Talk:Silent Running

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Good film, this. Dan100 (Talk) 12:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Is the release date 1972 correct? --Wetman 15:32, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Both IMDB and the external link referenced in the article say 1972. I'll wait a few days and if there is no objection I'll change it. Lefty 17:28, 2005 Feb 26 (UTC)

Made the changeLefty 18:08, 2005 Mar 1 (UTC)

Is Lowell the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski? He kills to save the trees. --Señor Cardgage

Does someone have a reference for MST3K starting off as a Silent Running joke?

Contents 1 Number of freighters 2 Filming at the Missouri Botanical Garden Climatron 3 Submarine Trick??? 4 Disambuguation needed 5 R2D2 6 Names of the Freighters: Derivation 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Silen063.jpg 8 music in film 9 DVD Release/UK Certificate 10 When does it take place?

[edit] Number of freighters

While we only see three freighters on screen, the call signs of the freighters heard over the radio as they jettison their domes appears to more like six or seven. Any other source for this count? Rillian 19:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Answered my own question. IMDB confirms eight ship names. Rillian 20:51, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually IMDb's trivia section for this movie states that the extra names mentioned are for the various domes (or natural habitats) that are carried by the three ships and a careful listening to the films dialogue confirms this so I have made a slight alteration in the trivia section here at wikip. User:MarnetteD | Talk 13:12, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

IMDb and this editor got it wrong. A second watching and even closer listening of this film than was done last week show that at the 11m 43s mark in the film Con Central sends a message that only goes Valley Forge, Berkshire and Sequoia leaving the impression that there are only 3 ships. At the 33m 58s mark (while Lowell is trying to decide what to do about saving the last dome) the other five names come up and it is clearly implied that they are all ships that have jettisoned their domes and "Big Billy" wants to go home. Many apologies for the confusion I caused at the page for this little gem of a film.User:MarnetteD | Talk 13:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

The first message was directed to the 3 ships in the group of which Valley Forge was part. The message was read out by Anderson, who was on board Berkshire and was the project leader. The project must have included other groups, each under a group leader/commander. Undoubtedly, the other grops got their orders from those individuals at the same time. -- 22:45, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I believed we saw four (three ships in the background from within the fourth ship) but now suspect I was thinking of the album cover. MartinSFSA (talk) 18:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Filming at the Missouri Botanical Garden Climatron

I have read somewhere that the filming was to also have taken place at the Climatron at the what is now the Missour Botanical Garden, then known as Shaw's Garden. We here in St. Louis had the one of the first domes built in the US like that. What was the source of this infromation?

[edit] Submarine Trick???

Where does this info about a submarine ruse or trick purportedly called 'silent running' from? As far as I know, in the context of submarines, 'silent running' means simply operating the boat as quietly as possible in order to minimize the risk of sonar detection.

Indeed. Corrected. Dan100 (Talk) 12:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The information you refer to is from an interview with Doug Trunbull about the film. He described the original treatment where the protagonist hijacked his ship and went into silent running in an attempt to elude capture by the authorities. It was published in a short-live SF film review magazine back in the late '70s. --Jason Palpatine 02:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambuguation needed

"Silent Running" is also the name of a song by the band Mike + the Mechanics. AFAIK, the song has nothing to do with this film. Shador5529 22:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. I chose a simple "for other uses" template since there are only a few uses and this page, I'm guessing, is likely the intended target for the search "Silent Running". Fracture98 02:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] R2D2

Didn't George Lucas site the droids from this movie as his inspiration for R2D2?

Yes, he did. --Jason Palpatine 02:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Names of the Freighters: Derivation

The article states that the names of the freighters are the names of National Parks in the United States. Berkshire is not a National Park, and at the time of the movie, Mojave was not one, either. And, of course, Valley Forge is not a National Park. I would recommend that this assertion about the names be removed. Doug 22:38, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Silen063.jpg

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BetacommandBot 02:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] music in film

• Unusual for a science fiction film, the soundtrack contains two songs — "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun" — written by Peter Schickele and Diane Lampert and performed by Joan Baez.

What's unusual about this?

Jdrice8 07:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Good point. Removed. —Viriditas | Talk 07:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD Release/UK Certificate

I've removed the section about the DVD release because it seems to be basically a criticism of the BBFC's certification of the film. The certificate is in keeping with the BBFC's guidelines so there's nothing remarkable about it.80.7.59.211 (talk) 21:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] When does it take place?

I read the article on 2008 and it reads that the film took place in 2008, can this be verified? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.104.96.37 (talk) 02:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it can. If you go to Google Books, you'll find many sources, such as Kunii & Luciani's Cyberworlds (1998) and Dubeck et al. Fantastic Voyages: Learning Science Through Science Fiction Films (2003), just to name a few. Viriditas (talk) 03:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

This is implied on screen when we hear what sounds like a dedication speech which begins "On the first day of a new century...", Lowell remarks he's put eight years into the project and the voice of Berkshire reminds him he's been with it from the start. MartinSFSA (talk) 18:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)