Silent Running (1972)

Directors:

Douglas Trumbull

Writers:

Steven Bochco, Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn

Actors:

Cheryl Sparks, Mark Persons, Steven Brown, Jesse Vint, Ron Rifkin, Cliff Potts

Synopsis:

In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.
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  • Science Fiction
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71

Silent Running (1972)

Looks cool and has some cool 70's sci fi oddness about it but at the same time we are asked to root for a Bruce Dern who is cool with killing dudes to save some plants so there is that.
wintermayer
April 20, 2017
89

Silent Running (1972)

Beautiful concept. Makes you wish Bruce Dern had been in so many more films in the intervening years. Effects needed some work, but not bad for its time.
Buchans
June 24, 2013