Soylent Green
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Actor: Chuck Connors, Jan Bradley, John Barclay, Joseph Cotten, Whit BissellBrand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Richard H. Kline
Composer: Fred Myrow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Soylent Green
Movie Review: Now this IS a thriller!
Summary: 5 Stars
Brushing aside the obviously-dated special effects, this film is amazing. It's a commentary on how people have to take care of the earth--or else the earth itself litterally 'takes care of us'.
With real food at scarce levels, everybody in the crumbling societies is now attempting to survive on 'soylent' for nutrition, but what is it REALLY made of? Such plot also has allusions to the then-emergent health food movement, which was still fairly 'countercultural' as opposed to the comparative public availability which I can today enjoy.
And yes, having 'Mr conservative' Heston in the title role as an investigative cop gives it more current oomph. Even I would expect a 'liberal' cast to be automatically associated with such a project. So this instead makes the film's compelling message of ecological survival all the more chilling. This is a film you are going to watch with the lights on.
Some movies might be a good idea to remake. But this is a screenplay which cannot be remade for 'contemporary' audiences, stick with the original screenplay and instead understand the context of the original filming.
We have increased sensitivity to global warming and technology to address environmental concerns when compared against 1972. But a 'new cast' would never be able to deliver their screenplay with a same impending sense of urgency and uncertainty. It would just be reduced to the 'trend of the month'.
Summary of Soylent Green
The is 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 - an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret so terrifying no one would dare believe him.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY UPC: 012569647640Drama DVD Video
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