Silent Running: Directed by Douglas Trumbull. With Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint. In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's …

Silent Running takes place in the not-so-distant future, at a time in which Earth's plant life has been decimated. Only a few specimens of flora have been preserved, and are currently in space in a fleet …

Silent Running (1972) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Silent Running, had I seen it in 1972, probably would have been totally engrossing and astounding as a piece of science fiction film-making that pushed the special effects limits just a nudge further from …

Remarkable film. "Silent Running" is an appealing, unusual sci-fi tale set in deep space. Bruce Dern plays astronaut Freeman Lowell, who's been working on a project for the past eight years: maintain …

The drones were occupied by legless actors who walked around on their hands in lightweight, specially designed suits built of thin platsic. Director Douglas Trumbull got the idea for the drones by watching …

Trivia Silent Running To keep costs down, Trumbull hired college students for modelmaking and other such special effects work. One of them, John Dykstra, went on to a distinguished special effects …

Silent Running: Directed by Douglas Trumbull. With Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint. In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's …

Silent Running (1972) - In the original script, the American Airlines Space Freighter "Valley Forge" was named "Apopka" (after the town in Central Florida). The ship was renamed for the film in honor of the …

Freeman Lowell: [Lowell and the drones are playing poker; he looks smugly at his cards] All right, Huey. What have you got? [Huey plays a winning hand. Lowell starts laughing] Freeman Lowell: The man …