Movie
Silent Running
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-03-09
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
- Cliff Potts as John Keenan
- Ron Rifkin as Marty Barker
- Jesse Vint as Andy Wolf
- Mark Persons as Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”
- Steven Brown as Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
- Cheryl Sparks as Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
- Larry Whisenhunt as Green Drone #3 “Louie”
- Joseph Campanella as Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)
- Roy Engel as Anderson (voice/uncredited)
Crew
- Douglas Trumbull - Director
- Deric Washburn - Screenplay
- Michael Cimino - Screenplay
- Steven Bochco - Screenplay
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