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Soylent Green [Blu-ray]

Charlton Heston (Actor), Edward G. Robinson (Actor), Richard Fleischer (Director) Rated:
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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 10,925 ratings
IMDb7.0/10.0
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Genre Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Format NTSC, Subtitled, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, Widescreen
Contributor Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Fleischer
Initial release date 2011-03-29
Language English
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Soylent Green is landmark screen science-fiction, a riveting entertainment and a cautionary tale that holds a mirror to a tomorrow rife with ecological disaster. Working well again in the futuristic genre following Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man, action titan Charlton Heston portrays Thorn, a detective prowling the dank streets of a polluted, overpopulated Big Apple gone rotten in 2022. He’s trailing a murderer – and the trail leads to a stunning discovery. Vividly realized, Soylent Green's world gains its power not just from its special effects but from its heart – a human dimension magnified by the performance of legendary Edward G. Robinson in his moving screen farewell.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.77:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Relay time: 97min
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Richard Fleischer
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 37 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 29, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Studio Distribution Services
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00466HNG8
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Saw this when I was a kid, it's Edward G Robinson's last film, brilliant take on where we don't want to end up. A dark vision of the future looking from 1973 toward the year 2022.
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A Christy
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless, Frightening and Thought Provoking
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2012
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This is one of my favorite movies and one that has a deceptively complex morality question deep inside the sometimes kitschy ideas of the future as seen through an early 1970s lens. A whole generation of people have been born and grown to maturity who haven't seen it and I sure hope the large number of reviews and continued sales on Amazon will introduce them to this great movie.

First off, this is one of the "Holy Triad" of Charlton Heston's sci-fi films. The other two are Planet of the Apes and Omega Man, of course. Both very worth a see as well. Also shining in this movie are Edward G. Robinson in his final film appearance (and it is a poignant and beautiful role for him) and Joseph Cotton in a brief but pivotal role.

The story centers on a murder that Thorn (a cop played by Heston) investigates in a near future New York City where over-population and increasing environmental damage have nearly destroyed the modern way of life. Thorn's "Book" named Sol (a type of research assistant) played by Robinson uses some loot that Thorn found at the scene of the murder to open up clues to a conspiracy that is so dark and far reaching that it will shake the world if it comes out. What follows is the exciting, tragic and heartbreaking search for the truth.

Some of the most important parts of the movie are those that are least talked about. If you think about these almost subliminally disturbing aspects of the film, one can be left with a new and very strange take on morality in difficult situations.

One: The question of furniture. In this future, the very wealthy live in apartments that we might see as middle class today and have access to things like real meat (though not great quality) and actual fruits and vegetables (also not great but real). They also have humans included with the furniture and actually call them such. In this case, it is Shirl, a pretty girl whose function is obvious and like a good couch, meant to be comfortable and unobtrusive for the owner of the apartment. For most of us the thought is totally appalling, but is it really? In a world where most won't live to adulthood and death is likely to be drawn out and horrible, furniture live lives of relative security for at least as long as they are young and pretty. Interesting question.

Two: Death and Suicide. In this future, the living are too numerous and it can't be sustained. The plankton that fed such a populous as the world dustbowled have now also died out in the super heated future. In response to this, the government sponsors beautiful places where anyone can go to "go home". It is nothing short of an assisted suicide/euthenasia clinic. It is also one of the only places of peace and beauty left for anyone. When Sol finds out what he does during his research and goes to one he has one of the most beautifully filmed and realized death scenes in movie history. It is perhaps even moreso since Mr. Robinson never had another film appearance before his own death. Thorn finds him and tries to stop him, but it is too late and in seeing how this plays out for those who go there to die, one can almost see the positive morality of such a place in such dire world circumstances. It is, after all, the choice of the person who goes there...no one elses.

Three: Ultimate Recycling. SPOILERS HERE. Most people know the line..."It's made of People!!". Not all of them know that it is from this movie, which is amusing. In the final scene of the movie we see Thorn trying to get the word out that Soylent Green...once made of plankton for protein...is actually made of the people who go to die at the euthenasia centers. We also see that no one is listening. While our initial reactions as this is discovered during the course of the film is one of disgust, it does beg the question...why? The world is too full of humans and there is no longer the resources to bury them all as they leave this world. What do you do with them? In this future, they break them down into slurry...just the basic proteins...and make a type of cracker out of them. When we consider that the FDA has an allowable amount of contamination for food that is human in nature, it changes the metric some. Is it, in reality, any different than the wonderful crops that come in the years after a battle happens on a field? It's equally appalling and thought provoking.

Four: Environment and humanity. One of the most interesting responses I've seen to this movie happens in the first couple of minutes. A montage of scenes depicts real life progress and the pollution that it brought. Most often I hear a comment about how realistic that looks for a 1970s movie. What most are surprised to hear is that almost all of them are real images of real life. How shocking that is to people born after the Clean Air and Clean Water acts. Younger generations have no idea that LA used to be so smog choked that people died or that swimming in a natural body of water could easily kill you or give you cancer quickly. While I'm generally against too much intervention by government I'm often surprised that anyone could ever assert with a straight face that people in business to make money will police themselves and won't intentionally harm the environment. I remember the time before the government forced companies to stop spewing filth into the air and water. Those images of what our country looked like are worth seeing the movie for all by themselves. They are eye-opening.

Overall, there is a great deal of 1970s fashion and style that many today will find laughable and there is always that wrongness that happens when trying to imagine a near future (like the video games), but the movie itself is sound and entertaining. It is also dark and mature in nature. It's an excellent film that will appeal to those who like sci-fi, dystopian movies or classics of the age.
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Wayne Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but a great science fiction for its time
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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This movie was a look of what could have happened in the future when food was very scare. Science fiction classic
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doris s henderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Scary
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
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Saw it as a kid.....still scary
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James E Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars Charlton Heston
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
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This man was the sci/fi action hero of the late 60's and 70's... another gritty cult classic.
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N8tvgrl
5.0 out of 5 stars So good
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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This movie makes me wonder why a lot of our food is so salty like are the salting us to be eaten later as this soilent green
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Thadeus McMoneybags
3.0 out of 5 stars Soylent Green is......not that Spectacular.
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2008
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A modern review of Soylent Green presents a paradox: the central theme is more relevant than ever, but some stylistic and narrative touches make the film hard to take seriously in the 21st century.

The film places us in a portentous vision of the future where mankind struggles to survive in Earth's rapidly deteriorating natural environment. Lettuce is a rare treat, meat is reserved for the super-rich, and most people live in broken down cars in makeshift 'shanty towns' or sleep in stairwells or on the street. This fragile existence is maintained by an extensive authoritarian government which strictly rations the limited resources at hand. One such resource is Soylent Green, a wafer-like miracle food credited for rescuing mankind from imminent starvation.

The New York City of this miserable future is home to 40 million people, including one perpetually sweaty Charton Heston. As a city police detective, Heston is fortunate enough to have a small apartment (more like a room) he shares with his older roommate (played by E.G. Robinson in his last role). When the head of the Soylent Company is murdered, Heston is sent to investigate. The case leads to a startling discovery, one which launched this film into the annals of movie legend.

For those that don't know the secret ending, the film holds the promise of a WTF! moment that alone makes it worth watching. For the rest of us, the film offers a impressively accurate assessment of a future in which the state of the environment becomes a major concern. Though it is unlikely that by 2022 (the year the events of film take place) things will really get as bad as they are in the film, the fact remains that Soylent Green sounded a warning bell almost 30 years before Al Gore produced "An Inconvenient Truth".

The films other high point is E.G. Robinson, who plays Heston's friend and roommate. Robinson had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and knew this would be his last screen role, which makes his final scene in the film all the more powerful. What would have been just another scene transcends script and characters and becomes one of the most touching moments ever captured in a major motion picture.

Where Soylent Green falters is in the details. What may have seemed believable to audiences of the 70's looks absolutely absurd to viewers 30 years later. I found myself laughing at the concept of women as 'furniture', particularly when Heston nonchalantly crawls into bed with one while mulling the details of his case out loud. The scene serves no other purpose than to inform the viewer that the beautiful women of the future are content to be submissive sex-slaves. This is a wonderful male fantasy, but as a potential reality it is hard to take seriously.

Other absurdities are the result of 70's sensibilities in a cold-war era. The impoverished, oppressed masses are all dressed like Russian peasants, the long lines for Soylent rations mirror the USSR 'bread lines', and the government is depicted as heavy-handed, overly-beauraucratic, and deceptive. In one unintentionally funny scene, rioters are scooped up by bulldozers and dumped, like trash, into receptacles carried on the 'dozers. The fact that the rioters seem to offer no resistance to such a fate is what makes it so funny. I mean, why don't they just crawl out?

The sets are also hard on modern eyes. It's like looking into a 'retro-future' akin to "Star Trek". Electronics and plastics are rare, and everything looks cheap and (obviously) outdated. I don't expect a film this old to provide an accurate vision of modern technology, I'm just pointing out that the scenery makes the film's vision harder to accept.

One wonders how more contemporary films about the near future (Minority Report, i-Robot, etc.) will look to audiences 30 years from now. I assume they'll have trouble fully investing in a setting that they know is inaccurate and which is tainted by cultural elements that are no longer relevant. Taking this into consideration, Soylent Green's central theme has stood the test of time, and will probably continue to do so. This alone is an impressive achievement. However, beyond the well-known 'surprise ending' there isn't really anything that spectacular about the production or the story. It makes for an entertaining first viewing, and it's certainly worthy of its status as a 'classic', but as an essential collectors piece it falls short.
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Marrvin Quick
5.0 out of 5 stars Old movies Are Revealing
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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This movies is about what we're going thru right now, waste being processed into food including humans.
We can't
believe our country would allow such a thing, but it's exactly going on now.
Our food has been chemically altered,their are too many people on this planet now.
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Luis
5.0 out of 5 stars Película reflexiva
Reviewed in Mexico on January 8, 2024
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Llegó en perfecto estado. Una película única. Esta en español castellano, con subtítulos español latino
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Vince
5.0 out of 5 stars Recomendado
Reviewed in Spain on February 23, 2024
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Comentario para Soylent Green (edición alemana del bluray) con ASIN: B004JRLPHC
Esta edición alemana de la película Cuando el destino nos alcance tiene el mismo disco que la edición española, incluso el disco tiene la serigrafía del Ministerio de Cultura. Así que, tenemos audio en castellano y los extras con subtítulos en español.
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Gilbert Faes
5.0 out of 5 stars Aankoop Soilent Green ( DVD )
Reviewed in Belgium on October 4, 2023
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100% OK Goede verzending en besteld item beantwoorde volledig aan de beschrijving
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TeeBee
5.0 out of 5 stars A pertinant story runs through this excellent film.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2020
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I had not realised that Global Warming and all the effects it would place on a society was as strongly trumpeted as in this film. Back in 1973 I cannot recall ever being confronted with the state of the future of Earth being determined by what the human race do from 1973. In fact, once I got the message, about 5 minutes in, my reaction was admiration for the Producers, Actors and the Director, along with all who worked on this film. Many may have missed this message and just played it as a welcome paying part whilst others were radically hoping that balances would be tipped and governments around the world would step back from the abyss in time to save the planet. However, it is not the norm for the population of any country to take regard of anything that will require his or her involvement and passion; the world is not made this way.
The film predicts a New York of 40million population with mass homelessness and unemployed living on the streets or under any cover that is available. It is the dystopian future nobody wants but which nobody bothers to fight against.
This is where the company Soylent comes into play manufacturing a variety of coloured protein biscuits upon which the massive population depends. Its latest product, Soylent Green, unknown to the downtrodden masses is created from the bodies of the dead; the unwritten and unrealised maxim becomes "The more who die, the more are fed". Charlton Heston's policeman, part "Thorne?" is horribly corrupted by a corrupt and cynical minority of rich and notable people including the Sate Governor. It is one of these Important people, a member of the Sylent Board by the name of Simonsen who is assassinated at the behest of Soylent because of his shock of learning of the truth about their products. Being regarded as unreliable he is marked down for termination and is to this situation that Detective Thorne enters the fray. He is convinced that Simonsen's death was targeted and he begins the process of gathering information, as well as liberating some soap, bourbon, apples and beef from Simonsen's home. He returns the following day to sample the delights of the furniture living in the flat, lucky devil.
To cut what could be an extremely long review into a short review only needs me to relate the relationship between Thorne and Sam Roth, beautifully played by Edward G Robinson, as being a central prop to the characterisation and Thorne's reaction to the event by which his "Book" has had enough of life and decides to die at a government centre where his body, and those of thousands more are changed into Soylent Green protein biscuits. This period of the film is, for me, the most beautiful as it features Sol, Edward G, in the peace of his "death room" being mesmerised by the beauty of the film of Earth's past fecundity and the very appropriate and also very emotional Beethoven's 9th symphony.
Thorne then has the proof of what Soylent and its directors are doing and he appeals to his boss to get that information out.
My apologies for this rather choppy review, it is enthusiasm and righteous desire that have propelled me. So, all I really need to say is that this film deserves 5 stars and probably more.
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Wim
1.0 out of 5 stars Nederlandstalige ondertitels
Reviewed in the Netherlands on May 26, 2020
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Er zijn Nederlandstalige ondertitels aanwezig bij de Dvd versie....
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