Review #091: Silent Running.
Cast
Bruce Dern (Freeman Lowell), Cliff Potts (John Keenan), Ron Rifkin (Marty Barker), Jesse Vint (Andy Wolf), with Mark Persons (Drone 1 - Dewey), Cheryl Sparks & Steven Brown (Drone 2 - Huey), and Larry Whisenhunt (Drone 3 - Louie) Directed by Douglas Trumbull.
Review
This is a simple film. And a good film indeed. It has a simple plot with simple things, but it makes up for it with its good acting and effects. I like the droids in this film, it's a creative process they used, with amputees in the roles of the droids, and this was before other films that used the process with differences. It has a simple message, to not mess around with the earth, and it has one of the saddest endings in movie history. It's a good film that delivers in being entertaining...In the mind at least. It's not a perfect film, but it is a classic that will keep living on after nearly 40 years. Now then, there's one last film left for this week. Let's see if it's got enough to end it right...10, 9...This ends Part VI of Robot Week.
Overall, I give it 8 out of 10 stars.
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