Monday, December 11th, 2017
One of my favorite movies of all time is Silent Running. If you haven’t seen it, it is the movie that launched Bruce Dern’s career, and the directorial debut of legendary VFX artist Douglas Trumbull. It was the product of a Universal Studios program to make 10 one million dollar movies and have new director direct them. Yeah, 45 years ago, you could make a movie for $ 1M.
Well, there is a 45th anniversary screening with director in L.A. and you can read about it on the Laemmle theaters blog. Douglas Trumbull and producer Michael Gruskoff will both be there. Now I am in Atlanta now, so I can’t make it, but if you are a SCi Fi fan in Southern California, you need to go!
Silent Running is a film about what happens when we defoliate the Earth, and the only remaining vegetation is in orbit on three space freighters. It features three “drones” Huey, Dewey and Louie, which were part of the inspiration for R2D2. The movie is a much watch that holds up pretty well 45 years later.
It is also one of my favorite films of all time.
So if you can’t go to the screening, at least get the Silent Running Blu-ray
Alec
Amen to that, Alex! I was astonished at the theme and quality of Silent Running way back when I first saw it. It was very prophetic then, and it’s perhaps even more relevant today when there is an attack on protected monuments, plans to open uranium mines next to the Grand Canyon, and a serious proposal to raise admission fees to National Parks to $70 or more. Thanks for keeping us updated, and I look forward to seeing more of the “inside story” of progress on Axanar.
It’s in my 10 movies! Glad the original artwork has a safe home.
Hey Alec!
Knowing my background what do you think about the AA patch Bruce Dern has?
I love how they had American Airlines integrated into the story.