Soylent Green
It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.
1973 | 97m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
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| Writer: | Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 18, 1973 |
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| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
| Writer: | Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, paranoia, dystopia, greenhouse effect, global warming, overpopulation, water shortage, cannibal, genocide, murder investigation, colony collapse disorder, eutanasia, assisted suicide, crime against humanity, murder case, food shortage, societal collapse, processing plant, environmental collapse |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,600,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stanley R. Greenberg | Screenplay |
| Samuel E. Beetley | Editor |
| Jack Baur | Casting |
| Frank Orsatti | Stunts |
| Joe Canutt | Stunt Double, Stunt Coordinator |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Sherry Wilson | Hairstylist |
| Lloyd Anderson | Unit Production Manager |
| Wolfgang E. Marum | Second Assistant Director |
| Daniel McCauley | Assistant Director |
| Terry Ballard | Property Master |
| Harry W. Tetrick | Sound |
| Charles M. Wilborn | Sound |
| Norman A. Burza | Costumer |
| Betsy Cox | Costumer |
| Fred Myrow | Original Music Composer |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Harry Harrison | Novel |
| Pat Barto | Costume Design |
| Stephanie Epper | Stunts |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Richard H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist, Makeup Designer |
| Bob Herron | Stunts |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Seltzer | Producer |
| Russell Thacher | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 32 | 49 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 38 | 51 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6 | 29 | 46 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 28 | 39 | 18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 27 | 47 | 17 |
| 2024 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 36 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 983 | 983 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 402 | 679 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 4 | 344 | 632 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 691 | 767 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 812 | 812 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 878 | 901 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 11 | 931 | 954 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 8 | 984 | 984 |
Crazypiglady
4.0
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 li ... ke 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.
Jan 02, 2023