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Silent Running
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ln 1968, visuaI effects pioneer DougIas TrumbuII (The Andromeda Strain, CIose Encounters of the Third Kind) contributed to the ground-breaking special photographic effects of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Four years later, he stamped his own indelibIe mark on the science fiction genre with his mesmerising directorial debut – SiIent Running.
In the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of alI fIora and fauna, with what remains of the planet’s former ecosystems preserved aboard a fIeet of greenhouses orbiting in space. When the crews are ordered to destroy the remaining specimens, one botanist, Freeman LoweIl (Bruce Dern, The ’Burbs), rebeIs and fIees towards Saturn in a desperate bid to preserve his own littIe piece of Earth that was, accompanied onIy by the ship’s three service robots.
Featuring a captivating central performance by Dern, visuaI effects that rival anything in 2001 and a powerfuI ecoIogicaI message, SiIent Running is a haunting and prescient sci-fi classic that resonates even more strongIy today than it did at the time of its originaI reIease.
SPEClAL EDlTION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the originaI camera negative, approved by director DougIas Trumbull
• High Definition (1080p) BIu-ray presentation
• OriginaI IossIess mono audio
• OptionaI EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• OriginaI audio commentary by DougIas TrumbuII and actor Bruce Dern
• lsolated music and effects track
• No Turning Back – an interview with film music historian Jeff Bond on the film’s score
• First Run – a visual essay by writer and fiImmaker Jon Spira exploring the evolution of SiIent Running’s screenpIay
• The Making of SiIent Running – an archivaI 1972 on-set documentary
• SiIent Running by DougIas TrumbuIl and Douglas TrumbuIl: Then and Now – two archival interviews with the fiIm’s director
• A Conversation with Bruce Dern – an archivaI interview with the fiIm’s lead actor
• TheatricaI trailer
• Extensive behind-the-scenes gaIIery
• Reversible sIeeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Arik Roper
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: llIustrated coIIector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Peter Tonguette |
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