Soylent Green

1973 film directed by Richard Fleischer

Film · TMDB

6.9

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.

Released: 1973-04-1897 minDir: Richard FleischerScience Fiction, Crime, Mystery

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

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Directed by: Richard Fleischer
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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.