Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell

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Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacter
filmCharacter
appearsIn Silent Running
associatedConcept last forest in space
space greenhouse domes
associatedWith Valley Forge spaceship
surface form: Valley Forge (spaceship)
caresAbout environmental conservation
forests
characterName Freeman Lowell
characterTrait idealistic
intense
coStarsWith Cliff Potts
Jesse Vint
Ron Rifkin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Deric Washburn
Michael Cimino
Steven Bochco
directedBy Douglas Trumbull
emotionalArc increasing isolation and desperation
filmReleaseYear 1972
finalFate dies in an explosion to protect the last forest dome
genre science fiction film
hasMoralConflict duty to orders versus duty to nature
languageOfWork English
medium feature film
musicBy Peter Schickele
notableAction defies orders to destroy the forest domes
kills fellow crew members to save the forests
notableFor early cinematic depiction of environmental catastrophe
portrayal of an eco-activist in space
occupation astronaut
botanist
partOf Silent Running
surface form: Silent Running franchise
portrayedBy Bruce Dern
primaryGoal to preserve Earth’s last remaining forests
relationshipWith service drones Dewey
service drones Huey
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie
surface form: service drones Louie
roleInPlot protagonist
setting space freighter Valley Forge
themeInvolvement ecology
environmentalism
moral responsibility
solitude

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Silent Running portrays Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell