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Silent Running was produced by Universal on a shoestring budget of one million dollars, one-tenth the budget of 2001.

The film used a number of special effects techniques that Trumbull had helped develop.

The spacecraft interiors were shot aboard a mothballed aircraft carrier, which lent its name to the movie spacecraft Valley Forge.

Trumbull was not originally slated to direct, but as the start of production loomed he became the obvious choice.

( Other newcomers included the script writing team of Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino, who would later collaborate on The Deer Hunter, along with writer Steven Bochco of Hill Street Blues and LA Law fame.