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Soylent Green is a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science-fiction novel Make Room!
Harry Harrison. A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave. City cop Andy Rusch is under pressure to solve the crime and captivated by the victim's beautiful girlfriend. But it is difficult to catch a killer, let alone get the girl, in crazy streets crammed full of people.
Jan 1, 1973 · The silent horror of this novel: the over population of the world, becomes the blood curdling shout of Det. Thorne (Charlton Heston) of the film: "Soylent Green is people!" All in all an ominous future for humanity.
- Harry Harrison
Feb 20, 2024 · Based on the Harry Harrison novel Make Room! Make Room! the film version, Soylent Green, projects a now-familiar dystopian future. Overpopulation leads to food shortages and the systems that...
Police Detective Thorn investigates a strange murder case of an official from the Soylent corporation, which feeds the masses with a palette of their creations: Soylent red, yellow, or--even more nutritious--green.
May 9, 1973 · Soylent Green: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten. A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
Apr 1, 2008 · HARRY HARRISON (1925-2012) was the Hugo Award-nominated, Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Stainless Steel Rat, Deathworld, and West of Eden series, as well as Make Room! Make Room! which was turned into the cult classic movie, Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson.
Jul 12, 2023 · Joining Detective Thorn in his investigation is his roommate Sol Roth, aka “Book”, a former college professor with encyclopedic knowledge who comes to learn about the secret behind Soylent Green. Shiri, a concubine to Simonson, also joins the investigation.
In a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, NYPD detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) investigates the murder of an executive at rations manufacturer Soylent...
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Feb 2, 2023 · Loosely based on “Make Room! Make Room!”, a novel of 1966 by Harry Harrison, “Soylent Green” is a melancholy conspiracy thriller written by Stanley Greenberg and directed by Richard Fleischer.
