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Soylent Green Director: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/25/2008
  • Original Release: 1973
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 741
 
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Commentary by Leigh Taylor-Young and director Richard Fleischer; Vintage featurettes A Look at the World of Soylent Green and MGM's Tribute to Edward G. Robinson's 101st Film; Charlton Heston sci-fi movies essay; Theatrical trailer

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Disc #1 -- Soylent Green
1. World Gone Mad [2:26]
2. When Food Was Food [4:38]
3. Shopping [2:45]
4. Necessary Death [2:50]
5. Thorn on the Case [4:40]
6. Thinking of Shirl [3:50]
7. Great Man's Leavings [3:32]
8. Thorn's Report [3:27]
9. Fielding's Place [5:00]
10. Fine Dining [2:43]
11. Very Important Man [2:34]
12. Connections and Friend [3:56]
13. Keep It Friendly [5:03]
14. Luxurious Invitation [3:06]
15. Truth Destroying Me [3:20]
16. Involved in High Places [3:08]
17. Riot Control [2:54]
18. Killer's Target [2:01]
19. Get Off My Back [2:12]
20. No Place to Go [2:56]
21. Where God Is [1:23]
22. New Tenant [1:08]
23. Sol Goes Home [3:56]
24. Parting Words [5:19]
25. Hidden Passenger [3:37]
26. Final Product [4:13]
27. Shooting to Kill [3:15]
28. It's People [3:51]
29. End Credits [2:47]

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Editorial Reviews

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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May 14, 2008: In its year, Soylent Green was an epiphanic experience for a young man of 18 years - that would be me. One thing reviewers all seem to miss is the multi-media image and music sequence that opens the movie and does a first rate job of setting the mood. Contrary to what you may hear, the technology was cutting edge at the rich end of the movie characters' class system and archaic "about 70's" at Thorn's "Heston's" level. For example, Thorn and Sol drank and washed from 60's model Igloo coolers and the rich dead guy's bodyguard had a "countertop" stove that was a prototype in the 70S, only seen in Popular science. It looked old. Edward G. was a class act all the way. His "feast" scene with Heston was a classic for the ages. "Watch for Thorn eating an apple right down to the stem!" Ed's death scene was a stunning vision in those years. I'm sure the jaded youth of today can't really appreciate that. My 16 year old son saw this with me and was haunted by the concept, so it ain't so dated, by my way of thinking. A classic, I'd say. Geophys55

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November 26, 2007: I knew the 'surprise' ending from the trailer, before even seeing the movie. The concepts in this movie are very interesting but the props/scenes have not aged well. It seems like it may have been a very cheap movie to make at the time. I think the movie was cut short - I would have liked to have seen at least a tiny bit what happened after the main character announces what the 'big secret' is with Soylent Green. This movie is a predecessor to the Matrix Trilogy in a way. It's set in the future, the planet's been changed due to the humans' behavior at the time, and the 'secret' that the trailer refers to is also similar to the Matrix story in a sense. As far as being in the future, there is no evidence of advanced technology whatsoever. Everything looks identical to the time period it was shot at, but various concepts mentioned in the movie points to a dismal future. Almost no one can afford an education, almost no one knows what food tastes like outside of the byproducts of supposed 'soy/lentil' ingredients made by the Soylent Corporation. Almost no one knows what plant/animal life was like in the past. It's maybe worth a quick rental.

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