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Silent Running

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6.4/10 • 585

1972-03-091h 29m

AdventureScience Fiction

Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.

Directors
Douglas Trumbull
Editors
Aaron Stell

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  1. Bruce Dern

    Bruce Dern

    Freeman Lowell

  2. Cliff Potts

    Cliff Potts

    John Keenan

  3. Ron Rifkin

    Ron Rifkin

    Marty Barker

  4. Jesse Vint

    Jesse Vint

    Andy Wolf

  5. Mark Persons

    Mark Persons

    Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”

  6. Steven Brown

    Steven Brown

    Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

  7. Cheryl Sparks

    Cheryl Sparks

    Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

  8. Larry Whisenhunt

    Larry Whisenhunt

    Green Drone #3 “Louie”

  9. Joseph Campanella

    Joseph Campanella

    Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)

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DanDare

Jun 16, 2017

5/10

Silent Running features another unhinged performance from Bruce Dern. He plays Freeman Lowell, a scientists aboard a spaceship looking after the only remaining examples of Earth's plant life as it heads off to Saturn. Lowell has become attached to the eco-system in the spaceship and less with his crew mates who he kills when they receive orders to destroy the plant life. On his own, alienated, staving off madness, all Lowell has are three droids for company and then his plants start to die as they get less sunlight as the craft nears Saturn. Douglas Trumbull in some ways has directed a low fi science fiction film, in some ways the interior sets reminded me of a television series from the early 1970s. It also contains some folk songs to accompany its environmental message.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
dystopiasunlightspace travelsaturnbiotopeplantgreenhouseforestspacefoodrobotspace stationenviromentalismbiosphere