press release
A nightmarish futuristic fantasy
about the controlling power of big corporations
and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth
IT'S THE YEAR 2022... PEOPLE ARE STILL THE SAME. THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. AND THEY NEED SOYLENT GREEN.
Across a forty-year career, Richard Fleischer directed classic movies in almost every decade he was working: from the epic swashbuckling of The Vikings, to the psychological chills of 10 Rillington Place... and, of course, Soylent Green: a dystopian science-fiction thriller with a venomous sting in its tail. In a frighteningly prescient world of overpopulation and ecological collapse, resources are scarce. While the elite live in spacious, walled-off communities eating natural food and drinking clean water, the masses live in squalor, collecting water from communal taps and eating highly processed food wafers made by the Soylent Corporation. Soylent Red and Soylent Yellow are a staple, but now there's a tastier and more nutritious option: Soylent Green.
When a member of the Soylent Corporation's board is murdered, Detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston, Ben Hur) is called in to investigate. His search for answers will lead to a shocking discovery. The final entry in a trilogy of dystopian sci-fi classics starring Charlton Heston - following Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man - Soylent Green is a devastating vision of humanity on the brink, once seen, never forgotten.
Across a forty-year career, Richard Fleischer directed classic movies in almost every decade he was working: from the epic swashbuckling of The Vikings, to the psychological chills of 10 Rillington Place... and, of course, Soylent Green: a dystopian science-fiction thriller with a venomous sting in its tail. In a frighteningly prescient world of overpopulation and ecological collapse, resources are scarce. While the elite live in spacious, walled-off communities eating natural food and drinking clean water, the masses live in squalor, collecting water from communal taps and eating highly processed food wafers made by the Soylent Corporation. Soylent Red and Soylent Yellow are a staple, but now there's a tastier and more nutritious option: Soylent Green.
When a member of the Soylent Corporation's board is murdered, Detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston, Ben Hur) is called in to investigate. His search for answers will lead to a shocking discovery. The final entry in a trilogy of dystopian sci-fi classics starring Charlton Heston - following Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man - Soylent Green is a devastating vision of humanity on the brink, once seen, never forgotten.
Bonus Materials
"The grittiness of early-70s cinema works well for this fatalistic tale."
—Matt Brunson, Film Frenzy
"Where so many science fiction visions of the era have dated, this gritty creation of a depressed (and depressing) future recycling the junk of the past, and where assisted suicide has become simply another social option, looks all the more real."
—Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand
"Its greatest attribute is not that it accurately anticipated many things about humanity's future. 'Soylent Green' stands the test of time because it does these things while slamming you right where real anxiety festers and brews . . . in your guts."
—Matthew Rozsa, Salon.com
- LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Archive audio commentary with director Richard Fleischer and star Leigh Taylor-Young
- Brand new audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke and author Johnny Mains
- Charlton Heston at the BFI, an archive on-stage interview with the star of Soylent Green
- Richard Fleisher at the BFl, an archive onstage interview with the director of Soylent Green
- A Look at the World of Soylent Green, a vintage featurette
- MGM's Tribute to Edward G. Robinson's 101st Film, a vintage featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Frank Collins and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
"The grittiness of early-70s cinema works well for this fatalistic tale."
—Matt Brunson, Film Frenzy
"Where so many science fiction visions of the era have dated, this gritty creation of a depressed (and depressing) future recycling the junk of the past, and where assisted suicide has become simply another social option, looks all the more real."
—Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand
"Its greatest attribute is not that it accurately anticipated many things about humanity's future. 'Soylent Green' stands the test of time because it does these things while slamming you right where real anxiety festers and brews . . . in your guts."
—Matthew Rozsa, Salon.com
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