Cinema: Space Oddity

SILENT RUNNING Directed by DOUGLAS TRUMBULL Screenplay by DERIC WASHBURN, MIKE CIMINO and STEVE BOCHO

Some time near the turn of this century, in the threateningly near future, all vegetation on earth has died. Some plant life, however, has been preserved under geodesic domes carried in outer space aboard mammoth space freighters. This fleet has been cruising the skies for nearly a decade, caring for the vegetation and waiting for the order to come home.

When the call comes, there is an unexpected proviso: the ships must jettison their precious cargo. Earth is no...

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