LOGAN 5

Michael York

MICHAEL YORK starred as LOGAN 5 alongside JENNY AGUTTER as JESSICA 6 - in the 1976 Sci-Fi extravaganza ‘LOGAN’S RUN’.

The futuristic film is set inside a giant domed city where the human population lives a carefree life culminating in their ‘renewal’ at the age of 30 in the festival called Carousel. Jessica convinces Logan to question the Renewal process and ‘run’ to avoid death.

The somewhat camp aesthetic, with some laughably kitschy model shots of the city, but with the chrome laden sets and risque costumes the film is seen as a great ‘time capsule’ of the 1970s, but it is a great story, based on a novel by William F Nolan and John Clayton Johnson, and the film has a lot of heart.

Both of the very attractive leads are perfectly cast, with York conveying a naively enthusiastic perfect 23rd century citizen. He brings an infectious enthusiasm which inbues the film with a resonating charm.