Tuesday, June 24, 2014

LOGAN'S RUN (1976) Studio Press Tour


Here's an interesting look behind the scenes at the making of Michael Anderson's Logan's Run feature, via a 1975 MGM press publicity tour. We get brief glimpses of Anderson, producer Saul David and costume designer Bill Thomas, who shows off a few of the film's costumes, including a rather different Sandman uniform than the one actually used in the final movie.

It also looks like it's David Hasselhoff (Starcrash) modelling the Sandman uniform, though I can't positively confirm it. If it isn't him, the resemblance is striking!

6 comments:

  1. Dude! Is that David Hasslehoff as the Sandman?! He was on Young and the Restless near that time.

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  2. Is that Forrest Ackerman at :33 and David Hasselhoff modeling the Sandman outfit?!? Thanks for posting it! I still love the film and even enjoyed the TV series.

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  3. Logan's Run is on of my fav's from the era. I even have LOGAN5 as my licence plate. I did some checking and it seems confirmed that it is The Hoff in the short.

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  4. There's just no mistaking The Hoff and his amazing hair.

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  5. Wow, Bill Thomas is hot! Okay, maybe I misunderstood that and the woman in orange is not actually "Bill Thomas..."

    A lot of LR was shot on location at several places in Dallas, Texas. It's too bad we don't get to see more of the sets here. The movie did have a distinct look, but it was very much a 70s vibe with lots of mirrors and chrome. I always thought that they needed better production design. The costuming was pretty good, however, and the later scenes in abandoned Washington are excellent.

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  6. Well, after all these years, I never knew the colours of a person's outfit signified their age, I just assumed it was in keeping with the garish colour schemes of the seventies.

    I loved the film's aesthetic, of course there were some obvious model shots, but that is what an imagination is there for. I can watch it again and again just for the music and visuals.

    Watching the TV series brings back so many memories of seventies Saturday mornings here in the UK, I was absolutely hooked on it.

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