{"product_id":"silent-running-blu-ray_av300","title":"Silent Running (Blu-Ray)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (The Andromeda Strain, Close 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 indelible mark on the science fiction genre with his mesmerising directorial debut – Silent Running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of all flora and fauna, with what remains of the planet’s former ecosystems preserved aboard a fleet of greenhouses orbiting in space. When the crews are ordered to destroy the remaining specimens, one botanist, Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern, The ’Burbs), rebels and flees towards Saturn in a desperate bid to preserve his own little piece of Earth that was, accompanied only by the ship’s three service robots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a captivating central performance by Dern, visual effects that rival anything in 2001 and a powerful ecological message, Silent Running is a haunting and prescient Science Fiction classic that resonates even more strongly today than it did at the time of its original release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinema Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42049808662613,"sku":"AV300","price":40.48,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3032\/6613\/files\/silent_running_uaw15rp019jr5oyt.jpg?v=1767993649","url":"https:\/\/cinemacellar.com\/products\/silent-running-blu-ray_av300","provider":"Cinema Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}