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
Director
Richard Fleischer
Screenplay
Stanley R. Greenberg
Tagline
"It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$3,600,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Crazypiglady
December 31, 2022
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,...
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