Bruce Dern

Cliff Potts

Ron Rifkin

Jesse Vint

Mark Persons

Steven Brown

Cheryl Sparks

Larry Whisenhunt

Joseph Campanella

Roy Engel

Deric Washburn

Charles F. Wheeler

Marty Hornstein

Aaron Stell

Michael Cimino

Douglas Trumbull

Michael Gruskoff

Frank Lombardo

Steven Bochco

Joan Baez

James Rugg

Vernon Archer

Marlin Jones

Richard O. Helmer

R.L. Helmer

Dick Dawson

Charles T. Knight

John H. Newman

Ray Quiroz

Peter Schickele

Gerald Endler

Adventure

Science Fiction

Silent Running

Universal Pictures

Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions

United States of America

English

Silent Running features another unhinged performance from Bruce Dern. He plays Freeman Lowell, a scientists aboard a spaceship looking after the only remaining examples of Earth's plant life as it heads off to Saturn.

Lowell has become attached to the eco-system in the spaceship and less with his crew mates who he kills when they receive orders to destroy the plant life.

On his own, alienated, staving off madness, all Lowell has are three droids for company and then his plants start to die as they get less sunlight as the craft nears Saturn.

Douglas Trumbull in some ways has directed a low fi science fiction film, in some ways the interior sets reminded me of a television series from the early 1970s. It also contains some folk songs to accompany its environmental message.

This was a thoughtful sci-fi story.
Bruce Dern appears as a bit of a deranged scientist in what may be his most likable role ever, which says a lot about the roles he has played.
He is a caring scientist, except he kills all his companions in a spacecraft. Well, can he still be likable?
He has a motivation for doing this which is more than the motivation for his other villains.
Here, he means to save plant life for Earth. His companions didn't even understand the need to save plant life, which tells you about the horrible times they live in.
All this happens fairly early in the film. Afterwards, his companions are robots whom he empathizes with as if they are human beings. 
Earth has decided to destroy all plant life, so in essence, he plays a hero/villain, hard to tell. But does he manage to salvage something for humanity?

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A botanist (Bruce Dern) on a deep space mission tries to stop the corporate machine from destroying his small "forest" aboard his inter-planetary freighter. When his shipmates decide to implement the order he takes matters into his own hands. It is vaguely portentous of events yet to come - and has a poignancy about not knowing what you've lost until you haven't got it any more. It's the first film I recall seeing where there are droids - in this case, drones - Huey, Dewey (Louie has broken) that are given some semblance of personality and they do inject some much needed bursts of humour into this rather slow-moving sci fi story. It certainly has a message (climate change, warming etc.), but after a while it becomes quite laboured and slows down to a snail's pace before quite an abrupt ending. Interesting, but no classic...

Silent Running (50th Anniversary) | Bruce Dern Teaches Poker to Robots

Silent Running (1972) - Saying Goodbye Scene (10/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Saving the Forest Scene (9/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Running Over Huey Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Silent Running Scene (6/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Burying the Body Scene (5/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Through Saturn's Rings Scene (4/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Robotic Surgery Scene (3/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running (1972) - Killing the Crew Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running - (1972) - Rejoice In The Sun Scene (1/10) | Movieclips

Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) (Official Video)

Silent Running (1972) Last Remaining Forests

Silent Running Soundtrack (Peter Schickele 1972). Vinyl + Samples from Film

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Silent Running Ending

Joan Baez 'Silent Running' - Silent Running

Joan Baez 'Rejoice in the Sun' - Silent Running

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