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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.
Theatrical
May 9, 1973
Box Office
$3.6M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 5, 2003
Theaters
2
Director
Richard Fleischer
Writer
Stanley R. Greenberg
Producers
Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher
Music
Fred Myrow
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Themes
based on novel or book
greenhouse effect
paranoia
dystopia
overpopulation
global warming
water shortage
cannibal
genocide
murder investigation
colony collapse disorder
eutanasia
assisted suicide
crime against humanity
murder case
food shortage
societal collapse
processing plant
environmental collapse
Quotes
See all →Human Nature in a Dystopian Future
Taglines
It's the year 2022... People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN.
The Mystery Behind Soylent Green
Taglines
What is the secret of Soylent Green?
Urgent Message About Hidden Truths
Det. Thorn
Hatcher, get to the Exchange. You gotta tell them they're right.
Hatcher
But let's take care of you first.
Det. Thorn
You don't understand. I've got proof. They need proof, I've seen it. I've seen it happening. They've gotta tell people.
Hatcher
Tell them what?
Det. Thorn
The ]'s dying. The plankton's dying. Soylent Green is made out of people. Don't you see? It's people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing, they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
[[ocean]
Hatcher
I promise, Tiger. I promise, I'll tell the Exchange.
Det. Thorn
You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher! You've gotta tell em! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! We gotta stop them! Somehow!
Search for God in a Dystopian World
Sol
Oh, my God.
Presiding Librarian
What God, Mr. Roth? Where will we find Him?
Sol
Perhaps "at home". Yes: "at home".
[hesitates]
Cast
Full credits →C
Charlton Heston
Detective Robert Thorn
L
Leigh Taylor-Young
Shirl
C
Chuck Connors
Tab Fielding
J
Joseph Cotten
William R. Simonson
B
Brock Peters
Chief Hatcher
P
Paula Kelly
Martha Phillips
E
Edward G. Robinson
Sol Roth
S
Stephen Young
Gilbert
M
Mike Henry
Kulozik
L
Lincoln Kilpatrick
The Priest
R
Roy Jenson
Donovan
L
Leonard Stone
Charles
W
Whit Bissell
Gov. Santini
C
Celia Lovsky
The Exchange Leader
D
Dick Van Patten
Usher #1
M
Morgan Farley
Book #1
J
John Barclay
Book #2
B
Belle Mitchell
Book #3
C
Cyril Delevanti
Book #4
F
Faith Quabius
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