Soylent Green

Starring: Heston, Charlton and Robinson, Edward G.

Product Description

Future New Yorkers live on a company's false food, which two detectives find has a secret ingredient.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569505223
• Release Date: March 2002
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Fleischer, Richard
• Starring: Heston, Charlton, Robinson, Edward G.
• Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: anamorphic
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

The price of strawberries in the year 2022. As perceived in 1973.

This is one of those bleak future movies where there is a finite amount of resources and an unbalanced distribution of them. The one good point is that food processing has been perfected to the point that we get tasty blocks of colored nutrients. The best one, publicized as being made from plankton Soylent Green. Detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) is tasked with investigating a homicide in a ritzy section of town. During the investigation, he, with the help of his friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson), discovers a dirty little secret. Shocking for the time of the movie release. Nowadays, we would take it in our stride. This film is still worth watching. The movie is based on the book “Make Room! Make Room!” By Harry Harrison, which is almost a different story.

Even better 50 years later

See this folks. And watch the special features too. My other favorite old Sci fi is Logan's Run. Oddly I remembered none of it except the predeath scene. A lot to appreciate here. I'll certainly watch it again in 10 years!