In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Neal - Berkshire' Captain
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaTo 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 career of his own.
- GoofsIn the finale, the detonator held by Lowell has a misspelled label "Nuclear Detornator."
- Quotes
Freeman Lowell: It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth... and there were valleys. And there were plains of tall green grass that you could lie down in - you could go to sleep in. And there were blue skies, and there was fresh air... and there were things growing all over the place, not just in some domed enclosures blasted some millions of miles out in to space.
- Alternate versionsIn the Italian version, the three drones are named after "Paperino", "Paperone" and "Paperina" ("Donald Duck", "Uncle Scrooge" and "Daisy Duck") because calling them "Qui", "Quo" and "Qua" ("Huey", "Dewey", "Louie") would have been cacophonous: "Vieni qui, Qui!" ("Come here, Huey!").
- ConnectionsEdited into The Making of 'Silent Running' (1974)
It was visually more advanced in fact than other films that came after until Star Wars. So 2001 was the father of Silent Running and Silent Running was the father of upstart Star Wars, this by virtue of the fact that Douglas Trumbell worked on 2001 and then Silent Running and then John Dykstra who worked on Silent Running went on to Star Wars.
For me at least this is the importance of the film as a filmaking milestone in terms of film history and for those who want to know this history it is worth viewing.
The story is compelling enough to hold the viewer. At first Dern's character seemed over the top but decades later I believe that it's in fact right on.
All of your other reviews are wonderful but I have one terrible confession to make:
I am the only human being left alive on the Earth that still likes Joan Baez.
- Scott-Shepard
- Feb 21, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Running Silent
- Filming locations
- Van Nuys Airport - 16461 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(Dome Number 1, Interiors)
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,104
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1