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This extravagant science fiction film from 1976 is still visually fascinating and provocatively entertaining. Set in the year 2274, when ecological disaster has driven civilization to the protection of domed cities, the story revolves around a society that holds a ceremonial death ritual for all citizens who reach the age of 30. In a diseaseless city where free sex is encouraged and old age is unknown, Logan (Michael York) is a "sandman," a futuristic policeman who enforces the law and this radical method of population control . However, there are people in the city who want to live beyond 30 and they become "runners." To stop the runners the SuperComputer of the city chooses Logan to go on a mission to find out where the runners are going to and report back. The computer changes his lifeclock crystal to 30.. (taking 4 years away from his life!) meaning "Lastday" and he now becomes a runner too. Escaping from the domed city via a network of underground passages, Logan is joined by another "runner" named Jessica (Jenny Agutter), while his former sandman partner (Richard Jordan) is determined to terminate Logan's rebellion. Using a variety of splendid matte paintings and miniatures, Logan's Run earned a special Oscar for visual effects (images of a long-abandoned Washington, D.C., are particularly impressive), and in addition to fine performances by Jordan and Peter Ustinov, the film features '70s poster babe Farrah Fawcett in a supporting role. Jerry Goldsmith's semi-electronic score is still one of the prolific composer's best, and Logan's Run remains an interesting example of '70s sci-fi that preceded Star Wars by less than a year.