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Silent Running

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.

Director

Douglas Trumbull

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures,Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions

Awards

2 nominations

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Freeman Lowell

John Keenan

Marty Barker

Andy Wolf

the Drone

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Larry Whisenhunt

Neal - Berkshire' Captain

Joseph Campanella

Anderson

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Freeman Lowell Andy Wolf Marty Barker John Keenan Anderson

(Softly) How are you today, hmm? - Silent Running

(Softly) How are you today, hmm?

Who-ooh! Whoa! - Silent Running

Do I have to put signs up here
to keep you guys off my grass? - Silent Running

Do I have to put signs up here to keep you guys off my grass...

(Tyres squealing) - Silent Running

(Tyres squealing)

Voice 'On this first day of a new century - Silent Running

Voice 'On this first day of a new century

- Three.
- Three. - Silent Running

- Three. - Three.

Guts. - Silent Running

Just sit down and shut up - Silent Running

Just sit down and shut up

It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth - Silent Running

It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the...

On Earth everywhere you go the temperature is 75 degrees - Silent Running

On Earth everywhere you go the temperature is 75 degrees

There is no more beauty and there's no more imagination - Silent Running

There is no more beauty and there's no more imagination

Look on the wall behind you - Silent Running

Look on the wall behind you

I don't think you guys understand what this means - Silent Running

I don't think you guys understand what this means

(Crickets chirping) - Silent Running

(Crickets chirping)

- Ow! My hand.
- (Keenan) Hey, you all right? - Silent Running

- Ow! My hand. - (Keenan) Hey, you all right?

Will you help me? - Silent Running

Will you help me?

Get on in here now. - Silent Running

Get on in here now.

(Radio chiming) - Silent Running

(Radio chiming)

- OK, there you go.
- Thank you. - Silent Running

- OK, there you go. - Thank you.

(Indistinct radio transmissions) - Silent Running

(Indistinct radio transmissions)

(Neal) 'Thanks, Marty,
we're clear. Stand by for updates.' - Silent Running

(Neal) 'Thanks, Marty, we're clear. Stand by for u...

Hey, Andy. - Silent Running

(Explosion) - Silent Running

You are NOT using those things in my forest - Silent Running

You are NOT using those things in my forest

(Neal) 'Come in, Valley Forge.
Reading 4040. - Silent Running

(Neal) 'Come in, Valley Forge. Reading 4040.

(Equipment whirring) - Silent Running

(Equipment whirring)

(Neal) 'Berkshire to Valley Forge.
Berkshire to Valley Forge. - Silent Running

(Neal) 'Berkshire to Valley Forge. Berkshire to Valley ...

(Whirring) - Silent Running

(Neal) 'Valley Forge, what's wrong?
You're accelerating!' - Silent Running

(Neal) 'Valley Forge, what's wrong? You're ac...

Drone Number One. - Silent Running

Drone Number One.

- (Beeps)
- (Lowell gasps) - Silent Running

- (Beeps) - (Lowell gasps)

(Machine humming) - Silent Running

(Machine humming)

(Machine humming) - Silent Running

(Machine humming)

From now on,
you guys are working for me. - Silent Running

From now on, you guys are working for me.

(Turns off radio) - Silent Running

(Turns off radio)

(Electronic alarm sounding) - Silent Running

(Electronic alarm sounding)

(Alarm beeping) - Silent Running

(Alarm beeping)

(Wind howling) - Silent Running

(Panting) - Silent Running

Why didn't you follow them? - Silent Running

Why didn't you follow them?

(Roaring winds cease) - Silent Running

(Roaring winds cease)

(Lowell) Now dig a hole for him. - Silent Running

(Lowell) Now dig a hole for him.

Okay, now put him... - Silent Running

Okay, now put him...

(Sighs) - Silent Running

He's not with us anymore - Silent Running

He's not with us anymore

Put a little mulch like that. - Silent Running

Put a little mulch like that.

Well that's pitiful Pitiful - Silent Running

Well that's pitiful Pitiful

Well, that's pitiful. Pitiful. - Silent Running

Well, that's pitiful. Pitiful.

♪ Earth between my toes ♪
♪ And a flower in my hair ♪ - Silent Running

♪ Earth between my toes ♪ ♪ And a flower in my hair ♪...

♪ Wind upon his face ♪
♪ And my fingers in his hair ♪ - Silent Running

♪ Wind upon his face ♪ ♪ And my fingers in his hair ♪...

♪ Tears of sorrow running deep ♪ - Silent Running

♪ Tears of sorrow running deep ♪

(Lowell) What's the matter? - Silent Running

(Lowell) What's the matter?

I know you're sad about Louie. - Silent Running

I know you're sad about Louie.

Hey, how are you today? - Silent Running

Hey, how are you today?

(Humming) - Silent Running

Huey and Dewey, - Silent Running

Huey and Dewey,

Well, I see you're already here. - Silent Running

Well, I see you're already here.

Okay. - Silent Running

- (Hissing)
- No, I wasn't looking. - Silent Running

- (Hissing) - No, I wasn't looking.

What have you got - Silent Running

What have you got

All right Huey - Silent Running

Ha-ha! The man has a full house,
and he knew it! - Silent Running

Ha-ha! The man has a full house, and he knew it!

I know. I've actually been
eating that crap. - Silent Running

I know. I've actually been eating that crap.

(Grinding) - Silent Running

I don't know. - Silent Running

Okay, now listen to me. - Silent Running

Okay, now listen to me.

I thought I told you to stay in the forest - Silent Running

I thought I told you to stay in the forest

You're braced.
You can't fall back. - Silent Running

You're braced. You can't fall back.

That will make you rest
a little easier now. - Silent Running

That will make you rest a little easier now.

No, no, I know where it is. - Silent Running

No, no, I know where it is.

- (Hissing)
- Oh, no. That's okay, Huey. - Silent Running

- (Hissing) - Oh, no. That's okay, Huey.

I won't hit that again. - Silent Running

I won't hit that again.

I understand. - Silent Running

I'm sorry, Huey. - Silent Running

I'm sorry, Huey.

Er... - Silent Running

(Sighs heavily) - Silent Running

(Sighs heavily)

(Indistinct radio transmissions) - Silent Running

(Indistinct radio transmissions)

(Anderson) 'Please transmit
immediately. - Silent Running

(Anderson) 'Please transmit immediately.

I just can't do it anymore. - Silent Running

I just can't do it anymore.

Huey, you have to come with me, - Silent Running

Huey, you have to come with me,

And then I threw the bottle into the ocean - Silent Running

And then I threw the bottle into the ocean

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In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.

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Director: Douglas Trumbull

Writer: Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco

Production: Universal Pictures,Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions

Genre: drama, sci-fi

Year: 1972

MetaScore: 67/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Mar 1972

Awards: 2 nominations

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