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Silent Running ()

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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.
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Freeman Lowell
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John Keenan
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Marty Barker
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Andy Wolf
Mark Persons ...
the grey Drone # 1 'Dewey'
Steven Brown ...
the orange Drone # 2 'Huey'
Cheryl Sparks ...
the orange Drone # 2 'Huey'
Larry Whisenhunt ...
the green Drone # 3 'Louie'
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Neal - Berkshire' Captain (uncredited) (voice)
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Anderson (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Douglas Trumbull

Written by

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Deric Washburn ... (written by) &
Michael Cimino ... (written by) (as Mike Cimino) and
Steven Bochco ... (written by) (as Steve Bochco)

Produced by

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Michael Gruskoff ... producer
Marty Hornstein ... associate producer (as Martin Hornstein)
Douglas Trumbull ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Peter Schickele

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Charles F. Wheeler ... director of photography

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Aaron Stell

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Frank Lombardo ... (as Francisco Lombardo)

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Dick Dawson ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Marty Hornstein ... production manager (as Martin Hornstein)

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Brad H. Aronson ... assistant director (as Brad Aronson)

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George Akimoto ... poster artist

Sound Department

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Charles T. Knight ... sound (as Charles Knight)
John H. Newman ... sound editor
Richard Portman ... re-recording

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Vernon Archer ... special effects
Jim Dow ... drone units (as James Dow)
R.L. Helmer ... special effects (as R. L. Helmer)
Richard O. Helmer ... special effects
Marlin Jones ... special effects
Paul Kraus ... drone units
James Rugg ... special effects
Don Trumbull ... drone units
Johnny Borgese ... special effects (uncredited)
Gerald Endler ... mechanical effects (uncredited)
Paul Wurtzel ... special effects (uncredited)

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Richard Alexander ... special designs
John Baumbach ... special designs
John Dykstra ... special photographic effects
Leland McLemore ... special designs
Gary Richards ... special designs
Robert Shepherd ... special designs (as Bob Shepherd)
William Shourt ... special designs (as Bill Shourt)
Wayne Smith ... special designs
Douglas Trumbull ... special photographic effects
Richard Yuricich ... special photographic effects

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Harry Sundby ... special lighting effects
Bill Bohny ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Jim Hoover ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Dick Johnson ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jack Takeuchi ... set costumer
Ann Vidor ... wardrobe advisor

Music Department

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Joan Baez ... song performer
Peter Schickele ... conductor
Milt Holland ... musician: tympani (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Ray Quiroz ... script supervisor (as Raymond Quiroz)

Additional Crew

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Joseph Byrd ... special electronic consultant
Winfield Chitister ... technical advisor (as Chief Winfield Chitister BMCM USN Ret.)
Richard Foy ... titles consultant
George McCart ... technical advisor
Tom Piskura ... video consultant
Gioele Centanni ... distributed in italy (uncredited)
Beverly Walker ... unit publicist (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell, who loves the forest and its creatures. He kills his colleagues taking the ship deep into space. Alone on the craft with his only companions being three small robots, Lowell revels in joys of nature. When colleagues appear to "rescue" him, he realizes he has only one option available to him. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines The day the last flower died on earth this incredible mission began See more »
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Also Known As
  • Running Silent (United States)
  • Et la terre survivra (France)
  • Lautlos im Weltraum (Germany)
  • Naves misteriosas (Spain)
  • Naus silencioses (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 89 min
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Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $26,831, 11 Mar 1972

Did You Know?

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Trivia The three drone robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie (named after Donald Duck's nephews) were operated by four multiple-amputee actors: Mark Persons, Steve Brown, Cheryl Sparks, and Larry Whisenhunt. See more »
Goofs In the finale, the detonator held by Lowell has a misspelled label "Nuclear Detornator." See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Making of 'Silent Running' (1974). See more »
Soundtracks Silent Running See more »
Quotes Freeman Lowell: It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth... and there were valleys. And there were plains of tall green grass that you could lie down in - you could go to sleep in. And there were blue skies, and there was fresh air... and there were things growing all over the place, not just in some domed enclosures blasted some millions of miles out in to space.
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