Bruce Dern
Freeman Lowell
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Silent Running is a 1972 American environmental-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint.
Mar 10, 1972 · In a future where Earth is barren, a botanist (Bruce Dern) tries to save the last of the flora in a spacecraft. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews and trivia, and learn about the director and cast of this 1972 classic.
- (32K)
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Douglas Trumbull
- 1972-03-10
In a future where Earth is barren, ecologist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) fights to save his greenhouse on a space station. He faces a dilemma when he is ordered to destroy his plants and his robotic companions.
- (35)
- Douglas Trumbull
- G
- Bruce Dern
Released in 1972, Silent Running was a kitsch take on the space movie. Lewis Gordon explores how the film anticipated 21st-Century technology. Silent Running opens with an exquisite...
A sci-fi film about a botanist who defies orders to destroy the last of Earth's flora in space. He escapes with his robots and tries to save the forest, but faces a tragic fate in the end.
In this sci-fi classic, a botanist (Bruce Dern) who has spent years aboard a space freighter receives orders to destroy his project and return home, but instead rebels and hijacks the vessel. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
A lonely spaceship keeper refuses to destroy the last greenhouses on Earth and escapes to the stars. Read Ebert's analysis of the ecological theme, the special effects and the performance of Bruce Dern in this classic science fiction movie.
