# Silent Running (1972)

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**Runtime**: 89 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama
**Directed by**: Douglas Trumbull
**Written by**: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Steven Bochco
**Starring**: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Steven Brown

> *Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn, tender

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