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Soylent Green (1973)

PG 97 minutes EN Science Fiction , Thriller

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

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.

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Charlton Heston

Detective Robert Thorn

Leigh Taylor-Young

Shirl

Chuck Connors

Tab Fielding

Joseph Cotten

William R. Simonson

Brock Peters

Chief Hatcher

Paula Kelly

Martha Phillips

Edward G. Robinson

Sol Roth

Stephen Young

Gilbert

Mike Henry

Kulozik

Lincoln Kilpatrick

The Priest

Roy Jenson

Donovan

Leonard Stone

Charles

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Richard H. Kline

Director of Photography

Samuel E. Beetley

Editor

Pat Barto

Costume Design

Joe Canutt

Stunt Double

Frank Orsatti

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Jeannie Epper

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Stephanie Epper

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Gary Epper

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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 plot.

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Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production countries: United States of America

Revenue: $3,600,000

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