The is 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 -- an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret so terrifying no one would dare believe him.
Charlton Heston seemed fond of starring in apocalyptic science-fiction films in the late 1960s and early '70s. There was Planet of the Apes, of course, and The Omega Man. But there was also 1973's Soylent Green, a strange detective film (based on Harry Harrison's Make Room! Make Room!) set in 2022 and starring Heston as a Manhattan cop trying to solve a murder in the overpopulated, overheated city. His roommate (a necessity in the overcrowded metropolis), played by Edward G. Robinson, tries telling him about a better time on Earth before there were no more resources or room left; but Heston doesn't care. Directed by Richard Fleischer (The Vikings), the film has a curious but largely successful mix of mystery and bleak futuristic vision, somewhat like Blade Runner but without the extraordinary art direction. This was Robinson's last film and he's easily the best thing about it; his final scene seems terribly appropriate in retrospect. Joseph Cotten makes an appearance as the man whose murder results in the revelation of a shocking secret. --Tom Keogh
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"Soylent Green is ...":
Another Chuck Heston foray into Sci-Filand, this time a future of global warming and over-population. Based on Harry Harrison's novel "Make Room! Make Room!", Heston stars as Det. Thorn investigating the murder of a prominent member of the Soylent Corporation -- the leading food supplier of the world. It is another the late 1960's early 1970's doom and gloom films -- like THE OMEGA MAN, A BOY AND HIS DOG, SILENT RUNNING, COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT, et al. Edward G. Robinson in his last screen performance... more info
Dystopian Classic:
We all know by now about climate change and waste heat in cities, but Soylent Green was the first to show it. The alarm about population growth had been sounded by Dr. Paul Ehrlich, and during the eco-conscious seventies, people were taking it seriously. Several films (and many books) featured overpopulation themes, but few did it better than SG. The gap between rich and poor also seems more prescient now, with the rich living in fortresses and the poor scrambling as best they can. Given those conditions,... more info
Soylent Green DvD:
I liked this movie when I saw it many years ago. When I found it out again to buy I just had to have it. I never for got the movie, once you see it , it will stay with you for a long time. Good movie if you like to think about future possibilities.
"SOYLENT GREEN" Charlton Heston, Edward G.Robinson:
This is an excellent science fiction movie, in my opinion Charlton Heston made two of his very best ones during the 1970's, first "The Omega Man"(1971) and the second one "Soylent Green" released in 1973. This is a great film, which in my opinion depicts what could happen as a result of global warming. However it is dissapointing to see that the great actor Edward G.Robinson who co-starred with Heston in this film is not even mentioned among the cast of this great film. In fact it was Robinson's last role... more info
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