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In Reply to: RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies posted by Harmonia on January 08, 2009 at 23:47:26
It's probably been 20 years since I saw Silent Running, but it seemed a bit more thoughtful than average.
For those who haven't seen it, it's about a future where the only remaining forests are in big greenhouses in space. Budget cuts dictate that the greenhouses be destroyed, which doesn't sit well with Bruce Dern's character.
Ron
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Huey, Duey, and Louie were the real stars.
We're chasing terrorists in the wrong place...they're on Wall St.
nt
I always liked 'Silent Running' for its message being so right so early on, and for the restraint in the filmmaking. The film has some nice touching moments in it.
It's a film that tends to divide people, with some feeling it is 'tree-hugging hippie stuff' perhaps because of Joan Baez' admittedly 'period' songs on the soundtrack, but the movie has its heart in the right place.
I still cherish my original soundtrack LP, in see-through green vinyl...the score was by PDQ Bach himself, Peter Schickele.
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...and I would put it in the list, certainly over Planet of the Apes. This is one of Dern's best roles.
Keep 'em coming!
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