Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1972-03-09) |
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| Awards: | 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 6905: Bruce Dern - Freeman Lowell
- 12121: Cliff Potts - John Keenan
- 12122: Ron Rifkin - Marty Barker
- 12123: Jesse Vint - Andy Wolf
- 12125: Mark Persons - Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”
- 12124: Steven Brown - Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
- 12126: Cheryl Sparks - Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
Crews
- 12112: Douglas Trumbull - Director - Directing
- 12116: Michael Gruskoff - Producer - Production
- 8484: Aaron Stell - Editor - Editing
- 12119: Charles F. Wheeler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 12113: Deric Washburn - Screenplay - Writing
- 12120: Frank Lombardo - Set Decoration - Art
- 12115: Steven Bochco - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
DanDare
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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 a ....
Continue reading ->DanDare
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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 a ....
Continue reading ->drystyx
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This was a thoughtful sci-fi story. Bruce Dern appears as a bit of a deranged scientist in what may be his most likable role ever, which says a lot about the roles he has played. He is a caring scientist, except he kills all his companions in a spacecraft. Well, can he still be lik ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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A botanist (Bruce Dern) on a deep space mission tries to stop the corporate machine from destroying his small "forest" aboard his inter-planetary freighter. When his shipmates decide to implement the order he takes matters into his own hands. It is vaguely portentous of events yet to ....
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