Silent Running

Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!

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Science Fiction
Adventure
Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

dystopia
space travel
space
robot
space station
thoughtful
forest
food
sunlight
greenhouse
plant
saturn
biotope
enviromentalism
biosphere

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 9, 1972
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures,Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions
Cast: Bruce Dern,Cliff Potts,Ron Rifkin,Jesse Vint,Mark Persons,Steven Brown,Cheryl Sparks,Larry Whisenhunt,Joseph Campanella,Roy Engel
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Writer: Deric Washburn,Michael Cimino,Steven Bochco
Producer: Michael Gruskoff,Marty Hornstein,Douglas Trumbull
Cinematography: Charles F. Wheeler
Music: Peter Schickele
Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0067756