Rating: PG
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: 03/25/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Charlton Heston - Detective Thorn
Edward G. Robinson - Sol Roth
Leigh Taylor-Young - Shirl
Chuck Connors - Tab
Joseph Cotten - Simonson
Brock Peters - Hatcher

Production:
Richard Fleischer - Director
Walter Seltzer Russell Thacher - Producer
Fred Myrow - Composer
Samuel E. Beetley - Editor
Stanley R. Greenberg - Screen Writer
Robert R. Benton - Set Designer
Jack Baur - Casting
Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer
Betsy Cox - Costume Designer
Norman Burza - Costume Designer
Pat Barto - Costume Designer
Daniel S. McCauley - First Assistant Director
Bud Westmore - Makeup
Gerald Fried - Musical Direction/Supervision
Edward C. Carfagno - Production Designer
Lloyd Anderson - Production Manager
Charles M. Wilborn - Sound/Sound Designer
Harry W. Tetrick - Sound/Sound Designer
A.J. Lohman - Special Effects
Augie Lohman - Special Effects
Matthew Yuricich - Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag - Special Effects
Joe Canutt - Stunts
Harry Harrison - Book Author

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