Silent Running

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film science fiction film

Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
aspectOf American New Wave-era science fiction ⓘ
character Freeman Lowell ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles F. Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Douglas Trumbull ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Aaron Stell ⓘ
features robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Peter Schickele ⓘ
notableFor early use of environmental themes in science fiction cinema ⓘ
miniature effects and in-camera visual effects ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A botanist aboard a space freighter protects Earth’s last surviving plant life housed in greenhouse domes. ⓘ
portrays Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell ⓘ
producer Douglas Trumbull ⓘ
Michael Gruskoff ⓘ
productionCompany Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1972-03-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
robotName Dewey ⓘ
Huey ⓘ
Louie ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Deric Washburn ⓘ
Michael Cimino ⓘ
Steven Bochco ⓘ
setting Saturn orbit ⓘ
space ⓘ
songPerformer Joan Baez ⓘ
starring Bruce Dern ⓘ
Cliff Potts ⓘ
Jesse Vint ⓘ
Ron Rifkin ⓘ
theme conservation ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
title Silent Running self-link ⓘ
visualEffectsSupervisor Douglas Trumbull ⓘ

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