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Silent Running (DVD, 2002) 
Silent Running (DVD, 2002)

 
Silent Running (DVD, 2002)

Leading Role: Bruce Dern
Rating: Rated G
Release Date: May 2002
Format: DVD
UPC: 025192124327
Product ID: EPID3394561
Description: In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will s...
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Movie Description
In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and Michael Cimino. Music by Peter "PDQ Bach" Schickele.

Credits
Producer:Michael Gruskoff
Cast:Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1
Audio:
   Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
   Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
   Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
   Audio Commentary - 1. Douglas Trumbell - Director, Bruce Dern - Star
   Making-of - 1. "The Original Making-of Featurette"
    2. "The Making of Silent Running"
   Documentary - 1. "Douglas Trumbell: Then and Now"
Interactive Features:
   Scene Access
   Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
   Stills/Photos - 1. "The Making of the Film illustrated with Behind-the-Scenes Photographs", Theatrical Release: March 10, 1972.

"Silent Running" marked the directorial debut of special-effects expert Douglas Trumbull, who worked with Stanley Kubrick on "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968).

Mark Persons, Steven Brown, Cheryl Sparks, and Larry Whisenhunt played Huey and Dewey, Freeman Lowell's robot companions. All four are bilateral amputees making their acting debuts.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a strange mix of naive and sophisticated and breaks all sorts of storytelling rules, but should be seen for its big heart, innovative effects and outstanding central performance."
Empire - Kim Newman (12/01/2008)

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