Logan's Run Page #4

The life clocks have no power outside.

We're free!

You can have...

...any woman in the city.

What do you really want?

You know.

The choice is still mine?

Of course.

This time...

...the answer's yes.

It must be Sanctuary!

Outside?

Exposed?

But it must be.

Whatever it is, there are

probably people there.

And food and shelter.

Come on.

What do you suppose happened

to the people?

I don't know. They must have left here.

A long time ago.

I wonder what they were like.

That must be one of them.

Then they looked almost like us.

Except...

...I've never seen a face

like that before.

That must be...

...the look of being old.

They've all got names

and numbers on them.

I wonder what they are?

"Beloved husband. " "Beloved wife. "

I wonder what it means.

Who are you?

Who are you?

I'm Logan 5.

This is Jessica 6.

I never much cared for my name,

even when I could remember it.

We're from the city.

Yes, we came through the ice.

We got past Box.

Box?

This is Sanctuary, isn't it?

Sanctuary?

May I see your hand?

Look at his face.

His hair.

- Is that what it is to grow old?

- I guess so, yes.

But how old are you?

I don't know. I'm as old...

...as I am, I suppose.

Your hair is white.

Yes, well, it wasn't always

that color, you know.

I got my color someplace here.

It wasn't your color.

It wasn't much like hers, either.

Those cracks in your face...

...do they hurt?

Can I touch them?

Oh, my.

Try.

Are you alone here?

Hardly.

I got all these cats.

Is that what they're called? Cats?

And they've each got

their own name.

Cats, of course, what else

would they be called?

Cats!

You know they've each got three names?

The naming of cats

is a difficult matter.

It's not just one of your

holiday games.

You may think at first

I'm mad as a hatter...

...when I tell you that each cat's got

three different names.

See, they got their ordinary name...

...and then they got their fancy name.

And that makes two names, doesn't it?

Now it's got a third name.

Can either of you two guess

what that third name is?

Come on!

Above and beyond...

...there's one name that's left over...

...and this is the name

you never will guess.

The name no human research

can discover...

...but the cat itself knows...

...and never will confess.

Will you, Henry?

How long have you been living here?

A little longer than I can remember.

What kind of a place is this?

Well, it's...

...just a place, you know.

Just a place.

How'd you get here?

I've always been here. Hello, Thomas.

Are there other people?

Oh, gracious, no.

Has anyone else ever passed

through here?

There may be a few out there.

I don't know.

What makes you think that?

My parents told me.

My mother...

...and my father.

You knew your mother and father?

Sure, they raised me.

How were you grown?

Inside your mother?

Right in there.

Are you sure?

That's what she told me.

I have to believe her. I don't know.

Where are they?

What was that?

Where are they now?

Where?

They're dead.

They are dead. Yeah.

Buried.

Buried?

They're buried.

Gus was the cat at the theater door.

His name, and I should have told

you before, is really Asparagus.

But that's such a fuss to pronounce.

...we call him just Gus.

Why did you want to see my hand before?

You'd better show me yours.

Yes, you had.

That's lovely.

That's beautiful.

Can I have one of these?

I'm sorry. It's not possible.

That's just not fair.

Hello.

I'll give you one of my best cats,

my favorite.

I'll give you a Jellicle cat. I will.

I'm sorry, I really don't have

anything to give you.

That's the truth.

You hear that?

Here, you can have this.

What is that treasure?

I don't know.

You don't know. You're full

of secrets as Macavity.

Macavity, Macavity.

There's no one like Macavity.

There never was a cat of such

deceitfulness and suavity.

What lies beyond this place?

Do you know?

Welleverity.

I don't know, nothing. Nothing there.

Did your father or mother ever

mention another place?

My mother? No, she never

mentioned any other.

Nothing at all.

May we stay here?

We'd like to rest awhile.

Of course. This belongs to the people.

- What belongs to the people?

- Certainly does. All of it.

What people?

All of them. It's marked

on the wall someplace.

All the people, all the time...

...shall not...

I'll be right back.

That sweet madman.

How could he come to exist?

He had a mother and a father.

And they spent their lives together.

One in a million, I suppose.

Who knows?

We are going on, aren't we?

There's nothing to go on to.

There's Sanctuary.

There is.

You want there to be one, but...

There has to be!

I know it exists.

- It has to.

- No, it does not. Not really.

Just so many people want it to exist,

so many people who don't want to die...

...they want it so much that a place

called Sanctuary becomes real.

But it doesn't exist. It never existed.

Just the hope.

You're wrong!

- It has to be! It has to be!

- Oh, Jessica.

Oh, my.

Don't cry.

Look, I got some bigger ones of these

over there. I don't know who they all are.

I think they must be family.

That'll cheer you up.

That's my color. That's what it is.

Leave her alone.

Surprised you, Doris, didn't he?

Now, I don't know who these all are.

I'm quite used to them.

They all look the same to me now.

When I first found them,

they were a little different.

You know, feel free to look at them.

But they're all old men.

Father said that one of these people...

...never told a lie.

I don't know which one it is.

You thought I wouldn't find you,

didn't you?

You thought I'd quit, huh?

What did you do to him?

You know what he was?

He was a Sandman.

He was happy.

You ruined him. You killed him.

Wait.

I've seen this face before.

Yes, isn't he the...

Logan!

Why, Logan?

Why?

Is this good? Is this what you want?

We had good times.

I let you go.

You wouldn't terminate a runner...

...and I covered for you!

Why did you let her?

And now, I have to finish you.

You are terminated, runner.

Francis, look at your palm.

Go on. Look at it.

Go on, look at it!

Believe me, it's true.

This isn't the truth.

This is a lie!

Francis, stop! Listen!

That was the right shot.

Watch out, now.

He's tricky.

He'll fool you.

You renewed.

I don't want to say anymore...

...but I hope that is understood,

young woman.

Of course.

Now don't forget...

...you promised.

We'll remember.

But that's a long time off.

I wish I knew, but...

Long time off.

What are we promising him?

He asked if we would bury him

when his time comes.

We can't.

We're going back.

Back?

To what?

I have to tell them the truth.

You won't be able

to tell anybody anything.

You'll be killed.

Not when they've learned of this.

They won't listen.

Things don't change.

We can stay here together.

Have a life as long as his together.

Jessica, things do change. Look.

You're lying. You don't want

to change anything.

You want to go back to kill!

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