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Silent Running

Cast

Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint View All


Crew

Douglas Trumbull (Director), Deric Washburn (Screenplay), Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Steven Bochco (Screenplay) View All

Release: Mar. 9th, 1972
Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes
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.
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I saw this film as a boy and was deeply moved by Lowell's dedicated and heartbreaking attempts to protect and preserve the last garden's know to Man, now protected in domes attached to a space craft a...

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Takoma11
Lowell took life to protect life, and a huge part of the film is him slowly coming to grips with the implications of that, both logistically and in terms of his own humanity.
Torgo
The theme of machine company being more attractive than human company is also done well here with the scenes of Lowell bonding with the droids he affectionately dubs Huey and Dewey.


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