Product Description
In 1968, visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (The Andromeda Strain, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) contributed to the ground-breaking special photographic effects of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Four years later, he stamped his own indelible mark on the science fiction genre with his mesmerizing directorial debut - Silent Running. In the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of all flora and fauna, with what remains of the planet's former ecosystems preserved aboard a fleet of greenhouses orbiting in space. When the crews are ordered to destroy the remaining specimens, one botanist, Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern, The 'Burbs), rebels and flees towards Saturn in a desperate bid to preserve his own little piece of Earth that was, accompanied only by the ship's three service robots. Featuring a captivating central performance by Dern, visual effects that rival anything in 2001 and a powerful ecological message, Silent Running is a haunting and prescient sci-fi classic that resonates even more strongly today than it did at the time of it's original release.
Review
A movie out of the ordinary - especially if you like science fiction. --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The film is enjoyable for its intimacy, seriousness, and intelligent character work, virtues not perpetuated by the subsequent new wave. --David Kehr, Chicago Reader
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Package Dimensions : 6.81 x 5.43 x 0.71 inches; 5.92 ounces
- Director : Douglas Trumbull
- Media Format : NTSC, Anamorphic, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : December 13, 2022
- Actors : Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin
- Studio : Arrow Video
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
