Silent Running (Blu-ray)
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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 Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey. Four years later, he stamped his own indelible mark on the science fiction genre with his mesmerising directorial debut Silent Running.In the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of all flora and fauna, with what remains of the planets 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 ships 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 reso
Format | Blu-ray |
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Release Date | Nov 17, 2020 |
Genre | Sci-Fi |
Actors | Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin |
Director | Douglas Trumbull |
Runtime | 89 |
Language | English |
Sub Titles | N/A |
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