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Edited into
The Making of 'Silent Running' (1972)
Spermula (1976)
 -  Shots of the domes separating, and the passage through Saturns rings were edited into at least one version.
"Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors (#1.8)" (1978)
 -  the footage of the Agro Ships is from this film
"Battlestar Galactica: The War of the Gods: Part 1 (#1.13)" (1979)
 -  The Agro ship is stock footage from this movie
"Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods: Part 2 (#1.14)" (1979)
 -  Footage of the 'Agro ship' is taken from this film
References
Donald's Nephews (1938)
 -  names Huey, Dewey & Louie
Referenced in
"Saturday Night Live: Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone (#8.15)" (1983)
 -  Title mentioned by Bruce Dern during his monologue
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
 -  The end is a homage to the end of 'Silent Running' -- a little portion of a unique garden, looked after by a robot, is saved of the destruction and goes away slowly.
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
Die Another Day (2002)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Stargate SG-1: Unending (#10.20)" (2007)
 -  The General maintains a garden in the space ship, POV of shot pans back through spacecraft window as does shot early in Silent Running
Sunshine (2007)
 -  A spaceship carrying Earth flora and ecosystems.
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Featured in
"Troldspejlet: (#27.13)" (2002)
 -  DVD release reviewed + footage used
'Silent Running': A Conversation with Bruce Dern, 'Lowell Freeman' (2002) (V)
 -  clips shown
'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002) (V)
 -  clips shown
"Six Feet Under: Making Love Work (#3.6)" (2003)
 -  Ruth and Arthur watch the movie together.
Spoofed in
Dark Star (1974)
 -  spoofs certain scenes
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep (#1.1)" (1988)
 -  The subplot involving Joel and the Bots tending his vacuflowers is a homage to this film.

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