Bibliograph

Silent running, Universal Pictures ; a Michael Gruskoff/Douglas Trumbull production ; producer, Michael Gruskoff ; screenplay, Deric Washburn, Mike Cimino, Steve Bochco ; director, Douglas Trumbull

Type

Label

Silent running, Universal Pictures ; a Michael Gruskoff/Douglas Trumbull production ; producer, Michael Gruskoff ; screenplay, Deric Washburn, Mike Cimino, Steve Bochco ; director, Douglas Trumbull

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Main title

Silent running

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

50136842

Responsibility statement

Universal Pictures ; a Michael Gruskoff/Douglas Trumbull production ; producer, Michael Gruskoff ; screenplay, Deric Washburn, Mike Cimino, Steve Bochco ; director, Douglas Trumbull

Runtime

Summary

A botanist has spent three years aboard the space freighter "Valley Forge" preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, he rebels and hijacks the space craft, killing his fellow crewman and injuring himself. He plunges the ship into the gaseous Rings of Saturn, where he embarks on the loneliest adventure of all with only two drone robots to keep him company

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification