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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.
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 Corporation.
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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!
The world of the 1973 sci-fi drama SOYLENT GREEN is what we could be seeing if we aren't careful. It is a world in which New York City's population has topped the 40 million mark in the year 2022. Overpopulation, air pollution, year-long heat waves, and food shortages are the rule.
Apr 18, 2018 · ‘Soylent Green’: THR’s 1973 Review. On April 18, 1973, MGM unveiled Richard Fleischer's dystopian, 98-minute sci-fi drama in Los Angeles.
Soylent Green is Edward G. Robinson's movie. As a man who remembers the wonders of civilization before it died, he is witty, cultivated and endlessly appealing. Full Review | Apr 23, 2019
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.
In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO.
Mar 22, 2011 · 'Soylent Green' was the last appearance of screen legend Edward G. Robinson who died not long after its release and it was also his 101st movie. He plays Sol Roth, who shares an apartment with Detective Sergeant Thorn and who does all the research into the cases under investigation.
Soylent Green. Details: 1973, USA, 97 mins. Direction:Richard Fleischer. With: Charlton Heston , Edward G Robinson and Leigh Taylor-Young.
