WATCH PARTY: Soylent Green (1973) dir. Richard Fleischer @Richard Tucker Library

I only know the quote. You know which one I'm talking about. (h/t cinephile Ren)

RUNTIME: 97 minutes

SYNOPSIS: In a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, NYPD detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) investigates the murder of an executive at rations manufacturer Soylent Corporation. With the help of elderly academic Solomon Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson), Thorn begins to make real progress -- until the governor mysteriously pulls the plug. Obsessed with the mystery, Thorn steps out from behind the badge and launches his own investigation into the murder.

BLURBS:
"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 Rosza, *Salon.com*

"Too much of what Fleischer depicts relies on our existing expectations of science fiction films... but what the film does, it does well, and there's good reason why its final lines have gained such iconic status." - Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film

"Great sci-fi with a surprisingly environmentalist message -- you have to wonder if Heston paid close attention." - Luke Y. Thompson, New Times