Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (notable for his work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind), made his directorial debut with this eco-themed sci-fi classic
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09/18/08
Silent Running (1971)
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Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 16
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Plant-loving botanist Freeman Lowell happily carries out his duties on the spaceship Valley Forge, a giant orbiting greenhouse which contains the last remaining samples of flora from a now-barren Earth. When Lowell is ordered to... [More]
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint
Director: Douglas Trumbull
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Reviews for Silent Running
The movie has a great premise, but the execution doesn't live up to the potential.
06/16/08
Silent Running concentrates heavily on special effects, resulting in some stunning imagery. Dern gives an engaging, against-type performance, though the script is stretched out very thin to support a feature-length film.
06/04/07
Top Critic The production lacks much dramatic credibility and often teeters on the edge of the ludicrous.
06/04/07
Top Critic The film is enjoyable for its intimacy, seriousness, and intelligent character work, virtues not perpetuated by the subsequent new wave.
06/04/07
Top Critic Embora obviamente datado e piegas em alguns momentos (as seqüências musicais são constrangedoras), desperta algumas boas indagações filosóficas que se tornam bem mais interessantes que as discussões ecológicas que o filme pretende provocar.
11/15/06
Silent Running is no jerry-built science fiction film, but it's a little too simple-minded to be consistently entertaining.
05/09/05
Top Critic ... a movie out of the ordinary -- especially if you like science fiction.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Morally challenging science fiction drama with a protagonist who is a genuine ecological hero.
09/01/02
Perhaps if I had experienced this movie when I was twelve years old, I’d have come away with something more than a lot of yawns and the desire to plant a tree.
06/27/02
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