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- 1972
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1972
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Summary In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
Directed By: Douglas Trumbull
Written By: Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco
- 1972
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1972
- G
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Silent Running
67
6.0
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Summary In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
Directed By: Douglas Trumbull
Written By: Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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62% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
67
62% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A movie out of the ordinary -- especially if you like science fiction.
Featuring a particularly strong central performance and great effects, the film has had an enormous influence on many subsequent sci-fi films.
A movie that has everything — if by everything you mean Bruce Dern as a long-haired homicidal intergalactic treehugger playing poker with droids, talking to bunnies, and feeling really passionately about salad.
The screenplay by Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino (later to collaborate on The Deer Hunter) and Steven Bochco (of subsequent Hill Street Blues fame) delivers its ecological message with humour and imagination, and Joan Baez sings the appropriate songs.
Clunky and preachy, but Freeman's three robots - named Huey, Dewey and Louie - are adorable. [21 Jul 2011]
While the drones are still cuter than Ewoks, Lowell remains a cloying representation of a ‘70s acid freak shoving his save-the-trees mantra down your throat.
Silent Running is no jerry-built science fiction film, but it's a little too simple-minded to be consistently entertaining.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
6.0
58% Positive
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25% Mixed
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
6.0
58% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
17% Negative
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Awards
Hugo Awards
• 1 Nomination
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
