Soylent Green
1973 film by Richard Fleischer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Soylent Green is a 1973 American ecological 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.[2][3] In 1973, it won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
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Directed by | Richard Fleischer |
Screenplay by | Stanley R. Greenberg |
Based on | Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison |
Produced by | Walter Seltzer Russell Thacher |
Starring | Charlton Heston Leigh Taylor-Young Chuck Connors Joseph Cotten Brock Peters Paula Kelly Edward G. Robinson |
Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
Edited by | Samuel E. Beetley |
Music by | Fred Myrow |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.6 million (rentals)[1] |