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Soylent Green
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PG,1hr 37min
Genres:
Sci-Fi,Drama
Release:
1973
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young  ...more
Synopsis: Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola
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"Soylent Green is..." no longer much of a surprise since Charlton Heston's climactic line has joined Planet of the Apes' "You maniacs" rant in the oft-quoted annals of Heston overacting. One of a cycle of early-'70s downbeat eco-science fiction films akin to Silent Running (1971) and Heston's The Omega Man (1971), Soylent Green presents Heston as another dystopian savior in a future shock vision that ... Full Review
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