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Soylent Green

Soylent Green

  • Status: Released
  • 18-04-1973
  • Runtime: 97 min
  • Score: 6.946
  • Vote count: 1319

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.

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

Roy Jenson

Donovan

Leonard Stone

Charles

Whit Bissell

Gov. Santini

Celia Lovsky

The Exchange Leader

Dick Van Patten

Usher #1

Morgan Farley

Book #1

John Barclay

Book #2

Belle Mitchell

Book #3

Cyril Delevanti

Book #4

Faith Quabius

Attendant

Jane Dulo

Mrs. Santini

John Dennis

Wagner

Jan Bradley

Bandana Woman

Carlos Romero

New Tenant

Pat Houtchens

Fat Guard

Joyce Williams

The Furniture Girls

Erica Hagen

The Furniture Girls

Beverly Gill

The Furniture Girls

Suesie Eejima

The Furniture Girls

Cheri Howell

The Furniture Girls

Kathy Silva

The Furniture Girls

Jennifer King

The Furniture Girls

Marion Charles

The Furniture Girls

Molly Dodd

Soylent Yellow Seller (uncredited)

Gwen Farrell

Woman in Confessional Line (uncredited)

Bern Hoffman

Plastics Seller (uncredited)

Robert Ito

Shoe Seller (uncredited)

Nora Marlowe

Soylent Crumbs Seller (uncredited)

Ida Mae McKenzie

Woman Calling for Revolution (uncredited)

Richard Sterne

TV Announcer (uncredited)

Jeff Winkless

Suicide Parlor Attendant (uncredited)

Tim Herbert

Brady

Forrest Wood

Attendent

Crazypiglady

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, it seems it may benefit from a remake but I think the reason it hasn't been remade is probably because it has actually be rebooted a number of times in other films and its actually a fairly simple plot.