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18/04/1973 Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery 1h 37m
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It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.

Overview

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.

  1. Richard Fleischer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Charlton Heston

    Detective Robert Thorn

  2. Leigh Taylor-Young

    Shirl

  3. Chuck Connors

    Tab Fielding

  4. Joseph Cotten

    William R. Simonson

  5. Brock Peters

    Chief Hatcher

  6. Paula Kelly

    Martha Phillips

  7. Edward G. Robinson

    Sol Roth

  8. Stephen Young

    Gilbert

  9. Mike Henry

    Kulozik

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Reviews

A review by Crazypiglady
Written by Crazypiglady on 2022-12-31
This story takes place in the bleak future of 2022 but it feels very much like 1973. There are some moments of inspiration but a number of tricks have been missed in imagining a dystopian future, notably race, gender and technology. I know that dystopia is supposed to be worse but it looks rather like 1973 instead of an degraded 2022. The story is good but almost everything else is dated. As such, it seems it may benefit from a remake but I think the reason it hasn't been remade is probably because it has actually be rebooted a number of times in other films and its actually a fairly simple pl...read the rest
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