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Stardate 09.10.2020.B: 'Silent Running' Heading To Home Video On November 17

9/10/2020

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Fans of the 1972 SciFi/Drama Silent Running from visionary director and special effects guru Douglas Trumbull have plenty to be excited about as Arrow Video recently announced they'd be pressing a new release of the groundbreaking film for distribution this upcoming November 17th.  I was alerted to the release via an email from one of the company's marketing reps, but the alert contained no specific details -- a must when I'm seeking to publish the product on the MainPage.  This morning, however, I found some of the specs on the web, and I'm doing the requisite copy-and-paste thing below.  Check it out if interested!

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In 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.

In 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.

Featuring 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 sci-fi classic that resonates even more strongly today than it did at the time of its original release.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
–        Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative, approved by director Douglas Trumbull and produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release 
–        High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation
–        Original lossless mono audio
–        Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
–        Brand new audio commentary by critics Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
–        Original audio commentary by Douglas Trumbull and actor Bruce Dern
–        Isolated music and effects track
–        No Turning Back, a new interview with film music historian Jeff Bond on the film’s score
–        First Run, a new visual essay by writer and filmmaker Jon Spira exploring the evolution of Silent Running’s screenplay
–        The Making of Silent Running, an archival 1972 on-set documentary
–        Silent Running by Douglas Trumbull and Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now, two archival interviews with the film’s director
–        A Conversation with Bruce Dern, an archival interview with the film’s lead actor
–        Theatrical trailer
–        Extensive behind-the-scenes gallery
–        Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Arik Roper
GUARANTEED THROUGH PREORDERS FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Peter Tonguette”
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