Robinson - reuniting Heston with his Ten Commandments co-star in what would be Robinson’s final film role - investigates the murder of a wealthy Soylent Corporation board member. Heston plays detective Robert Thorn, who, along with his professor sidekick played by Edward G. The name was derived from a reference in Make Room! to “soylent steaks” made from soy beans and lentil. That book is set in 1999, when the planet’s population is 7 billion and virtually everything, including water, is rationed for all but the ultra-rich.īut Soylent pushed the narrative ahead to 2022 and upped the ante by introducing a processed biscuit, which comes in Soylent Red, Soylent Yellow and the all-new and much more delicious Soylent Green varieties. Helmed by Richard Fleischer (who also directed 1954’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney, among countless other titles), Soylent Green was based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison. And 1973’s Soylent Green, with Charlton Heston (who had starred in two other sci-fi hits, 1968’s Planet of the Apes and 1971’s The Omega Man), took Ehrlich’s ideas to scary, if campy, extremes.
In 1972’s Silent Running, a science fiction film starring Bruce Dern - and directed by 2001: A Space Odyssey effects master Douglas Trumbull - all plant life on Earth has gone extinct. Hollywood Flashback: ‘Soylent Green’ Depicted an Overpopulated Planet With a Dark Secret The 1973 eco-thriller reunited Charlton Heston with his 'Ten Commandments' co-star Edward G. Harry Harrison, who was just awarded the Nebula Grandmaster award. Hollywood Flashback: In 1989, Nicolas Cage Stuck His Neck Out for 'Vampire's Kiss' Soylent Green was based on Make Room Make Room, a cautionary 1966 science fiction novel written by Harry Harrison (who died in 2012). Burns shouting Soylent Green est Menchenflesh) Now I know him as totally charming.
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