Cult Cinema: Soylent Green

This screening took place on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 10:00 pmYukon Theatre

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy, set in 2022, about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

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.

"Soylent Green is Edward G. Robinson's movie. As a man who remembers the wonders of civilization before it died, he is witty, cultivated and endlessly appealing." - Alan R. Howard, The Hollywood Reporter