Logan’s Run, The Island, Logan’s Run
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006In 1976 Michael York starred as Logan in the science fiction classic, Logan’s Run. The movie is based on a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The story starts with Logan living in a sort of underground city. Logan, a sandman, has the job to kill anyone who runs from the rebirthing. The rebirthing ceremony is a way to keep the population of the city down. When a person in the city turns the age of 30 they are terminated. Logan receives the assignment of finding the “Sanctuary” in which the runners are fleeing too. This is outside of the utopian city in which Logan lives. Logan must fight against other sandmen to escape from city and find the “Sanctuary.”