It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.
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.
Science FictionCrimeMysterybased on novel or bookparanoiadystopiagreenhouse effectglobal warmingoverpopulationwater shortagecannibalgenocidemurder investigationcolony collapse disordereutanasia
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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19 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Charlton HestonDetective Robert Thorn
- Leigh Taylor-YoungShirl
- Chuck ConnorsTab Fielding
- Joseph CottenWilliam R. Simonson
- Brock PetersChief Hatcher
- Paula KellyMartha Phillips
- Edward G. RobinsonSol Roth
- Stephen YoungGilbert
- Mike HenryKulozik
- Lincoln KilpatrickThe Priest
Crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Stanley R. GreenbergScreenplay
- Harry HarrisonNovel
- Richard H. KlineDirector of Photography
- Fred MyrowOriginal Music Composer
- Samuel E. BeetleyEditor
- Walter SeltzerProducer
- Russell ThacherProducer
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