Soylent green / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Walter Seltzer and Russell Thacher ; directed by Richard Fleischer ; screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 79999 | Warner Home Video65052 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [United States] : Turner Entertainment Co., [2007]Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419862065
- 9781419862069
- Director of photography, Richard H. Kline; editor, Samuel E. Beetley, original music, Fred Myrow.
- AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes ("Soylent Green is people!")
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | SF/FANT SOYLENT | Available | 33111009893880 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Red, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
English or French soundtracks; subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson.
Director of photography, Richard H. Kline; editor, Samuel E. Beetley, original music, Fred Myrow.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Based on a novel by Harry Harrison.
MPAA rating: PG.
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York in the year 2022, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely on a wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial Soylent Company, he comes face to face with the hideous truth about the secret ingredient of "Soylent Green."
Special features include: Full-length commentary by Leigh Taylor-Young and director Richard Fleischer; vintage documentary "A look at the world of Soylent Green"; MGM's tribute to Edward G. Robinson's 101st film; Charlton Heston sci-fi movies essay; theatrical trailer.
AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes ("Soylent Green is people!")
World gone mad -- When food was food -- Shopping -- Necessary death -- Thorn on the case -- Thinking of Shirl -- Great man's leavings -- Thorn's report -- Fielding's place -- Fine dining -- Very important man -- Connections and friend -- Keep it friendly -- Luxurious invitation -- Truth destroying me -- Involved in high places -- Riot control -- Killer's target -- Get off my back -- No place to go -- Where God is -- New tenant -- Sol goes home -- Parting words -- Hidden passenger -- Final product -- Shooting to kill -- It's people.