Silent Running

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.

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Douglas Trumbull directed Silent Running in 1972. See Douglas Trumbull's full filmography, where to start with Douglas Trumbull, or where to go after you've seen everything by Douglas Trumbull.

Silent Running was released in 1972 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 89 minutes.