“Silent
Running” is a Sci-Fi Drama, written by Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and
Steven Bochco and Directed by Douglas Trumbull.
The
Valley Forge is one of several scientific vessels out in deep space carrying
all the surviving flora and fauna rescued from the barren Earth housed in large
greenhouse pods attached to the spacecraft.
Botanist
Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) loves his work and believes in the mission, but his
crew mates John Keenan (Cliff Potts), Marty Barker (Ron Rifkin) and Andy Wolf
(Jesse Vint) do not share his passion.
So,
when the fleet is ordered to jettison the pods into space, detonate them and
head for home, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice
at the prospect of going back to earth.
Lowell
on the other hand loves the flora and fauna so much he cannot destroy them, so
he kills his crew mates and takes the ship deep into space.
Alone
on the craft with only three small robots as companions Lowell revels in the
joys of nature and would have continued to do so, had the rest of the fleet not
appeared to “rescue” him.
Not
able or willing to go back Lowell knew he had only one option open to him.
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