Silent Running (1972) Part 1

[planeguy52]

I have never cared for Joan Baez, but her music seems perfectly matched to this film.

This flick is haunting and extremely sad.

It is 39 years old, but incredibly relevent to today.

[mike196212]

We used to have the paperback of this at my parents' house,just after the film came out. I t used to play a lot on tv back then. Until A and E brought it back a few years ago, I hadn't seen it in decades. Interesting movie.

[METRO2033Artjom]

*sigh* if seen this movie the first time today and I have to say that hollywood no longer makes as beautiful movies as this one. Only the usual money maker ...

[SiegmundHildebrand]

Yeah,the soundtrack is really something,that theme at the begining is godlike,however in my opinion it would sound even cooler on a synthesizer ,because synths are perfect for science fiction movies.I remember how schocked i was when i heard main music for Clockwork Orange (1971)

or Blade Runner.

Great soundtrack nevertheless.

[Malocosa]

Wow, Ron Rifkin and Sam Rockwell really resemble one another.

[happymike44]

Guess you missed the point mankind had overpolluted and over populated the planet.

These are the last forests and species to survive and in mankinds idiotcy what does he want to do blow them up.

Sad in this era it was to serve as a warning to perserve our planet.

This year congress want to alway mining in the grand canyon for minerals.

We have the wind and the sun and yet our country can't build the machines to generate an unexhaystible suplly of electricity without burning fossil fuels.

[sr633]

A great movie 

[PrivateAckbar]

The opening reminds me of Danny riding his tricycle in The Shining.

[rellik187redrum]

My mom rented it for me on VHS in 83 ,I was 8 yrs old then and transformers had just started playing on abc, wow life goes by too fast.soon I will be dead and decaying,that sucks......

[koala7g]

One of the great sci-fi movies that people don't seem to remember.

[ghostmanlostsoul]

@koala7g TELOPORS it is a made up futuristic word, it doesn't mean anything. Remebr this story is set in the future and in the future we would hear words that have not been invented yet.

Tyler Smith

[racookster]

Does anybody know what Bruce Dern says at 9:27? I'm pretty sure it's, "And I will just reach in, and gather up the telopors," but I don't know what that means.

The only hint is the mission patch for the space freighter, which says "GEOSYLVA - TELOPOR - VALLEY FORGE." I can't find any translation, just ads for T-shirts with the symbol on them. I can only assume "Geosylva Telopor" is the corporation that launched the mission, but how that relates to what Dern says, I have no idea.

[AstroBoysLargestFan]

Even in 2010, I regard this movie as one of the best science fiction films ever made.

[MrDAVIDEO84]

" This Is An Excellent Movie !!! For You Film Buffs ! It Was

Filmed Aboard A ( Decommisioned Air Craft Carrier ) In " 1972 "

" Hard Core Excellent Cinamatography !!! " REJOICE IN THE SUN !!!

[Hiraghm]

The problem with the premise of this movie is, if we have the technology to build these spaceships and sustain the forests on them, we will have no ecological or population problems.

[bluzup]

i love this movie, my fav since 1970 something

[SpaceRefOnOrbit]

I saw this movie when it came out in 1972. It inspired me for decades. I eventually built a greenhouse 1,000 miles from the North pole at a NASA Research Base as a result. see research.spaceref.com/acmgh/

[screendesign]

Great movie in so many ways... I saw this when I was a kid, and knew it was special just seconds into it. As an adult, I still admire it and respect it. This was one of the films responsible for making me want to be a filmmaker.

[jmm1233]

reminds me of the first system shock game

[ghostmanlostsoul]

If you aren't moved by this film, then you have a heart of stone.

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥

[husky500cr]

I saw this movie at the drive-in with my Dad and brothers when it first came out.

[walter0bz]

we should implement silent running in reverse..

earth should be preserved and humans kept in orbit

[badalice07]

It's funny, Some day all of earth will be vaporized. Every trace of humanity, and everything ever created will be gone, as if it never happened.

[SilentRunningMovie]

In another 5 billion years(the remaining fuel of the sun) you mean.... when the sun becomes a red giant and engulfs the earth destroying all life... Hopefully, we will have colonized the nearby stars by then.... or destroyed ourselves??

[ancalites]

Actually, while the planet may be around for another 5-7 billion years or so, it's unlikely life (of the complex variety) will make it that far. At the current rate the sun is heating up, it's thought Earth will be unable to sustain a complex biosphere by about 1 billion years from now. Still a long time by human standards, sure, but it goes to show how narrow a window of opportunity advanced life has to flourish. SETI take note.

Bacteria will probably still linger to the end, of course.

[Foloman1]

It doesn't help that NASA are cancelling the moon programme.

[cfjackson123]

@SilentRunningMovie Yeah Moon & Mars colanisation should be like number one priority becasue its clearly the next step in exploration.

[MithrilDwarf81]

We simply arent prepared enough for that far fetched idea. Sending all humanity to space might better preserve Earth, but would also kill a majority of humanity. We are here, because we need Earth to live.

[thelaughingman79]

@walter0bz hell yeah it'll be just like cowboy bebop star wars star trek the last star fighter and battlestar galactica all rolled into one lol and deadspace 2

[slivercord]

you tube is full of classic old sci fi..to bad they cant make like this ones...

[badalice07]

Where? Show me the movies!

[SilentRunningMovie]

See some of my favs..... subscriptions...

[iwasthor]

I remembered this movie and I was amazed to see Bruce Durn play the lead. He did a real good job in it but to me his best is when he plays the heavy or the bad guy. He can be a really scary villain.

[SixthtySixthSix]

...this is one of the films that defines me as a person. I was 5, 6 when it originally showed in theatres, but saw it when it hit television...

...awesome. I always get in trouble when I try to support the morals this film endorses.

[TrekkieGal69]

And they call this the Void in Science Fiction from 2001 to Star Wars. Oh what fools people are. Excellent film.

[jason75]

deane1968 saw it in 75 as well I would have been 6

[dizzypilots1]

bruce dern is a great character actor,i liked him better in harry tracy

[jstephenj]

I'm ashamed to admit this, but this movie only recently came to my attention through the television show Six Feet Under. I never saw the movie and plan to get it on DVD. Bruce Dern's character reminds me of Joel Hodgeson's character in Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[dixonite]

hey jstephenj, i just read recently on Wiki that, MST3K got it's inspiration for their show "from" this movie....that's probably why Bruce Dern reminds you of Joel Hodgeson!

[monkeyman1140]

They don't make movies like this anymore.

[SINGLEPOINTINJECTION]

Sadly....

[HerrKryo]

ohhhhh, i remember seeing that as a kid. it sadens me when i think what kind of movies kids have today. i saw this, starman and the black hole.....

[fdoric6]

Everyone cares about the enviornment and are willing to work together to solve this problem--everyone but the capitalists that is

[walter0bz]

the biggest threat to the enviroment is human population growth.

can't just blame the capitalists.. they just get rich making products people want, like cars & cheaper food for more babies.

[thisisrumorcontrol]

the next time you pick up a shovel to plant a tree you might want to ask yourself how that shovel came to be, i doubt it just magically appeared out of thin air.

[walter0bz]

no, its human numbers

you cant blame the capitalists

[mousepd]

So I guess Socialists Countries like Russia and China whom after any Nuclear Melt downs (such as in Chernobyl). Choose to just border the places off and not spend any money cleaning them up. Do so because they believe that leaving radiation to simmer for a hundred years is a better way to preserve Mother Nature? And Capitalists, who tax,fine,regulate and watchdog businesses to oblivion for so much as spilling a quart of used motor oil within a mile of a stream don't care?

[badmofker]

This is a classic..

[KE5RHD]

I could be wrong but when the Jawas take R2D2 and CP30 in the large track ship there is one Heuy walking around.

[BUDDY6414724297]

No, George Lucas offered $20,000 to use Dewey in Star Wars and they told him to get his own robots, NOT TRUE, INCORRECT.

[ChristiansCartoons]

that was a GONK droid in Star Wars

[deane1968]

I saw this around '75, I was about seven or so. It made a great impression that has stayed with me always. Thanks for posting this classic.

[OrmEmber]

This is one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time. It's certainly the most painful.  Yes, it's unashamedly pro-

environment in the extreme. Yes, Joan Baez's lyrics

are so overblown (and loud) that they're grating sometimes. But this movie is like a psych. test now; either you're so jaded and cynical you laugh at its themes (such as, oh, saving the environment before it becomes uninhabitable), or it will leave you both nostalgic, and saddened about our planet's present state.

[Kelpwoud]

Silent Running will remain relevant as long as the Earth is threatened by the ravages of human carelessness.

Everyone should see this movie.

[haileysvomit]

this is a first class film everyone should watch this on the planet

[syzygywell]

shoot I sure hope those rabbits aren't in outter space or they're going to take over the ship like the tribbles. (or they are for eating which is disturbing after he pets them..)

but I remember loving this movie... so I'll shut up now and watch...

[BUDDY6414724297]

How about a remake in 70 MM for IMAX for this film?

What do you guys think?

[matisamd]

this is a gem because its truth and baeuty in a neat 90 minute envelope

[andysim232]

childhood film takes me back to when my life seemed so simple.

The opening theme is haunting too.

I love this film.

[flystelios]

One of the most beatiful opening sequences ever and a great science fiction movie!Thank you for promoting this beautiful film

[VaxVaxter]

It's been so long since I have seen this movie. Thank you for uploading it.

[mattjudge62]

great movie, thank you

[xyzpr11]

Truly one of the finest of telling tales.

Simply put,, anyone put faith in politicians

or corporations ?

Very accurate in context.

[alucard624]

I have loved the instrumental version of "Rejoice in the Sun" since I was a kid. I never got a chance to see this film until a few years back. Very powerful, and very potent still to this day. Such a good film, but depressing in some ways too.

[dunecigar]

You write very beautiful. I read what you wrote as I listened to the opening soundtrack, and I gotta admit; I was moved.

[Beamshipcaptain]

I love the soundtrack to this film, by Peter Shickele, with songs sung by Joan Baez, really gives this film a space-hippie feel to it. We need to take care of the Earth, and use cheap-clean energy, not expensive-dirty energy.

[SilentRunningMovie]

The soundtrack is available from monstersinmotionDOTcom... Check it out and other interesting stuff...

[Beamshipcaptain]

Thanks, I have a pristine copy of the soundtrack on vinyl about 20-years ago at a convention. Would love a digital-copy.

[Beamshipcaptain]

I found my CD of the soundtrack by Peter Schikele!

[walter0bz]

less humans is the only way.

global one-child policy is required

[nuMbERsRuNN3R]

500 million people on earth or less, the new world order is coming to you and me both.

[germanicelt]

I'm going to be one of the 500 million.

[Beamshipcaptain]

I saw this movie in 1972 when I was almost 11 years old, saw the ads on TV, and was a HUGE science fiction fan. This is a forgotten gem of the 1970s, and the effects are post 2001, and predate STAR WARS by six years, but Dyktstra and Trumbull were on board., and did a really marvelous job with the SFX, and the DRONES were extraordinary, and prophetic. Everyone who cares about the Earth needs to see this film.

[coolmamac]

I saw it too. I can't believe it is all most forgotten.

[rich2365]

A future where American Airlines has a fleet of spaceships? Yeah, they wish!

[textthing]

It's not so far-fetched. Richard Branson has delusions about operating a spaceliner, and there's even a vehicle being used for tests.

[tobor1953]

great movie and I love this vidio

[himvpdmr]

Life will always find a path, like the water it comes from...

[sdcarnes]

One of my all time favorite movies. Very touching and powerful. The DVD has a making of documentary.

[ghostmanlostsoul]

An important film and a moving film. I cried at the end. What a powerful ending.

[Aueneye]

Heh, I used to cry my face wet at the end. That image of the small solitary robot tending the garden as it drifts off into the darkness of space. I'm starting to well up just thinking about it.

[MephistophelisedHam]

I remembered that scene too! So sad! It's a shame that the Bruce Dern Character was so holier than thou and preachy, as an adult he is a bit hard to take.

[romanbrough]

It is a fact, that species, never recorded, are being lost, because of de-forestation. As the population goes up and up, then bioligical studies tell us, competion for resources increases, and the likelihood of violence goes up. Anyone bet against the 21stC being more violent than the 20thC?

[riker10a]

The Star Lost was a short lived series that was also on a space vessel with Biospheres from around the same time as this movie.

[SilentRunningMovie]

Look for it here on Youtube... It's here.. much of the series....

[MasterOhSo]

check out .....CyprusCorners...he has them all on his channel...peace

[xtcsos]

I cry every time i watch this movie, especially the ending. Still very powerful after all these years, can't say that about many other movies these days. Sooner or later the earth, mother nature will rid the planet of humans. The earth is a active living planet and it will do what it must to survive.

[Viewindo]

And so will humans...

I see the earth as yet another chemical reaction, it's movements will always be the 'right' movements and such.. Kinda hard to explain, but it'll always adapt and change, wether or not it means that it'll die is another though..

[Hendrikdevuile]

The message of this excellent movie is even more urgent now than when it was made. We have buggered up the planet and especially with the current global recession will continue to put economic considerations before ecological ones.

[activemode]

I agree. But before things change, we'll all be dust blowing in the wind. Not enough money, and still too much greed to allow the spending of what little there is.

[BUDDY6414724297]

ATV carts they made for the movie.

[delvanord]

what are those little vehicles their driving? there cool.

[bream1957]

A film i loved was "The last starfighter"

[ghostmanlostsoul]

They have a website with a poll on which movie you'd least like to see remade and Silent Running is on the list. I think if they made it in 70 mm IMAX format it could be very powerful. But who could possible replace Bruce Dern?

[bohotkhoob]

nice movie. can anyone recommend other classic must-see scifi flicks?

[SilentRunningMovie]

See my favorites list.... Marcus in Hollywood, California, USA.

[bohotkhoob]

Thanks for the recommendations. saw Jason & the Argonauts for the first time. Incredible motion picture.

[delvanord]

DARK STAR is good, basically in the same vein as this show, more comedy though.

[stephenhayesuk]

Forbidden Planet.

Trouble is, it has been borrowed from so many times that it seems cliched

[awwcrap1]

I think Billy Thorpe's Children of the sun-will make a good background for this video---and i loved this movie

[BUDDY6414724297]

THe beginning and ending are one of the best openings and closings of any movie EVER!!!

[weisszil]

Perhaps , this is the onlysci fi movie that made me cry .

Leo Brazil

All the Best

[HelplessMammal]

Bruce Derns finest performance.

[hulksmaash]

THIS movie made a H U G E impression on me as a child i remember watching it from start to finish in an empty room of our new townhouse with nothing in the room yet but me and a color television. my parents had taken my brother & sisters somewhere, & so i experienced it in it's entirety without interruption. I was awestruck to the point of tears. this movie has been a BIG influence on my life.

[i also own the dvd]

To this day I STILL want a 'space-house' like Bruce Dern's.

=D

=HulkSmaash!

[SilentRunningMovie]

Same feelings here.... I saw it when I was about 9 or so and it has stuck with me all these years... Since that time I have taken a strong interest in ecology/protecting the planet. Everyone should see it. Mike in Los Angeles, Calif, USA

[TomthatiscalledTom]

A very humanistic response to Stanley Kubrick. Instead of the cold and obedient David Bowman there is the emotional and idealistic Freeman Lowell. Instead of the omnipotent HAL 9000, there are the loyal astro-droids. And when the Valley Forge reaches Saturn, there is no 'stargate' or monoliths. Whatever mistakes Lowell (and humanity) makes, there are on his own terms. There are no God-like aliens to manipulate us, we have to find our own salvation

[ghostmanlostsoul]

Good insight, I agree.

[csnc82]

A Great point of view!!!! * * * * *

[stuart469]

maybe the most underated film of all time

[NeonLoveChicken1]

thanks so much for this

[RobRock07]

cool