Silent Running (1972) - Saying Goodbye Scene (10/10) | Movieclips

Silent Running - Saying Goodbye: Lowell (Bruce Dern) gives his final orders to Dewey (Cheryl Sparks).
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FILM DESCRIPTION:
After the end of all botanical life on Earth, ecologist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) maintains a greenhouse on a space station in order to preserve various plants for future generations. Assisted by three robots and a small human crew, Lowell rebels when he is ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions. Lowell and his robots are forced to do anything necessary to keep their invaluable greenery alive.
CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1972)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Cheryl Sparks, Mark Persons
Producer: Michael Gruskoff
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[@christopherirving4558]

This scene had me crying when I saw it as a kid,it still has me crying to this day.

[@ourfrugallife]

Gets me too, everytime.

[@charleswest6372]

Same

[@FlightProgramAborted]

Classic movie, just seen him in Peanut Butter Falcon, and thought, I know him.. Bruce Dern that is

[@SilentRunningRedux]

Same

[@gardensofthegods]

Yes it had that effect on everybody who has a heart ... my son watch this with me when he was little and he was crying and I was very choked up and with tears in my eyes

[@argonaut6386]

Watched this in the 70's as a kid. For some reason I thought about it today. I've never seen it since but it had such a big impact on me.

[@gerry-p9x]

Yeah saw in theatres and wondered about robots. Play nyamputees

[@solowcello]

Silent Running's terrific score is by composer Peter Schickele, better known for his comedic alter-ego, P.D.Q. Bach. I played in the orchestra for the scoring session. During a break they played back the music for the final scene, which we had just recorded. As the camera pulls away from the doomed spaceship, Valley Forge, the music grows in volume and intensity and then abruptly cuts off just before the bomb detonates. The playback had dialogue but no sound effects as they had not yet been added, so the explosion occurred in dead silence (as it would have been in the vacuum of space). Even though the musicians in the session had no idea of the film's story line (we only saw disconnected scenes), THAT scene was still emotionally devastating. Of course, I went to see the movie when it was released and was disappointed to find that the sound of a huge explosion had been added, which diluted much of the scene's emotional impact that the silence had created during the recording session.

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

Yes I totally agree. I reckon movie goers expected to hear a big explosion even out in the vacuum of space cuz sound effects sells. However, there were some scenes in Star Trek O.S. episodes where a ship would explode out in space and there would be complete silence on their viewing screen until the Enterprise would receive the shock waves and rocked her around and the crew.

[@gardensofthegods]

My son watched this with me when he was a little kid and cried at the ending ... it broke his heart . I think a lot of it had to do with how cute Hughie and Dewey were . Great film

[@thomasmead4642]

One of the best movies ever made IMHO. We need to heed this movies message before it's too late.

[@sstrykert]

Correct, the globalists are cutting down the trees(forests) to fight "climate change", ergo ruining the lungs of the Earth.

[@flashkraft]

The robot design was very effective. Better than than a lot of movies to have come out since.

[@lynnecromack4933]

The drones were played by real actors.

[@charleswest6372]

Modern movies suck

[@ammagnolia]

R2 does not approve

[@user-xu7ds6oo1c]

下半身を失った俳優たちが腕で歩行しています。

[@aliman3229]

I remember crying my eyes out as child watching this….

[@joshpickles9022]

Yer me too

[@thomasmead4642]

I own this on DVD, I cry my eyes out as an adult watching this.

[@antonyka-pra-ra]

Me too

[@hunnymccann9349]

I’m glad it wasn’t just me ❤

[@refinedhayseedappalachian9777]

Same here.. I was 9

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

And to think this movie came out a good 5 years before Star Wars, it was way ahead of it's time.

[@goatwarrior3570]

It came out after 2001 Space Odyssey. It was exactly of it's time.

[@bonglesnodkins329]

@@goatwarrior3570 Although Trumbull's work was a cut above most of the other effects work of the time. I mean, take a look at "Logan's Run" which came out four years later and actually won an Academy Award for best visual effects, but they look absolutely shonky next to 2001 and Silent Running.

[@goatwarrior3570]

​@@bonglesnodkins329 Maybe they thought the good looking cast counted as good visual effects.

[@cynthia2553]

😂😂​@@goatwarrior3570

[@vegaed56]

My science teacher took us on a class trip to see this movie in1972!

[@craigfinnegan8534]

To all the people who think it's wrong to treat our dogs or cats like they're our kids, watch this ending and understand it's ultimately about what's in our own hearts.

[@0volts157]

Just as long as you understand that if you die, your cat will eat your face off (dogs will hold out longer but will still have a go). Typically your kids will not do that unless you're living in a strange part of town.

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@0volts157 Try out for comedy.

[@mikebasil4832]

Happy 50th Anniversary for Silent Running.

[@AngriestAmerican]

Dewey and the forest are still out there!!!

[@zachhoward9099]

One of the saddest endings to a film ever

[@starmnsixty1209]

Yes.

[@danshearer7627]

I remember as I was 8. I loved the movie. Cried at the end.

[@charleswest6372]

Made me become a scientist. And helping my planet instead of destroying it.

[@chrissmith7669]

Such an underrated movie. I was stunned when I first saw this movie

[@jedidrummerjake]

This was heart wrenching as a kid. Thank God R2-D2 came along a few years later ❤

[@johnziegelbauer4999]

Rest in peace Douglas ... God bless

[@peterodz67]

Me and my sister cried so much watching this movie.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

Oh God… this is so sad. They really twist the knife by only having one robot left at the end. Why couldn’t the other one just stay to keep him company.

[@craigfinnegan8534]

Because the ultimate theme of the film was the lonely aspect of the human condition, and the scriptwriter knew what he was doing.

[@themoderatescorner7643]

I have this movie in my Vudu collection. I was born in 1970, and first time I watched this was back in the early 1980s. This is one of my favorite sci-fi films along with Westworld, Soylent Green, and Logan's Run. I just finished watching this film again back in January. Truly so relevant to whats going on in our planet and how mankind is on pace to destroying the only home we have sad to say. Glad I took Earth Sciences courses in college. Got so more educated about the enviroment and how we must do all we can to take good care of the planet for our kids and grandkids. This film each time I watch it is a very easy hour and half to watch, for any time of the day or night or week. I recommend this to kids to give them an idea science is cool and the scenarios that could happen if we do not take care of our planet.

[@charleswest6372]

Start by defending the Pentagon.

[@Bryt25]

Dark Star was of the same era too.

[@thewilliam8342]

This is such a tear jerker !!!!!

[@mikebasil4832]

Silent Running celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. It will always have so much to say about how much more respect we should all show for our Mother Earth.

[@themoderatescorner7643]

@@mikebasil4832 I just watched this movie back in January for the manyth time and its always a great educational film. If I was to ever see Bruce Dern, I would love to thank him for doing such a great role on this. Loved how his character had a love for the domes and the animals and enviroment. I am a big rabbit lover so the scenes with the rabbits in the domes melts my heart every time and the pet hawk. I probally would of not done the same way of killing my fellow shipmates like he did in the movie, but he had to do what he had to do to protect the only dome left from mankind;s destructive behavior. Ending was very sad, I cried again when I watched that.

[@mikebasil4832]

@@themoderatescorner7643 Bruce Dern is indeed a remarkable actor and well cast as Freeman Lowell. His finale dialogue about sending a message in a bottle into the ocean when he was a little boy and never knowing if anyone ever found it is timeless.

[@brianturns7233]

@@themoderatescorner7643 I actually did get to meet Bruce Dern during a movie shoot in Arizona back in 1987. I waited for an open moment and approached him and said, "Mr. Dern, I just wanted to say that your performance in Silent Running was brilliant. You should have won an Oscar for it." He looked kinda surprised I would mention that 16 years after the fact, but he said, "Thank you. I appreciate that." Nice guy. That was my celebrity encounter.

[@rsq63]

Love this film since I was a kid….❤️

[@ericoxner8333]

I watched this movie on tv.The part were one of the robot got destroyed.And how the other robots reacted to it.And this part is real sad to.Bruce Dern has always been a great actor.Some times I think he is over looked.

[@paulf.t.w1366]

Yes most important scene of the film to me as a child to see one that has stayed with me all my life 😢

[@62Cristoforo]

I was about ten when this came out. It made a forever impression on me about the struggle between mechanization and Nature.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

Just saw the film didn't expect the final shot to get to me.

[@JasonHazell-v3e]

I first saw this film in December 1997 what a brilliant film very emotional this scene brilliant acting from Bruce dern he delivers the film brilliantly great actor

[@battlestarmarc]

Great sci fi film. Sad ending. Valley forge ship footage was the agro ships in Battlestar Galactica.

[@suhardyabdullatiff801]

The ending made me cry. First time watching this movie somewhere in early 80s

[@version736ha2]

The end scene of Duey walking along on his own watering the forest. Has never left me. Still upsets me to this day😢😢

[@waynemoores]

God, was this in the theatre a million years ago. Just poped up here on U-Tube this morning for some reason.

[@SilentRunningRedux]

“I just can’t do it anymore….” Loved it decades ago. Still do. Made for a million dollars- such a budget. Now we’ve got global warming to make this relevant again. And larger budgets for scripts on point if we aren’t too afraid of reality. Lowell’s descent into madness is too slow for so many who can’t sit through this even once. That can be tweaked in an update. Maybe with an AI live interest for Lowell (posing even more critical questions appropriate for the 21st century). I wonder if our species will make it much beyond 2199, at times. We deny reality and pursue verbal immediate interests while sacrificing our children’s futures, and so much other life on this planet. I was very depressed when I saw this totally by accident on late night TV (before in demand services, etc), at 2 a.m. Am feeling a bit full circle as I write this- but I meet young people intent on not giving up. I hope they can succeed (with what actually matters). I am tapped out but I did a few decades of trying. Maybe that was enough; no regrets (you can only try your best). Peace.

[@SilentRunningRedux]

Edit: can’t edit here but meant AI “❤ interest” (though whether she/he/they should be considered “alive” - my initial wording here - might be itself a good question). Then “our verbal interests” was intended to be “VENAL interests.” Intelligent people may not even notice the typos (or “speedy readers” seeing my point as OBVIOUS will easily move past my obvious carelessness).

[@nhmooytis7058]

I loved this movie, Dern rocked. Only other feature film directed by Douglas Trumbull I think was the ill fated Brainstorm with Natalie Wood.

[@mikebasil4832]

Trumbull was the director for Brainstorm. His mark on visual effects was most recognizable for that film.

[@allistermiles9687]

I loved that film 📼 too.

[@0volts157]

Brainstorm was an amazing film. To this day - the idea of capturing experiences and downloading them intrigues me.

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@0volts157 I’ll settle for my own memories.

[@simonhoulding4414]

Very moving

[@kingswing00]

The comedic timing of Huey is too notch. Really hilarious stuff.

[@shirleymontano9657]

I never forgot this show.

[@abunchamates]

movie

[@Jonathan-gx3jm]

Film

[@0volts157]

Series of frames played at a specified rate

[@dingjs1969]

Heart breaking...

[@WinChun78]

By far, the cutest robots ever.....

[@LuvvyDuck]

I loved the little robots.

[@PeaceIslandStudio]

I noticed that the drone was actually played by an actor inside, wonder how he fits comfortably~

[@thejoebaxi3940]

The drone actors were all amputees who could walk on their hands

[@alienfrograbbit5310]

My uncle gave this to me on DVD as a present for my birthday and omfg I was BAWLING my eyes out at this scene. Why couldn't Dewey and Hewey stay together??? :(

[@PADDYPOOP]

Insane to me that the wooded kingdom from Super Mario Odyssey is literally almost a direct copy of this movie lol

[@airshredder7314]

This movie made me cry so bad when I was a child.

[@jimbobbyrnes]

whats really sad is those bulbs were made by general Electric so they will only last 5 years maximum before they stop working by design.

[@blagger42]

Way ahead

[@Edotter]

"Take good care of the forest, Dewey." BAM, right in the chest...

[@paullopez6620]

So underrated. Great movie.

[@jimbobbyrnes]

everytime i think of this movie i think about the scene were he realizes that the plants need sunlight and i always think that the writers must have been on some really strong drugs.

[@13strange67]

Oh the delicious irony of having Robots tend the Forest ( they must be more humane than his fellow soi-disant human beings )

[@charleswest6372]

Robots will do better job.

[@jhonny1392]

However, the question that has remained unanswered to this day in this excellent film is: *Why did Lowell commit suicide* ?. Greetings from Chile, South America. Juan.

[@LoreleiMission]

Hello, he was a pacifist, but circumstances had driven him to kill a man, and as time went on he could not live with himself after that.

[@escgoogle3865]

This scene hit my 4 year old self HARD.

[@lightli1974]

these lights here will do the job the sun will do

[@nyastclair8174]

My god it's Rumsfield from The Burbs!

[@DrGreg007]

I was only 9 or 10 but this scene was the first time I cried at a movie

[@mr.ericsteam64racing92]

"What about the Forests?" "Nope." CarbonBasedLifeforms-Photosynthesis...listen today.

[@UQRXD]

I have shown this movie to many people over the years. The younger minds just don't get it, or even can sit long enough to watch. They need to use phones a facebook. I don't see a great future. I see a world enslaved to a phone screen.

[@JustJaneOYVEY]

Bruce Dern.

[@albertstudios5924]

Please I'll like to ask for permission to be able to download and upload some of it videos for my KZbin channel 🙏

[@lanceobe6801]

I was always trying to figure out how the hell they put someone in those robots... But thanks to Google I know now lol

[@transformlikeaphoenix]

It was sad also not allowing both robots to stay together, even if one couldnt tend the garden. The main characters didnt treat the robots that well. The movie did give the robots life.

[@GK1976A]

I don’t know why Huey couldn’t just stay with Dewey so they could keep each other company. I know he was a bit broken, but he didn’t need to do anything. 😢

[@joshpickles9022]

Yooo there's definitely people inside those robot costumes.

[@lynnecromack4933]

Yes, they were played by amputees.

[@reidycruise]

Off to watch the black hole

[@ariqarisya]

Production Companies: Warner Bros. (current owner) Turner Entertainment (current owner) Semetoll-Imkerss Distributed Pictures (Distributor) Semetoll-Imkerss Production Studios (Presentation) Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions (production)

[@williampaz2092]

But how long will the power supply last? Even a nuclear reactor needs maintenance.

[@erminiolodirizzini5834]

Ho appena acquistato il DVD Film da vedere e rivedere E PAPERINO e PAPERINA meravigliosi e bellissimi antesignani di CIUNO WALL E e di tutti i droidi del cinema Sarebbe bello se facessero i loro modellini da comprare come le bellissime astronavi come la VALLEY FORGE se non sbaglio il nome da Luke

[@reidycruise]

Patch on the wrong way lol

[@mauriciolizarbe4835]

Will you do the forever purge movieclips or not

[@raquelflauzina4565]

Linda demais 👏 amor praniro

[@thijmenvandersteen1306]

Runner up for movieclips3 squid game

[@62Cristoforo]

Te prototypes for R2D2

[@salavat8673]

Please post clips from the movie "Night Watch (2004)"

[@raquelflauzina4565]

Quero muto ve filmes

[@nostalgicoescritor]

🥺🥺🥺

[@7071t6]

First movie to use amputee's in movie props like huey and doie robots. :)

[@targetrender9529]

The droids (drones) must’ve had a big influence on George Lucas.

[@user-ff9xc1qt5l]

R2D2の御先祖様だろうか

[@Retiredfortnitenugget]

U baught subs

[@raquelflauzina4565]

Pesano já tinha visto aq

[@ilincastrungaru4270]

Plsss do SQUID GAME

[@raquelflauzina4565]

Viajem

[@blueluny]

Look at this scene and now look at any of the non original trilogy star wars movies or series and tell me the the writer isnt the most important person. EMOTIONAL connection is so important. I'd love to know what the reaction of phantom menace fans is of this film....

[@HappyBear376]

Thank God climate change is a myth.

[@selenaparker4825]

Because of the economic crisis and the rate of unemployment, now is the best time to invest and make money 💯

[@matthewschik482]

You can say that again

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[@johnrogan9420]

Bruce Dern made a fool of himself in this absurd movie.

[@LeighRichards27]

You've made a fool of yourself with your absurd comment 🤣

[@vmobile890]

Continuing to watch relaxing slow pace vintage scifi movies . Many to buy on ebay VHS and DVD .

[@Vlad_Antonov245]

4th ya

[@keithblackwelder1751]

I too cried watching this ending as an 8 year old

[@blackligtning25]

First

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You are a loser if this is an achievement for you.

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[@Westernexpansionism]

This isn't gorillaz...

[@MrDICKHEAD28]

THE ORIGINAL R2D2 STAR WARS IS COPY CAT

[@BlobB-kn9ww]

Alien seems similar too especially the arming of the nukes.