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Uploaded by on Jan 22, 2010

Stephen Bochco and Michael Cimino were among the writers of fx wizard Doug Trumbull's melancholy 1971 space odyssey, which has taken on belated luster in our globally steam-heated present. One of Bruce Dern's finest hours.

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  • When I was a kid I used to wonder how the hell did they get the robots to move like that because I knew at that age (about 10) that robots cannot walk at current time (back then). Now we have Asimo, but even asimo is still in working progress.

    Anyway. I'm glad I found this movie. It used to kind of haunt me. That feeling of 'cold space'. The feeling of emptyness and lonelyness.

  • is there any point of me watching this now, you've told me the whole fucking story

  • @1andrewman1 That's the way movies were paced back then. Plus, tons of other shows had already done the "explore space" thing. Very few actually dealt with what this one did.

  • A very important film, and one that should be re-cut and re-released. All they'd need to do is chop the musical montage near the beginning.

    I'm pretty sure Battlestar was using footage from Silent Running. I seem to recall something about Dykstra working for Trumbull on Silent Running (1972), and then using some of what he'd shot and transplanting it into Battlestar (1978).

  • Thank you for making this. Epic movie.

  • i thought this movie wasent good and i will never watch it again cos it was boring i thought that the guy would be exploring planets and stuff like that not sitting in a crashed space station playing cards with robots

  • They almost named the robots Moe, Larry and Curly.

  • Bit of inspiration for MST3K as well. Check the ships and the jumpsuits. :)

  • The SFX budget was small, but it isn't about the FX it is the story and the acting.

    It is a great movie, but the SFX could be redone.

    GREAT MOVIE!!!!!

    "Take good care of the forest DEWEY."

    This is a must see movie. A true cult classic.

  • The SFX budget was small, but it isn't about the FX it is the story and the acting.

    It is a great movie, but the SFX could be redone.

    GREAT MOVIE!!!!!

    "Take good care of the forest DEWEY."

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