Silent Running preview

[odiemodie1]

Of all of the early 70's "Flower Power" & "Hippie" era films, this one stands out. What a prediction... Bruce Dern's character Lowell Freeman had just said is exactly what is shockingly happening now... many species of plants and animals that ever grew, ran, swam, creeped and crawled is indeed slowly but surely disappearing from the face of the Earth. This film was way ahead of its' time, and the way the fellow crew members acted is what many are today. Makes me ashamed to be a human being...

[heyrodders]

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Here's to the brave crews of The Valley Forge...

The Berkshire and The Sequoia.... Peace V xx

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[TK42138]

This film certainly started the naturalistic ensemble acting style seen later in Ridley Scott's 'Alien'

Despite the low budget the film carries a powerful message even more relevent today than it was in 1971 and looks impressive due to good production and location shooting in an old aircraft carrier.

[philipg52]

So what do the lower classes do when all the trees have gone? His family will starve and so will yours.Think conservation, cull the upper classes, not the trees !!!!!!!!!

[charlesvan13]

This character reminds me of some hippy asshole who puts a metal spike in a tree so at the sawmill the saw flies apart and kills the operator trying to support his lower class family.

[Kaliostro89]

Amazing Soundtrack, amazing movie, amazing scene, a great Bruce Dern! Thumbs up!

[KEvronius]

this charlesvan13 reminds me of some perpetually adolescent asshole who buys into bullshit urban legends. my advice: you should get a job in a lumber mill, chuck.

KEvron

[dapoetmaster]

Dern, great as always. He made his emotions real. Check out his scene in 'Rebel Rousers' where he meets Cameron Mitchell in the dirt town....'Gotta check out all the nooks n crannies, that's where it's at!' LOL.

[RasMajnouni]

I saw Bruce Dern's first movie in 1969 (with Jane Fonda), seems when he rants its not acting, but just him.

[ghostmanlostsoul]

George Lucas said the Bruce Dern should have gotten an Oscar for this film.

[ICLAIMTHISNAME]

Then again Lucas also made Star Wars Ep. 1, 2 and 3.

[acemillenium]

those were fucking good movies

[dafmurray]

Bruce Dern is one of the best character actors of the last 30 years and his performance in 'Silent Running' is wonderfully moving and human.

[ghostmanlostsoul]

The robots in this film blow away R2D2 and C3PO. And this movie blows away STAR WARS!

[lonedrumer]

Bruce Dern is such an amazing actor! He WAS this movie.

[rjkral]

ANYONE want to help start a SILENT RUNNING FAN CLUB?

This film is just TOO good. Imagine if we had enough members and could gather a crowd in LA and screen it on a big screen in a theater, and invite Douglas Trumbal, Dern etc..!

heck we'd have a great time even if we couldn't get the celebs from the film but you never know.

Send me a message if you're interested. I do have contacts in Hollywood so it might not be out of the question and it's worth a shot.

[YellingInMyEar]

My favourite scene in this film, along with the card game Freeman has with the drones. Thanks for posting :)

[ninelivecat]

Huey Duey And Luey

[ICLAIMTHISNAME]

Actually, I watched the movie because Joel Hodgson said in an interview that MST was sort of based on Silent Running.

[scoob2007]

Great Scene!! This was probably one of the first films where Bruce Derne wasn't cast as a villian. He showed a fantastic emotional/psychological range.

[oneinsixcom]

It's so good they put the domes in Battlestar Galactica's rag tag fleet.

[Stahldorn]

This film puts tears in my eyes every time i see it. and i have seen it at least 10-15 times.

[uktax]

born 74 saw this 1980 on BBc2 i Still cry till this day, superb!!!

[dafmurray]

Uktax, I was born in 1968 68 & saw the film on BBC2 too (probably the same year you did) and have exactly the same reaction to movie you did. Unforgetable film and performance by Dern.

[paxpaul]

Such a classic film, such a passionate performance by Dern. Thanks for posting this scene; you're right, it's a great preview for the film. Sadly, it's all too real, too--especially the comment about how if people cared, they'd have done something long ago. More than 35 years after this film, we can see how little most people care...and sadly, things are getting worse.

[RobHellmann]

So actual!!

Carl Sagan couldnt have said it better.