
Silent Running (1972)
6.4|9 Mar, 1972|89 min
Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!
6.4|9 Mar, 1972|89 min
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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.
Language
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue --
Keywords
dystopia
sunlight
space travel
saturn
biotope
plant
greenhouse
forest
space
food
robot
space station
enviromentalism
biosphere
Casts

Bruce Dern
Freeman Lowell

Cliff Potts
John Keenan

Ron Rifkin
Marty Barker

Jesse Vint
Andy Wolf
Mark Persons
Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”
Steven Brown
Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
Cheryl Sparks
Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
Larry Whisenhunt
Green Drone #3 “Louie”

Joseph Campanella
Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)

Roy Engel
Anderson (voice/uncredited)
Crews

Douglas Trumbull
Director
Michael Gruskoff
Producer
Aaron Stell
Editor
Charles F. Wheeler
Director of Photography
Deric Washburn
Screenplay
Frank Lombardo
Set Decoration

Steven Bochco
Screenplay
Marty Hornstein
Producer

Douglas Trumbull
Producer

Michael Cimino
Screenplay

Joan Baez
Theme Song Performance
Marlin Jones
Special Effects
James Rugg
Special Effects
Richard O. Helmer
Special Effects
Vernon Archer
Special Effects
R.L. Helmer
Special Effects
John H. Newman
Sound Editor
Dick Dawson
Makeup Artist
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
Charles T. Knight
Sound
Peter Schickele
Original Music Composer
Gerald Endler
Mechanical Designer
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