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Silent Running( 1972)

TV-MAAdventureScience Fiction
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Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bruce Dern

      Freeman Lowell

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      Cliff Potts

      John Keenan

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      Ron Rifkin

      Marty Barker

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      Jesse Vint

      Andy Wolf

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      Mark Persons

      Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”

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      Steven Brown

      Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

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      Cheryl Sparks

      Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

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      Larry Whisenhunt

      Green Drone #3 “Louie”

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      Joseph Campanella

      Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)

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      Roy Engel

      Anderson (voice/uncredited)

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    A review by DanDare

    5
    Written by DanDare on Fri Jun 16 2017
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • dystopia
    • sunlight
    • space travel
    • saturn
    • biotope
    • plant
    • greenhouse
    • forest
    • space
    • food
    • robot
    • space station
    • enviromentalism
    • biosphere