Silent Running Movie (1972)

The movie depicts a future in which all plant life on Earth has been made extinct. Only a few specimens have been preserved just outside the orbit of Saturn, in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines "Space Freighters". Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) is one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge, one of the 2,000 metre-long freighters, and is the resident botanist and ecologist who preserves the forests for their eventual return to Earth, and the reforestation of the planet. Lowell spends most of his time in the forests, cultivating the plant and animal life.

When orders come from Earth to jettison and destroy the domes (with nuclear charges), and return the freighters to commercial service, Lowell opts instead to save the last remaining forests. After four of the six domes on the Valley Forge are jettisoned and destroyed, Lowell kills one of his crewmates in a struggle, which leaves his right leg seriously injured. Nevertheless, he is able to prevent the destruction of one of the remaining domes. Lowell traps the other two crewmen in the other remaining dome, which he then jettisons and destroys. Enlisting the aid of the ship's three service robots (drones), which he eventually names Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Lowell stages a fake premature explosion as a ruse, and sends the Valley Forge careening away from the space freighter fleet, towards Saturn, in an attempt to hijack the ship and flee with the last forest dome. Injured and alone with the three drones, Lowell reprograms them to perform surgery on his leg......
I think, this is my absolute favorite movie. I cried like a baby as I have seen it. It`s not only the music, performed by Joan Baez...

i remember this film, it was on at a double feature, maybe the drive in. it stayed with me.

FELT SORRY MORE FOR THE BADLY HURT ROBOT IN THIS FILM THEN THE REALITY THAT ONE DAY THIS COULD HAPPEN TO EARTH IF WE ARE NOT CAREFULL WITH ARE OWN PLANET

a movie that is more topical now than when it was made, a little poor in the effects but great sets and robots.

This is my favorite movie of all time , not because of the famous robots or the fact ,Bruce Dern is more less a hippie in space ,its the whole message all over the film.....it conveys a ecological message and not many films are made like this anymore , yes it retains a cult following , but it really is a wonderful and beautifully made film , if you forget the now dated special effects .... It was ahead of its time , it was fresh and very still underated ....

always worth watching .....

save the forests !!