Logan (Original title)Logan Noir (Alternative title)
Date: 2017 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: James Mangold
Synopsis: In the isolated borderlands of New Mexico the ageing mutant superheroes Logan and Charles Xavier hide from the world. When a young girl mutant with several similarities to Logan appears where they live they are drawn back into conflicts they thought they had escaped.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Mutation, Ageing
Releases
Date: 01 March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 03 March 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Title: ‘Nothing else besides a father’: Logan and the paternal melodramaAuthor: Banarjee, KoelArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that contemporary superhero films have helped establish a new genre of melodrama that deals with paternal sacrifice. Analyses James Mangold’s ‘Logan’ (2017), the tenth instalment of the X-Men film franchise, as an example of paternal melodrama evoked by themes of family sacrifice and the eternal search for home.
In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019 Pages: 381-389
Title: Notes on the 'formulaic'Author: Reiff, Michael C.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review essay of 'Logan' (2017).
Date: 2017 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: James Mangold
Synopsis: In the isolated borderlands of New Mexico the ageing mutant superheroes Logan and Charles Xavier hide from the world. When a young girl mutant with several similarities to Logan appears where they live they are drawn back into conflicts they thought they had escaped.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Mutation, Ageing
Releases
Date: 01 March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 03 March 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Credits
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©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, A Kinberg Genre / Hutch Parker / The Donners' Company production: Kinberg Genre, A Kinberg Genre / Hutch Parker / The Donners' Company production: Hutch Parker, The Donners' Company, Australian Visual Effects undertaken with the assistance of the: Government of Australia, with the participation of the: British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Production Company: Ontario Media Development Corporation Film and Television Tax Credits, Presents: Twentieth Century Fox, [presented] in association with: Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Executive Producer: Joe Caracciolo Jr, Executive Producer: Josh McLaglen, Executive Producer: Stan Lee, Executive Producer: James Mangold, Produced by: Hutch Parker, Produced by: Simon Kinberg, Produced by: Lauren Shuler Donner, Co-producer: Dana Robin, Co-producer: Kurt Williams, Unit Production Manager: Dana Robin, Unit Production Manager: Joe Caracciolo Jr, Production Supervisor: Jessica Derhammer, Production Co-ordinator: Lori Berlanga, Financial Controller: Shaun McGovern, Supervising Location Manager: Maria T. Bierniak, Post-production Supervisor: Aaron Downing, 2nd Unit Director: Garret Warren, 1st Assistant Director: Josh McLaglen, 2nd Assistant Director: Michael J. Musteric, Additional 2nd Assistant Director: Zack Earl Edwards, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Simeon Keri Jones, Additional 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: David Stickler, Script Supervisor: Sheila G. Waldron, Casting by: Lisa Beach, Casting by: Sarah Katzman, Priscilla John, New Orleans Casting by: Elizabeth Coulon, Extras Casting: Central Casting, Extras Casting: Adam Hochfeld, Screenplay by: Scott Frank, Screenplay by: James Mangold, Michael Green, Story by: James Mangold, Director of Photography: John Mathieson, Director of Photography: Lukasz Jogalla, A Camera Operator: David Luckenbach, B Camera Operator: Michael Applebaum, Steadicam Operator: David Luckenbach, Digital Imaging Technician: Daniele Colombera, Still Photographer: Ben Rothstein, Visual Effects Supervisor: Chas Jarrett, Visual Effects by: Image Engine, Visual Effects by: Soho VFX, Rising Sun Pictures, Additional Visual Effects by: Lola, Symbient Interactive, Special Effects Supervisor: Garry Elmendorf, Editor: Michael McCusker, Editor: Dirk Westervelt, 1st Assistant Editor: Daniel M. Nussbaum, Production Designer: François Audouy, Supervising Art Director: Chris Farmer, Art Director: Scott Plauché, Art Director: Luke Freeborn, Set Decorator: Peter Louis Lando, Property Master: JP Jones, Supervising Construction Coordinator: Steven DeSantis, Costume Designer: Daniel Orlandi, Assistant Costume Designer: Mary Iannelli, Costume Supervisor: Elaine G. Ramires, Head Make-up Artist: Joel Harlow, Head Hair Stylist: Gloria Pasque Casny, Prosthetics Design: Joel Harlow, Main Titles by: The Picture Mill, F. Ron Miller, End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Digital Intermediate Colourist: Skip Kimball, Music by: Marco Beltrami, Additional Music by: Brandon Roberts, Marcus Trumpp, Conducted by: Pete Anthony, Music Supervisor: Ted Caplan, [Production] Sound Mixer: Paul Ledford, Boom Operator: Brian Maratea, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Massey, Re-recording Mixer: David Giammarco, Supervising Sound Editor: Donald Sylvester, Stunt Co-ordinator: Garret Warren, Stunt Coordinator – Smelting Plant: Gary Hymes, Assistant Stunt Co-ordinator: Steven John Brown, Armourer: Fritz Buckley, Animal Wrangler: Sid Yost, Unit Publicist: Rachael M. Roth, Transportation Co-ordinator: Edward O'Donnell, Travel Co-ordinator: Beverly Cole, Dailies and Digital Intermediate provided by: Technicolor Hollywood
Cast
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Hugh Jackman (Logan, 'X-24', 'Wolverine'), Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier, 'Professor X'), Boyd Holbrook (Donald Pierce), Stephen Merchant (Caliban), Richard E. Grant (Dr Zander Rice), Eriq Lasalle (Will Munson), Elise Neal (Kathryn Munson), Elizabeth Rodriguez (Gabriela), Dafne Keen (Laura Kinney, 'X-23'), Quincy Fouse (Nate Munson), Jason Genao (Rictor), Lennie Loftin (Jackson), Bryant Tardy (Bobby), Al Coronel (Federale commander), Frank Gallegos (Federale lieutenant), Anthony Escobar (Federale), Rey Gallegos (Rey), Krzysztof Soszynski (Mohawk), Stephen Dunlevy (Macon), Daniel Bernhardt (Bone Breaker), Ryan Sturz (Pretty Boy), Brandon Melendy, Luke Hawx, Paul O'Connor, Rocky Abou-Sakher, Jean Claude Leuyer, Jef Groff, Aaron Matthews, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Christopher Palermo, Clinton Roberts, Keith Jardine, Andy Arrabito, Sebastian James, Garrett Hammond, Matt McClain (Reavers), Hannah Westerfield (Rebecca), Ashlyn Casalegno (Charlotte), Alison Fernandez (Delilah), Parker Lovein (Lizard Boy), Jimmy Gonzales (Mexican staff member), Dave Davis (convenience store clerk), Mark Ashworth (bartender), James Handy (old doctor), Bryce Romero (prom teen 1), Phi Vu (prom teen 2), Chester Rushing (prom teen 3), David Simpson (prom teen 4), Lauren Gros (bridesmaid), John Raymond (pastor), Vanessa Cloke (mourning widow), Doris Morgado (Maria), Katie Ann Mitchell (infirmary nurse), Lara Grice (car dealer), James Moses Black (Major), Nedal Yousef, Baxter Humby, Daniel Hernandez, Michael Lehr, Bryan Sloyer (bangers), John Bernecker, Joe Nin Williams, Robert Wu, Victor Winters-Junco, Craig Henningsen, Evan D. Taylor, Toby Holguin Jr, Anthony Nanakornpanom, Eyad Elbitar (Federales), Han Soto (valet), Rissa Rose Kilar (pine cone girl), Salef Celiz (Jonah), Aidan Kennedy, Chase Cubia, Vincenzo Lucatorto, Haley Glass, Hudson Wright, Nayah Murphy, Emma Teo, Noell Jellison, Ella Rowbotham, Sebeon Jackson (mutant children), Kelton Dumont (glowing eyes boy), Damon Carney (Jackson's henchman), Cynthia Woods (screaming casino woman), Mali O'Connor (bumpy skinned kid), David Kallaway (Rhodes), Robert Vargas (border guard), David Paris (helicopter pilot)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen v63 n3 Autumn 2022 Pages: 367-385Title: ‘Nothing else besides a father’: Logan and the paternal melodramaAuthor: Banarjee, KoelArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that contemporary superhero films have helped establish a new genre of melodrama that deals with paternal sacrifice. Analyses James Mangold’s ‘Logan’ (2017), the tenth instalment of the X-Men film franchise, as an example of paternal melodrama evoked by themes of family sacrifice and the eternal search for home.
In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019 Pages: 381-389
Title: Notes on the 'formulaic'Author: Reiff, Michael C.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review essay of 'Logan' (2017).