Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Three years after helping to achieve some of the most amazing imagery in cinema history with 2001 A Space Odyssey special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull made an auspicious directorial debut at age 29 with the environmentally themed science fiction classic Silent Running In the distant future plant life on our planet is extinct Remaining specimens are cultivated in vast greenhouse-like domes orbiting in space Bruce Dern (Marnie Coming Home The &burbs Monster) stars as Freeman Lowell dedicated botanist aboard the " Valley Forge" awaiting the call to refoliate Earth
- despite the scorn of his crewmates When an order comes to instead destroy the domes & return home Lowell takes matters into his own hands beginning a long & lonely voyage into the unknown With its remarkable special effects (especially the robot drones Huey Dewey & Louie); glorious score (including songs performed by Joan Baez); memorable sound effects (created by Joseph Byrd from the cult band The United States of America); a screenplay co-written by Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) & Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues) & an impassioned central performance from Dern Silent Running remains a uniquely contemplative & haunting adventure that continues to make hippies of young children even today Actors Bruce Dern Cliff Potts Ron Rifkin Jesse Vint Mark Persons Steven Brown Cheryl Sparks & Larry Whisenhunt Director Douglas Trumbull Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1971 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)