Picture this: all plant life on Earth has become extinct. A few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes - attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters, outside the orbit of Saturn. One of these ships is the Valley Forge. Unexpectedly, they receive orders from Earth to jettison and destroy the domes (with nuclear charges), returning the freighters to commercial service. After four of the six domes are jettisoned and blown up, one Valley Forge crewman rebels...
Silent Running is a 1972 environmentally-themed SF film, directed by Douglas Trumbull.
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