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Soylent Green
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Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction and drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The production was produced by Walter Seltzer and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay was written by Stanley R. Greenberg and Harry Harrison, based on the work Make Room! Make Room!. The cast includes Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Chuck Connors. Richard H. Kline served as director of photography, while Samuel E. Beetley was the film editor.
Set in New York City in the year 2022, the film was shot on 35 mm film. Its original languages are English and Spanish. The movie has a runtime of 97 or 98 minutes and was released on various dates in 1973, including April 18. It received the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. Review scores include 6.1/10, 71%, and 66/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.0.
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6.9In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Detective Robert Thorn
- Leigh Taylor-Young as Shirl
- Chuck Connors as Tab Fielding
- Joseph Cotten as William R. Simonson
- Brock Peters as Chief Hatcher
- Paula Kelly as Martha Phillips
Themes
- based on novel or book
- paranoia
- dystopia
- greenhouse effect
- global warming
- overpopulation
- water shortage
- cannibal
- genocide
- murder investigation
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Screenplay by
- Stanley R. Greenberg
- Based on
- Make Room! Make Room! , by Harry Harrison
- Produced by
- Walter Seltzer , Russell Thacher
- Starring
- Charlton Heston , Leigh Taylor-Young , Chuck Connors , Joseph Cotten , Brock Peters , Paula Kelly , Edward G. Robinson
- Cinematography
- Richard H. Kline
- Edited by
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Music by
- Fred Myrow
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- April 19, 1973 ( 1973-04-19 ) (US)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $3.6 million (rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
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! Make Room! by Harry Harrison, with a plot that combines elements of science fiction and a police procedural. The story follows a murder investigation in a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity caused by the greenhouse effect, with the resulting pollution, depleted resources, poverty, and overpopulation.
The film was released on April 19, 1973, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and received mostly favorable reviews from critics, while earning $3.6 million at the box office. In 1973, it won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
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