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Silent Running
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Silent Running is a 1972 American science fiction adventure drama film directed by Douglas Trumbull, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco, and Deric Washburn. The cast includes Bruce Dern, Ron Rifkin, Cliff Potts, and Jesse Vint. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions, with Charles F. Wheeler serving as director of photography and Aaron Stell as editor. The original language is English.
The runtime is 89 minutes. The main subject is solitude, and keywords include dystopia, sunlight, space travel, Saturn, and biotope. The budget was 1,000,000, with a capital cost of 1,350,000. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. It received a G rating. Review scores include 6.7/10, 67/100, and 71%. It has received two nominations total.
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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”
Themes
- dystopia
- sunlight
- space travel
- saturn
- biotope
- plant
- greenhouse
- forest
- space
- food
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
32,381 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1972
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Douglas Trumbull
- Written by
- Deric Washburn Michael Cimino Steven Bochco
- Produced by
- Michael Gruskoff Marty Hornstein Douglas Trumbull
- Starring
- Bruce Dern Cliff Potts Ron Rifkin Jesse Vint
- Cinematography
- Charles F. Wheeler
- Edited by
- Aaron Stell
- Music by
- Peter Schickele
- Production company
- Trumbull / Gruskoff Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- March 10, 1972 ( 1972-03-10 )
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,350,000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- solitude
- Director
- Douglas Trumbull
- Screenwriter
- Deric Washburn
- Cast member
- Roy Engel
- Composer
- Peter Schickele
- Producer
- Douglas Trumbull
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Charles F. Wheeler
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 826016
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Lautlos im Weltraum Logo.png
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- Commons category
- Silent Running
- publication date
- 1972-00-00
- film editor
- Aaron Stell
- title
- Silent Running
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 71%
- capital cost
- 1350000
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Encyclopedic overview
Silent Running is a 1972 American science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint.
Plot
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