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Soylent Green is a 1973 American 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!
Jan 21, 2014 · The film overlays the police procedural and science fiction genres as it depicts the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman in a dystopian...
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- Behind The Science Fiction
Apr 15, 2021 · The 1972 film Soylent Green has one of the most iconic endings in all of sci-fi. Here's a closer look at that ending and what it means to us today.
- Mike Bedard
Richard Fleischer’s “Soylent Green” is a good, solid science-fiction movie, and a little more. It tells the story of New York in the year 2022, when the population has swollen to an unbelievable 80 million, and people live in the streets and line up for their rations of water and Soylent Green.
Dec 5, 2023 · Charlton Heston unravels a shocking secret about the Soylent Corporation's food product, revealing a dark truth about the cost of survival. Explore the dystopian masterpiece "Soylent Green" (1973...
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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.
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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.