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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 73%, Metacritic 66/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 1,500 audience votes. Scores higher than 80% of the 169 1970s science fiction movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic66/100
1,486 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Stanley R. GreenbergScreenplay
- Fred MyrowOriginal Music Composer
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
- Roy JensonDonovan
- Leonard StoneCharles
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookparanoiadystopiagreenhouse effectglobal warmingoverpopulationwater shortagecannibalgenocidemurder investigationcolony collapse disordereutanasia
The Best Movies of 1973
Soylent Green is #45 of 60
