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Synopsis: In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell, who loves the forest and its creatures. He kills his colleagues taking the ship deep into space. Alone on the craft with his only companions being three small robots, Lowell revels in joys of nature. When colleagues appear to "rescue" him, he realizes he has only one option available to him.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Douglas Trumbull
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
G
Year:
1972
89 min
1,038 Views


in five minutes.

Valley Forge, Valley Forge,

please stand by for 1000 hours.

Safe distancing maneuver

in five minutes.

I'm gonna need your help

for that, you know, Lowell?

Okay?

Okay?

Okay, there you go.

Thank you.

Here.

Set gyro to 4406.

Set gyro to 4406.

Valley Forge, this is Berkshire.

Are you there, Marty?

I'm on it, Neal.

Okay, we're counting now

for your 4406 distancing.

About 20 seconds.

Set for distancing.

Right.

Eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

That's a go.

Thanks, Marty, we're clear.

Stand by for updates.

Hey, Andy.

The bomb, please.

All right.

Loaded and ready to go.

plus eight.

Right.

Okay, lookin'real good.

That's a go.

Right.

Hey, we're ready

for some real fireworks here.

We're looking forward

to it too, Neal.

Keep a steady hand. We don't

want you boys getting hurt.

Right. Will do.

Hey, where the hell

is Lowell now?

I think I saw him near One

with some empty flower pots.

Oh, oh.

That must be Berkshire.

Whoo!

Do we need this?

Hmm?

Hey, Andy, easy with that.

No, we'll use the panel.

It's safer.

John, wouldyou get

those lights?

Sure.

Nothing on the board.

We'll set Six.

Gotcha.

Okay. Arm Six.

Armed.

Hit it.

We're standing by

for a go for--

No!

You're not

comin' in here.

What are you

doin', Lowell?

You're not

comin' in here.

Look, I know how you feel.

You don't know how I feel!

If you knew how I felt, you

wouldn't be in here with that.

Listen, I'm on a tight

schedule, and I don't want

to have to fight with you.

I don't care

about your schedule.

You are not using

those things in my forest.

I ain't got time to argue!

Now, move!

You're not gonna do it.

You can't blow up this forest.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Reading 4040.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

Valley Forge.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Reading 4040.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Valley Forge to Berkshire.

You still there, Neal?

Yes, Barker.

No, it's Lowell.

Oh, what's the trouble,

Lowell?

Well, we seem

to be experiencing...

some kind of problem

with the main coupling.

Oh, it might be one of your pins.

Right. That's what

we figured it probably was.

So we're setting that

right now.

We'll be gettin' back to you

just as soon as we can.

Roger.

Uh, Lowell.

Yeah.

Everything okay

over there?

Oh, yeah, okay.

A-okay.

Everything's okay.

We'll wait to hear, buddy.

Roger.

Drone One,

Drone Two,

Drone Three,

please report immediately

to the main cargo area.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

Yeah, yeah.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

Come in, Valley Forge.

Berkshire to Valley Forge.

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Deric Washburn

Deric Washburn (born June 2, 1937) is an American screenwriter. Washburn was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in Providence, RI. He graduated from Harvard College, A.B. English Literature, in 1959. His early career was that of a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne and The Love Nest. He is best known for co-writing the original screenplay of The Deer Hunter with Michael Cimino. I am Deric Washburn and have just sent correct picture or tried to. more…

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