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Silent Running

1972

Douglas Trumbull

Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint ...

6.1

4,636

Sci-Fi. Adventure. Drama The loner crew member of a spaceship harbouring Earth's last nature reserves goes renegade when he is instructed to jettison his beloved forests and return home. Accompanied only by three robots, he ponders the fate of his last pocket of nature and the murders of his fellow crew members in this far-looking speculative film.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A movie out of the ordinary -- especially if you like science fiction. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Full of stunning visuals, the ideas in the film more than compensate for the awkward scene-setting of the beginning."	POS
United Kingdom	Telegraph	"Featuring a particularly strong central performance and great effects, the film has had an enormous influence on many subsequent sci-fi films."	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Thoughtful, moving tale which places its spectacular effects within a humane, elegiac story."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"'Silent Running' concentrates heavily on special effects, resulting in some stunning imagery. Dern gives an engaging, against-type performance"	POS
United States	Rolling Stone	"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."	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"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."	NEU
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Despite the triteness of the theme, the film is enjoyable for its intimacy, seriousness, and intelligent character work, virtues not perpetuated by the subsequent new wave."	POS

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