Silent Running

1972

1h 29m

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6.4/10

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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

Writers

Deric Washburn(screenplay by)

Steven Bochco(screenplay by)

Michael Cimino(screenplay by)

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Bruce Dern

Cliff Potts

Ron Rifkin

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Freeman Lowell

John Keenan

Marty Barker

Andy Wolf

Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”

Steven Brown

Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

Cheryl Sparks

Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

Larry Whisenhunt

Green Drone #3 “Louie”

Joseph Campanella

Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice…

Roy Engel

Anderson (voice…

Directors

Douglas Trumbull

Writers

Deric Washburn(screenplay by)

Steven Bochco(screenplay by)

Michael Cimino(screenplay by)

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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.

DanDare16 Jun, 2017