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This will be an attempt to reconstruct the ‘uncut’ version of Logan’s Run. The film originally had many scenes that were cut in order to avoid an R rating. Some of these include Francis terminating a runner, a longer Love Shop sequence, and a longer Box scene with Logan and Jessica posing for an ice sculpture. An audience recording from a sneak preview showing exists and has all of these scenes intact (more info here: http://www.virtualvikki.com/a/logan/audio/index.html). Some of the deleted footage appears in the “Advance Preview of Selected Scenes” seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jj-vMJaEj0. I think this may be on the Special Edition laserdisc but I’m not sure. Apparently in the early 80s the film was shown several times on Canadian TV uncut, though no recording has surfaced.
This will be sort of like the “Greed” reconstruction. I’ll use stills and the recording to try to recreate the missing scenes. It’ll be a little rough, so this is definitely for the die hard fans.
Due to some of the sources I will be using, I think I may have to use the VHS for both audio and video. Some of the stills are in black and white so I’m not quite sure what the best way to incorporate them would be. Maybe have all the inserted material be black and white? I’d appreciate any input on that.
Sources/references:
Audience Recording
Original VHS release
Pan and Scan/Widescreen DVD - “Life in the 23rd Century”, Trailer
TV Show DVD - There’s a few shots from the movie including the ‘two yellows’ that were deleted.
1997 Special Edition Laserdisc - Photos, deleted scene recreations(?), behind the scenes, etc. I still need to track this one down.
Film Score Monthly Expanded Soundtrack
Various stills
Revised Script - http://www.virtualvikki.com/a/loganmovie/cut.html
Shooting Schedule - http://www.virtualvikki.com/a/loganmovie/logmov2/index.html
