Silent Running

In the future, all plant life on Earth has become extinct. A few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters. Orders come from Earth to destroy the domes and return the freighters to commercial service. After four of the six domes are jettisoned and blown up Lowell rebels and opts instead to save the plants and animals on his ship.

Credits

Directed by: Douglas Trumbull
Written by: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Steven Bochco
Cast: Roy Engel, Joseph Campanella, Jesse Vint, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Bruce Dern
Produced by: Douglas Trumbull
Cinematography: Charles F. Wheeler
Music: Peter Schickele
Edited by: Aaron Stell

Copyright

Registered 19Mar72 · LP41091 (Jul-Dec 1972) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures

Sources

U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — title, year, creator, length, copyright
Wikidata · Q770904 ↗

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