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Silent Running
1972
In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and Michael Cimino. Music by Peter '.. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Jesse Vint, Ron Rifkin |
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| Director | Douglas Trumbull |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Silent Running
In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and Michael Cimino. Music by Peter 'PDQ Bach' Schickele.
| Starring | Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Jesse Vint, Ron Rifkin, Steve Brown |
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| Director | Douglas Trumbull |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Nov 2008 Production year: 1972 |
| Format | DVD |
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Strangely Moving
This is a great movie. It echoes in a way the ecological dilemma facing us today. The music by Joan Baez is strangely appropriate. It looks a bit 1960's, but still that goes to show that even then this was an important debate. Bruce Derns' gentle character is harrassed by his crass shipmates, their attitude echoing the uncaring attitiude of some of 'big business', quite prepared to sacrefice the environment in search of the big bucks. Also making an appearence are three mechanical helpers who pre-date C3PO and R2D2, yet possess more 'character'! Even if you don't like sci-fi this story doesn't depend on gadgets for its success! Its moving and beautiful and poetic!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Fantastic message; somewhat slow - hokey acting. I can see how the robots may have dazzled thirty years ago, but now they're a trial of patience. Superb film about the innate soulfulness of preserving the natural world rather than succumb to the self-serving and materialistic mentality of 'civilization'. In that sense, more relevant now than ever. But Joan Baez is painful.
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