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Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction

2022

56 minutes

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Overview

The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece of social science fiction, released in 1973. Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, it deals not with an exogenous threat, such as an extraterrestrial attack, but with the dire consequences of an irreversible environmental catastrophe for which mankind alone is responsible.

Top Cast

Joe Dante headshot

Joe Dante

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Denis Meadows headshot

Denis Meadows

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Laurent Bopp headshot

Laurent Bopp

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Aglaé Jézéquel headshot

Aglaé Jézéquel

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Mark Fleischer headshot

Mark Fleischer

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