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Soylent Green is a 1973 American dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science-fiction novel Make Room!
The plot jumps from character to character, recounting the lives of people in various walks of life in New York City, population 35 million. The novel was the basis of the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green, although the film changed much of the plot and theme and introduced cannibalism as a solution to feeding people. [2]
"Soylent Green is people!" Det. Robert Thorn Charlton Heston: Soylent Green: 1973 78 "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." Dave Bowman: Keir Dullea: 2001: A Space Odyssey: 1968 79 Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious … and don't call me Shirley." Ted Striker and Dr. Rumack Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen: Airplane! 1980 80 ...
Robinson's roles included an insurance investigator in the film noir Double Indemnity, Dathan (the adversary of Moses) in The Ten Commandments, and his final performance in the science-fiction story Soylent Green. [5] Robinson received an Academy Honorary Award for his work in the film industry, which was awarded two months after he died in 1973.
The poor live in squalor, haul water from communal spigots, and eat highly processed wafers, "Soylent Red", "Soylent Yellow", and the latest product the far more flavorful and nutritious, squares of "Soylent Green". Advertised as being made from ocean plankton Soylent Green is in short supply.
In an early scene in the movie, one of the first pieces of advice that Lee gives to Jessie is to wear a helmet. And during a firefight early in the film, Dunst, Spaeny and Moura are indeed all ...
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Because of the film's cult popularity, the term "soylent green" and the famous last line "Soylent Green is people!" have become catch phrases in English. Many subsequent works refer to Soylent Green for either dramatic or comedic effect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.164.114 13:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)