Silent Running (1972)

Movie Details

Original Title Silent Running

Original Language EN

Budget $1,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.0

Cast

Bruce Dern

Freeman Lowell

Popularity: 2.5

Cliff Potts

John Keenan

Popularity: 4.0

Ron Rifkin

Marty Barker

Popularity: 1.4

Jesse Vint

Andy Wolf

Popularity: 1.1

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Mark Persons

Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”

Popularity: 0.8

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Steven Brown

Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

Popularity: 0.0

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Cheryl Sparks

Orange Drone #2 “Huey”

Popularity: 0.4

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Larry Whisenhunt

Green Drone #3 “Louie”

Popularity: 0.1

Joseph Campanella

Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)

Popularity: 1.0

Roy Engel

Anderson (voice/uncredited)

Popularity: 8.3

Key Crew

Screenplay Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco

Producer Marty Hornstein, Michael Gruskoff, Douglas Trumbull

Editor Aaron Stell

Director Douglas Trumbull

Production

Universal Pictures

US

Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions

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

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Silent Running HD Trailer Remastered and Reconstructed

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

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

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

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

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Keywords

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

Reviews from TMDB

DanDare 5/10

Jun 16, 2017

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 ... Read more

DanDare 5/10

Jun 16, 2017

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 ... Read more

drystyx 7/10

Apr 3, 2023

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 ... Read more