Science Fiction ·Thriller ·Crime ·Mystery · United States of America · 1973 · 1h 37m

Soylent Green

Director

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

Crew

Richard H. Kline — Director of Photography Samuel E. Beetley — Editor Fred Myrow — Original Music Composer Stanley R. Greenberg — Screenplay Harry Harrison — Novel Walter Seltzer — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book paranoia dystopia greenhouse effect global warming overpopulation water shortage cannibal genocide murder investigation colony collapse disorder eutanasia

Key Collaborators

Richard Fleischer Director Richard H. Kline Director of Photography Samuel E. Beetley Editor Fred Myrow Original Music Composer Stanley R. Greenberg Screenplay Harry Harrison Novel Walter Seltzer Producer Russell Thacher Producer Pat Barto Costume Design

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