Silent Running [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Overview

In this film, Bruce Dern stars as the caretaker of a space-station greenhouse. The Earth has been decimated by nuclear war, and the greenhouse contains the vital foliage samples that will replenish the scarred globe. When Dern is ordered to destroy the greenhouse, he decides to ignore the order.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/2022
UPC:	0760137114871
Original Release:	1972
Source:	Arrow Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	8,619

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bruce Dern	Lowell
Jesse Vint	Keenan
Cliff Potts	Wolf
Ron Rifkin	Barker
Mark Persons	Drone
Cheryl Sparks	Actor
Larry Whisenhunt	un drone
Joseph Campanella	Neal - Berkshire' Captain
Roy Engel	Anderson
Steve Brown	Drone
The Drones	Actor
Peter Schickele	Conductor,Composer
Joan Baez	Performer,Composer

Technical Credits

Deric Washburn

Michael Cimino

Steven Bochco

Douglas Trumbull	Director,Producer,Special Effects
Deric Washburn	Screenwriter
Michael Cimino	Screenwriter
Steven Bochco	Screenwriter
Michael Gruskoff	Producer
Richard Portman	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Yuricich	Special Effects
Richard Helmer	Special Effects
R.L. Helmer	Special Effects
James Rugg	Special Effects
Marlin Jones	Special Effects
Vernon Archer	Special Effects
John Dykstra	Special Effects
Charles D. Knight	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Blending science fiction with hippiedom, Silent Running (1971) is very much of its early '70s moment, even as its cautions about the environment remain timely. In his directorial debut, Douglas Trumbull skillfully integrates his premier special effects into a story about the glory, beauty, and fragility of nature, as Bruce Dern's long-haired, robe-clad ecologist stakes his life and space station on defending the last remaining ecosystem from a corporate edict to destroy it and use the ship for commerce. Bonding with anthropomorphized androids and tending his space-bound Eden to the strains of Joan Baez songs, Dern's Lowell is a testament to the need for free thought, green living, and firm convictions, no matter the cost. Trumbull's juxtaposition of adorable animals and lush plants with the soulless ship and astronauts carrying them speaks to the devastating effects of complacency. One of a cluster of early '70s dystopian science fiction films that began with Trumbull and with Stanley Kubrick's masterwork 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Silent Running's vistas and message still attract fans.