Freeman Lowell

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Freeman Lowell is the idealistic botanist and spaceship crewman in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," who rebels to save Earth's last surviving forests preserved in space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
affiliation Valley Forge spaceship
appearsIn Silent Running
appearsInGenre science fiction film
appearsInMedium feature film
associatedWith American Airlines Space Freighter Valley Forge
commands service drone Dewey
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie
surface form: service drone Huey

robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie
surface form: service drone Louie
conflictWith American Airlines Space Fleet command
his fellow crewmen on Valley Forge
creator Deric Washburn
Michael Cimino
Steven Bochco
describedAs environmentalist
idealistic
fictionalUniverse Silent Running
surface form: Silent Running universe
filmDirectedBy Douglas Trumbull
filmReleaseYear 1972
gender male
legacy leaves Dewey tending the last forest dome
mission preserve Earth’s remaining plant life in space domes
moralChoice chooses forests over human orders
motivatedBy ecological concern
love of nature
nationality American (fictional)
notableAction jettisons and preserves one forest dome
kills his fellow crewmen to save the forests
notableFor one of the earliest eco-activist protagonists in science fiction cinema
occupation botanist
spaceship crewman
portrayedBy Bruce Dern
rebelsAgainst orders to destroy the forest domes
relationshipWith caretaker of drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie
role caretaker of Earth’s last forests
setting Saturn’s orbit
shipName Valley Forge National Historical Park
surface form: Valley Forge
themeAssociatedWith ecocide
environmentalism
isolation in space
moral ambiguity
ultimateFate dies aboard Valley Forge
worksToProtect Earth’s last surviving forests
yearOfFirstAppearance 1972

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Silent Running character Freeman Lowell
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie associatedWithCharacter Freeman Lowell
subject surface form: Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Huey associatedWithCharacter Freeman Lowell
Dewey formsBondWith Freeman Lowell
Dewey emotionallyConnectedTo Freeman Lowell
Dewey appearsAlongside Freeman Lowell
Louie associatedWithCharacter Freeman Lowell