If you loved Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, try Silent Running

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979 · dir. Daniel Haller

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Silent Running

1972 · dir. Douglas Trumbull

What they share

Theysit in Adventure / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Silent Running is

Robinson Crusoe without Friday. A space-freighter botanist refuses orders to jettison his planet-saving flora. The director's visual sense overcomes a certain 70s sentimentality.

If you loved Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, try Silent Running

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Silent Running

What they share

What Silent Running is

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