelative: The producer Leonard Katzman's daughter Sherril Lynn Katzman played Katie in "Man Out of Time" and the second woman in "Turnabout".
43	* RecycledSet: In the pilot, the Ape City amphitheatre from ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' is seen in the Mountain City.
44	* 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 City of Domes, 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.
45	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Early ratings were very strong, but CBS kept changing the schedule, disrupting the viewers. It was cancelled after only eleven episodes.

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