Michael York: Logan

Logan's Run

Logan

Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...

Logan: Who are you?
Box: I am more than machine. More than man. More than a fusion of the two. Don't you agree? Wait for the winds. Then my birds sing. And the deep grottos whisper my name. Box... Box... Box...

Old Man: You mean to say that those people know ahead of time when they're gonna die?
Logan: That's right.
Old Man: Oh, that's silly. What's the reason for that?
Logan: That's the way things are. The way things have always been.
Old Man: Yeah, it takes all the fun out of dying.

Logan: Killed? Why do you use that word?
Jessica: Isn't that what you do? Kill?
Logan: I've never killed anyone in my life. Sandman terminate runners. What's your name?
Jessica: Jessica.
Logan: You're sad enough. You're beautiful. Let's have sex.
Jessica: No.
Logan: Then why are you wasting my time, hmmm? Why did you put yourself on the circuit?
Jessica: I thought I had to do something. I told you it was a mistake. And I've changed my mind.
Logan: Because I'm a Sandman? Am I your first?
Jessica: Yes. And I'm curious.

Logan: NO! Don't go in there! You don't have to die! No one has to die at 30! You could live! LIVE! Live, and grow old! I've seen it! She's seen it!
[shows the crystal on his palm]
Logan: Well, look! LOOK! LOOK, IT'S CLEAR!
[crowd laughs]
Computer: Lastday, Capricorn 29's. Year of the City: 2274. Carousel begins.
Jessica: No! Don't! Don't go! Listen to him! He's telling the truth!
[more laughter]
Jessica: We've been outside! There's another world outside! We've seen it!
[Sandmen grab them]
Logan: Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!

Logan: Question?
Computer: Hold. Unaccounted runners: One Zero Five Six. You may state your question.
Logan: One thousand and fifty-six unaccounted for?
Computer: The number is correct.
Logan: That's impossible. Question: Maybe they weren't all runners. Maybe most of them reached life renewal on Carousel. Question: Nobody reached renewal? But, everybody believes that, that some...
Computer: The question has been answered, Logan 5.
Logan: You mean, nobody's ever been renewed?
Computer: The question has been answered.

Logan: Did you ever see Francis 8?
Francis: I never even visited Nursery before tonight.
Logan: You know, when you question, it slows you down.
Francis: I don't know. What makes you so curious? Do you know who his seed mother was?
Logan: Of course not! I'm curious, not sick!

Logan: Question: What is it?
Computer: That is the name of the object: Ankh. Do you identify this word? Sanctuary?
Logan: Negative.
Computer: Sanctuary is a pre-catastrophe code word. Used for a place of immunity.
Logan: I don't understand?
Computer: The object Ankh has been identified with the code word Sanctuary. The object and the word both relate to runners who have not been accounted for.

Logan: [after Francis looks angrily at a Red] Look, why were you so angry just now? What did he do to you?
Francis: That Red's gonna run, I can always tell.

Logan: They lived together? All their years?
Old Man: Yeah. Oh, well, before I come along, I don't know what. But, after, I, oh yes. They did.
Jessica: So, people stayed together for this feeling of love? They would live and raise children and be remembered?
Old Man: Yeah. Raised me, didn't they? Right in there. Yeah.
Jessica: I think I'd like that, Logan. Don't you?
Logan: Why not?
Jessica: Beloved husband.
Logan: Beloved wife.
Old Man: Beloved son.

Old Man: [admiring Logan and Jessica's time crystals] Can I have one of those?
Logan: I'm afraid that's not possible.