Soylent Green Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Fleischer
Genres: Science Fiction
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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 Red, 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, Rovi
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