Logan's Run (DVD, 2000)

1976: The year after the pull-out from Viet Nam. Long hair was getting a little shorter, rhythms were slowly evolving from psychedelic rock to lyrical disco, window pane blue jeans with flare were in, and halographs were the new cool technical reality. Logan's Run reflected the new idea that growing older doesn't mean slowing down and that old ideas could still be valued at any age. The story opens with those who are turning 30 going through Carousel; a means of reincarnation. The world has been devastated by nuclear war and the environment can only sustain a few; Carousel provides a means to limit the strain by limiting the population. No one is sure what happens when one goes through Carousel but Carousel has achieved the notoriety of a spectator sport. Little is valued in the way of how one's life was lived; lives are lived as "Live now for tomorrow will not come." Through a series of interesting twists, Logan becomes a hunted man running from Carousel before his appointed time. His run brings him to life outside of the world he has ever known to the presence of Old Man - something he has never seen before but something he would not forget.
2006: Logan's Run is an unforgettable "fun" movie with a deep undercurrent of meaning. For those of us who lived through the Viet Name era years, we can identify strongly with how very short life could be as America was in the throes of unrest. Young lives were being snuffed out too early as a war was being fought. Friends and family were failing to return home. As Viet Nam was closing, new ideas and new technology was opening a whole world of new opportunities as life was shifting literally back to different values. Americans could have it all - prosperity and some semblance of a decent family lifestyle. Logan's Run brought an interesting reflection of this time of transition for American lives and utilized some of the most interesting photographic technologies available in its day. Some early computerized animation and holograms add to the "transitional" theme of the movie. Thirty years later, Logan's Run provides "Fun Fantasy" for present day viewers. This is a movie worth having in your library.

This 1976 Saul David Classic stars Michael York, Richard Jordan and Jenny Agutter. Farrah Fawcett also appears in the movie. This is classic 1970's science fiction of the evil government versus the somewhat good and somewhat bad individual. While some of the special effects are quite campy, others are quite good. The acting is decent and the story was original and suspenseful. Logan's Run is an excellent addition to any Sci Fi fan's movie library and a fun film to watch!

This little film set a new standard with its release. How technology and a "don't worry about the details, we're taking care of it" lifestyle can blind society to the truth. The performances are good though perhaps not great, but the greatness of this film is in the message. Unplug your iPod, watch this film, then ask yourself what's really important.

My old VHS tape of Logan's Run finally wore out. I couldn't find it anywhere locally. Being a member of Ebay I was not only able to find it but able to get the widescreen version. As for the actual DVD it was shipped okay with no damages. The dvd was described as being in good condition and it was. The price I paid I thought was very reasonable. Its purchases like this that keep me coming back to Ebay.

must see movie.with all the remakes this movies should be as well.with today's special effects and computer animation if they do this movie right people would love it. this movie has a good story and good acting.

Awesome Movie!! That's all I have to say. !!BUY IT!! One thing I really like about the movie is that its kind of of weird and who doesn't love Jenny Agutter.

Rather than go into why I love the movie "Logan's Run", famous for being the last old-school sci-fi movie before Star Wars, I will try to shed light on what you actually get on this DVD version.

It is a nicely boxed, double-sided, DVD released in 2000, with a different display-width format of the entire movie on each side. You get no pamphlets or other extra things physically, though there are some good extra features on the DVD.

One side has the pan/scan version to fill a standard 1.33 aspect ratio TV screen. Flip it over to get the wider-screen version, on any normal DVD player.

While the other side is alleged (in the data called up into eBay listings via the UPC, no fault of anyone selling it...) to have the 2.35 aspect ratio "anamorphic widescreen" letterboxed version, it is actually far less wide/letterboxed than that. I didn't measure the blank strips on my TV to get the exact number, but it is pretty surely either the standard 1.66 movie format, or 16:9 (=1.78) intended for HDTV. It is absolutely, positively not 2.35:1, and I did check that the UPC on mine is the right UPC, etc.

So you get both the version which is the perfect screen-filling normal pan/scan for regular TV and the version which is the perfect (or nearly so, maybe very slightly boxed off on the sides) wide pan/scan for widescreen HDTV.

While movie aficionados pooh-pooh pan/scan versus watching the as-filmed widescreen aspect ratio, using screen-filling pan/scan has its benefits.

Namely, watching this movie at 1.33 instead of 2.35 on a standard TV screen, everything you see is physically 2.35/1.33 = 1.77x as big on the screen, covering 3.12x as much area. And 1.66 vs 2.35 is 1.41x as big and 2.00x the area.

Now I don't know about you, but I think this movie is worth watching in the 1.33 pan/scan mode on a big standard-shape TV at least once. Namely, having any given detail (including the beautiful Jenny Agutter's briefly-naked body at age 22-23) take up 3x the area that it would in fully letterboxed 2.35 anamorphic format, is probably more desirable than having extra scenery out in left field and right field.

On a widescreen TV, the 1.33 version has the same magnification as the 1.66 version, and just chops off the sides more than needed, so of course watch the 1.66 side if your TV is 16:9 widescreen, to catch more side scenery.

Last but not least, the sound is unusually good for a movie of this age, with it supposedly being the first movie recorded in Dolby 5.1 Surround.

This movie was released in 1976. It won a number of awards for special effects, and helped set a trend for science fiction movies for some time to come. It doesn't have the dynamic computer-driven effects we expect from movies today, but the movie is still entertaining.

The acting is a bit dry in places, but Richard Jordan does a really great job. It's too bad he didn't live more than 15 years or so after this movie was made. Miss Agutter does a pretty good job as Jessica 6, but she tends to be a little lacking at certain dramatic points. Michael York also does a pretty job, but is eclipsed by Richard Jordan.

There are rumors that the movie will be remade, and perhaps it is time to do so. Computer special effects would add a great deal more than what the miniatures provided 32 years ago, so the storyline would benefit tremendously.

Bottom line, this movie is now a classic. Buy it, watch it, and revel at how far movie-making has come since it was released.

It was a great moive! It really makes you think. You woll like the special effects ( they were good for the time). One of my all time favorites.

Being a Dallas Texan,this movie had a lot of parts filmed in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It's amazing to look back at this classic and see just how old movie making was made in comparison to todays computer assisted style. Overall, it was ahead of it's time for (1976) and the plot was full of action for it's time. Oh and by the way , my wife played an extra and I had to have a copy of this old classic. This was a breakout movie for Michael York and Jenny Agutter was perfect in her role. Richard Jordan plays a great supporting role to York in this limited known actor/ actress movie and of course Peter Ustinov plays a small role also. Farrah Fawcett is in this movie before she became a star but her roles are small. This movie parrellel's the newer movie (2005)of "The Island" with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Well worth watching for the first or second time!!!

Classic tale of man vs machine way before Terminator. Even though the effects are not great the story makes up for it. We have been spoiled by the likes of Transformers lol...

The DVD arrived in a timely fashion. Haven't had an opportunity to view it yet. Since Ebay seems to have a rule that in order for my review to be "ACCEPTABLE", it must contain at least 100 characters - I will run out the clock with worthless drivel ... wasting my time, and that of anyone who might actually read the review.

I always buy great classic hard to find movies like this on Ebay. I was shocked at how cheaply I purchased a very rare widescreen addition of Logan's Run for. I have seen 2 other used versions before at F.Y.E. for $22.99 and after having to deal with traffic and PEOPLE in general I would not go back to buy them. My special seller Scott found one and put it up for auction. I could not be happier.

This is a great movie for everyone of all ages to see. It's a futuristic movie of the world after a major war. This is how the people lived to protect their life. They had every thing that one could want to live for. Never wanting for anything. They believed that they could be reborn when they reached a certain age, by going to the carousel.

Logan's Run is a very good B Grade, sci-fi movie depending on your criteria. For example the movie has a number of A grade sci-fi concepts and special effects. Also the sound track, although dated, is very interesting since it has a lot of analog synthesizers in it. Therefore there is an exotic cool factor with the movie. Of course with many B grade Sci-Fi movies there are some poor effects and items as well. All and all, I feel most any sci-fi movie has something good to offer whether A, B or C grade.

Good title DVD. Good, not great, could use some digital re-mastering, maybe a Blu-Ray version, other then that, a good movie.

the movie capturesw the 70';s and wasa dark adventure. shipping was exceelent recieved it perfect condition will buy from you again thank you

I saw "Logan's Run" when it first came out during the 60s, I believe. That's when the old slogan "don't trust anyone over thirty" was very popular with the youth crowd. It's obvious that this movie is based on this premise, and is not as "exciting" now that its previous followers are way past that age!!

As a "campy" movie, I would recommend it, just for fun!!

i saw this many years ago and loved it.i belive the island tried to copy this movie.if you like that movie you will like this one.

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