"Amazing companions on an incredible adventure..."
Here's a terrific set of promotional lobby cards for Douglas Trumbull's 1972 sci-fi parable, Silent Running, featuring an impressive selection of lesser-seen stills from the film, including some very nice effects shots that showcase the exquisite detailing on the Valley Forge spaceship. Enjoy.
Here's a terrific set of promotional lobby cards for Douglas Trumbull's 1972 sci-fi parable, Silent Running, featuring an impressive selection of lesser-seen stills from the film, including some very nice effects shots that showcase the exquisite detailing on the Valley Forge spaceship. Enjoy.
Great film. Trumbull got Saturn right which he could not do for 2001.
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I loved this movie as a kid, especially Huey, Dewey and Louie. Re-watching it a couple of months back, I found the message to be rather over sold. The visuals and modelling though - still fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWas there anything cooler than lobby cards? Seeing them always reminds me of going to see movies like The Black Hole & Tron when I was a kid, and marveling at the lobby cards before and after the show.
ReplyDeleteI saw Silent Running for the first time when it was shown on TBS in 1983. I used my tape deck to record the audio, which I did with a lot of movies and TV shows before owning a VCR. I distinctly recall that a couple lines were redubbed in the scene where Lowell berated the other guys for eating synthetic food. Instead of saying "crap", he called it "junk."
ReplyDeleteAfter this post I went to ebay and searched for them. Didn't find any, but I got a set of Battlestar, Logan's Run and Bladerunner.
ReplyDeleteThey are nice, I first saw this on late night TV as a kids back in the early eighties and have loved it since, the droids look just like the ones they used in star wars
ReplyDeleteMan, these comments make me feel really old. I saw Silent Running in the theater during its initial release in 1972. That would have been shortly before my 15th birthday when I saw every science fiction movie which came out. Of course, that was pretty easy in the days before Star Wars changed everything.
ReplyDelete"Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!"
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love--and by love, I really mean "hate"--the empty-headed hype that advertisers have often used. Could a phrase do more to NOT describe this actual movie? "Amazing companions"? In the film they are all pretty much jerks who don't really like each other. One of the things that makes Bruce Dern's character unique is that the audience isn't really supposed to like him. He's not an easy hero to support.
"on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination!" What "incredible adventure"? What "journeys beyond imagination"? Dern's character (spoiler alert!) kills his companions to save a bunch of plants. There is nothing that is hard to imagine in the film.
I suspect that the marketing department looked at a first cut of the movie and thought "Oh no, we're in trouble here. I know! Let's totally BS it!"
I'm pretty sure that "amazing companions" is supposed to refer to the robots.
DeleteThat makes more sense. But are they really "amazing companions"? I mean, really, they don't tell jokes. Kinda like calling a Roomba an amazing companion.
DeleteIn 1972, there were no sentient machines that could perform operations or play card games.
DeleteEasy to say from the jaded 20teens but this was cool stuff in the 1970's. I thought the drones were just the coolest things. And given who Dern's cremates were- I think I would take Huey, Louie ,and Douie over them any day.
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