Soylent Green
Science Fiction
Warner Bros.  (1973) 97 mins PG

7.0 (11,906 votes)
It's the year 2022...People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.

Soylent Green is landmark screen science-fiction, a riveting entertainment and a cautionary tale that holds a mirror to a tomorrow rife with ecological disaster.

Working well again in the futuristic genre following Planet Of the Apes and The Omega Man, action titan Charlton Heston portrays Thorn, a detective prowling the dark streets of a polluted, overpopulated Big Apple gone rotten in 2022. He's trailing a murderer-and the trail leads to a stunning discovery. Vividly realized, Soylent Green's world gains its power not just from its social effects but from its heart-a human dimension magnified by the performance of legendary Edward G. Robinson in his moving screen farewell....

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Cast and Crew
Charlton Heston  ......  Detective Robert Thorn
Leigh Taylor-Young  ......  Shirl
Chuck Connors  ......  Tab Fielding
Joseph Cotten  ......  William R. Simonson
Brock Peters  ......  Lt. Hatcher - Chief of Detectives
Paula Kelly  ......  Martha Phillips
Director  .....  Richard Fleischer
Producer  .....  Walter Seltzer; Russell Thacher
Writer  .....  Harry Harrison; Stanley R. Greenberg
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Sol is in the suicide theater his bed changes position. (more)

Trivia:
Edward G. Robinson was almost totally deaf when he made this movie, and only able to hear anyone if they spoke directly into his ear. Because of this, scenes with him talking to other people had to be shot several times before he got the rhythm of the dialogue and was able to respond to people as if he could really hear them. And because he was unable to hear director Richard Fleischer yell "cut" when a scene went wrong, Robinson would often continue acting out the scene, unaware that shooting had stopped seconds earlier. (more)

Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Sports Arena - 3939 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Voice over PA: First stage removal. First stage removal. Streets prohibited to non-permits in one hour. Streets prohibited to non-permits in one hour.
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination (more)