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Soylent Green

Soylent Green

It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.

19736.91h 37m

Overview

In 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.

Directed by Richard Fleischer
Written by Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison
Produced by Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher
Box Office0Revenue: $3.6M

Top Cast

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Detective Robert Thorn

Leigh Taylor-Young

Leigh Taylor-Young

Shirl

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Tab Fielding

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

William R. Simonson

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Chief Hatcher

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly

Martha Phillips

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Sol Roth

Stephen Young

Stephen Young

Gilbert

Mike Henry

Mike Henry

Kulozik

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

The Priest

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookparanoiadystopiagreenhouse effectglobal warmingoverpopulationwater shortagecannibalgenocidemurder investigationcolony collapse disordereutanasiaassisted suicidecrime against humanitymurder casefood shortagesocietal collapseprocessing plantenvironmental collapse21st centuryeutanásia

About Soylent Green

Soylent Green is a science fiction, thriller, crime, mystery film released in 1973 exploring themes of based on novel or book, paranoia, dystopia, greenhouse effect, global warming, overpopulation. Directed by Richard Fleischer, it stars Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors. In 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.

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