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Silent Running

Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!

6.4(676)19721h 29m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
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Language
English
  • dystopia
  • sunlight
  • space travel
  • saturn
  • biotope
  • greenhouse
  • forest
  • space
  • food
  • robot
  • ecology
  • space station

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG10 Mar 1972
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU28 Sept 1972
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG9 Mar 1972
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical21 Jul 1972
    • TV12TV Globo25 Apr 2001
    • TVLTV Globo8 May 2001
    • Physical12DVD/VHS Universal13 Jan 2004
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU3 Dec 1975
    • Physical6 Jul 2016
  • GermanyDE

    • TVTV premiere26 Apr 1974
    • Physical12DVD31 Jan 2002
  • JapanJP

    • TV13 May 1979
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical610 Mar 1972
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1513 Nov 1972
    • Physical15DVD21 Feb 2002
    • Physical15Blu-ray24 Aug 2015

Frequently asked questions

Silent Running was released on 9 March 1972.

Audience reviews

3
  • D

    DanDare

    6/16/2017

    5/10

    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 crew mates who he kills when they receive orders to destroy the plant life. On his own, alienated, staving off madne…

  • D

    drystyx

    4/3/2023

    7/10

    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 motivation for doing this which is more than the motivation for his other villains. Here, he means to save plant life f…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/28/2023

    5/10

    A botanist (Bruce Dern) on a deep space mission tries to stop the corporate machine from destroying his small "forest" aboard his inter-planetary freighter. When his shipmates decide to implement the order he takes matters into his own hands. It is vaguely portentous of events yet to come - and has a poignancy about not knowing what you've lost until you haven't got it any more. It's the first film I recall seeing wh…

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