Soylent Green (1973) Edit

A greenhouse effect. Everything is burning up.

A heat wave all year long.

A lot better.

A member of the board of the Soylent Corporation...

A real bargain, folks. Synthetic footgear.

A rich man.

About a month ago, and then again a few days before he died.

About five minutes, I guess. Better pass the word.

According to the inventory, we're low on everything.

Across the board.

Across...? Oh, that's impossible.

All right! All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right. An egg then. Who the hell needs strawberries?

All the way up. We'll make it cold, like winter used to be.

And if we refer back to this card back here...

And in 2018...

And now you know what you've been missing.

And now, Governor Santini.

And sometimes for no reason at all, he'd start to cry.

And they break every regulation in the book.

And they break every regulation in the book.

And your favorite color?

And...

Anybody tails me, bothers me one more time...

Anything you say.

Appreciate the difficulty, Ed.

Are you fun?

Are you ready, Miss Shirl? It's getting late.

As soon as I get up the nerve.

Ask Charles. I don't cheat.

Because it's your job. Besides, you love me.

Because of its enormous popularity, Soylent Green is in short supply.

Beef like you've never seen before.

Beef, Miss Shirl.

Beef?

Before our scientific magicians poisoned the water...

Believe.

Big deal.

Biographical survey, 2006. Last one they published.

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

Born 1954.

Bourbon! Son of a...

Bullshit.

But let's take care of you first.

But the department wants to cooperate with the governor's office, right?

But the police officer involved refuses to close the case.

But the world was beautiful.

Call it 279 D's even for Mr. Simonson.

Can be extradited.

Can you see it?

Charles isn't as bad as some.

Charles said you were 24.

Charles wouldn't dare make trouble for you now.

Check the Exchange.

Check the Exchange. I need you to tell me that?

Chelsea Towers West.

Chergov, home. And Donaldson, extradite.

Chergov, murder.

Church?

Come on in here a minute, Shirl.

Come on in here a minute, Shirl.

Come on in here a minute, will you?

Come on in here.

Come on, baby.

Come on, Sol. Don't take it so big.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. I need you.

Come on. Shove.

Courtesy of your next assignment, William R. Simonson.

Death benefits, line up at tables one and two.

Death benefits, line up at tables one and two.

Detective Thorn, 14th Precinct.

Detective Thorn, 14th Precinct.

Did you ever see a cake of soap that big?

Did you meet his friends?

Do something, damn it!

Do they?

Do you believe that?

Do you have the words straight?

Do you know how many books were published once upon a time?

Do you need some space?

Do you work for them like Simonson did?

Does Soylent buy your strawberries?

Don't go anyplace without a bodyguard.

Don't talk to me like that.

Don't you believe me, Charlie?

Don't you ever get mad?

Don't you, Charlie?

Don't you?

Donaldson, multiple ****.

Eat some Soylent Green and calm down.

Eggs, they had. Real butter. Fresh lettuce in the stores.

Enough for Chelsea Towers West.

Evidently unmarried.

Far too many.

Father, did you hear his confession?

Father.

Forgive me. It's destroying me.

Furniture stays in units!

Furniture?

Get him the hell out of Manhattan.

Get inside.

Get me some booze.

Get me the 14th Precinct.

Get me the 14th Precinct. Urgent.

Get off my back!

Get off. I'll charge up the batteries before I go.

Get the bottle.

Get the hell out of here.

Gilbert?

Give me a lift home?

Go to the Exchange.

Go to...

God, we haven't had any trouble here in years, not years.

Good evening, ma'am. May I have your name, please?

Good evening, Your Honor.

Good God.

Got a suspect?

Got that?

Got the scoops standing by, but I don't know if they can handle this.

Governor. Sorry to disturb you this way, sir.

Graduated Yale Law School in 1977.

Great.

Great. That really makes my day.

Handmade, isn't that?

Has a record in the Bronx.

Hatcher, help me.

Hatcher...

Hatcher's got you working a double shift?

Have I done something?

Having a party?

He didn't bring people up here very often.

He didn't knock you around, huh? You're a lucky girl.

He didn't touch me for months.

He isn't home.

He learned these facts, and they shook his sanity.

He may not want me.

He might relieve me from duty.

He talked to a priest. That's about all.

He took me to church.

He used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like a punk.

He was a gentle man. He never abused me.

He was murdered, you know. Assassinated.

He was very strange towards the end.

He wasn't the type.

He wasn't the type.

He'd be alive if we hadn't gone out.

He'll be driven outside the city to a waste disposal plant.

He'll like you.

He's a damn good cop.

He's damn good at it.

He's doing all right.

He's had it.

He's in Philadelphia, out of our jurisdiction.

Here. You better sign for him.

Hey, big shot.

Hey, Callahan, busy house tonight, huh?

Hey, Mr. Donovan.

Hey, Sol!

Hey, this is really a terrific place.

Hey, Wagner!

Hey, what's your name? Shirl?

High and hot. They want this case closed permanently! Sign this!

His wife's been lying.

Honey, it wasn't anybody's fault.

Horrible.

How about that big, fat Soylent Corporation?

How can anything survive in a climate like this?

How could I ever imagine?

How could I know?

How could I know?

How could I...?

How did we come to this?

How do you feel?

How many times you been in trouble with the police?

How much did they pay you for that one?

How often can I offer a customer something really fantastic?

How old are you?

How old is Sol Roth now?

Hundred and fifty bucks a jar of strawberries.

I am asking you to disperse.

I can't figure this Simonson.

I can't hear any more about it.

I can't hear him.

I can't help you.

I can't. I'm following up the Simonson thing.

I can't. The damn thing won't run.

I demolished five saucers with one rocket.

I did the best I could...

I didn't know you were here, Mr. Thorn.

I don't know why I bother.

I don't know. He just left.

I don't wanna be alone.

I don't wanna hear any more about it.

I don't want to do anything unfriendly like that, Mr. Thorn.

I don't want to get caught in another riot.

I finished it last night. I was hungry, damn it.

I got nothing to give.

I got work.

I gotta get to work.

I had a few more questions I wanted to ask him.

I had a few more questions I wanted to ask.

I had the impression he was more or less retired.

I have no recollection.

I have something for you.

I haven't eaten like this in years.

I haven't had a hot bath...

I haven't seen an incinerator for years.

I hope so.

I just met Tab yesterday in connection with a case.

I knew soon.

I know, Sol. You told me before.

I know. I know.

I left my stuff in here.

I love them.

I love you, Sol.

I love you, Thorn.

I made the routine check. He was alive at 10:35.

I may have to see you again.

I need to know what he said to you.

I need to know what he said to you.

I never ate like this.

I promise, tiger. I promise. I'll tell the Exchange.

I repeat: The scoops are on their way.

I saw him cry more than once.

I see the words, but I can't believe them.

I should have gone home long ago.

I should have offered you something, Mr. Thorn.

I sleep late. I like a big breakfast and no lunch.

I spent hours on it at the Exchange today.

I stay for the next tenant, if he wants me.

I stood in line the whole lousy day, and they gave me a quarter of a kilo!

I think "expedient" is the word.

I think he just wanted to have somebody along.

I think he wanted to die.

I think it's really busted this time.

I told you there's been a tail on me.

I told you.

I told you.

I waited two whole damn years for an apartment to open up in this building.

I want to close that case and sign it out.

I want you to stay with him always.

I was there. I can prove it.

I was thinking of Shirl.

I was worried about you.

I wished he'd lived forever.

I won't put my job on the line for you, Hatcher. Not my damn job!

I won't understand them if I live to be 100.

I wonder if any of these girls want to file a complaint against you.

I'd never risk my job.

I'll have to tell the other tenants.

I'll make you breakfast.

I'll organize the dinner menu.

I'll rub you down afterwards.

I'll tell you, Charlie...

I'm frightened when I'm alone.

I'm just an ordinary police book, not the Library of Congress.

I'm not dressed!

I'm not gonna falsify that report.

I'm to inform you the board is determined to resolve...

I'm working on it.

I've been here a long time.

I've been looking all over the building for you. I'll teach you to break my rules!

I've been paid to the end of the month.

I've got a handful of reference work 20 years out of date.

I've got leads.

I've got proof.

I've pedaled this damn thing halfway around the world.

I've seen it. I've seen it happening.

I've told you before.

Ice.

ID is RC105.

If I close and somebody higher and hotter wants to know why, it's my job!

If I was like him, rich, important...

If I'd had the time, I would've asked for it.

In 1997, he was the director of Holcox Manufacturing, Norfolk, Virginia.

Include all your movements tonight and yesterday...

Isn't it beautiful?

Isn't that beautiful?

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter.

It has been six months since my last confession.

It looks like a fair complected man...

It means there's no place for us to go.

It was a stupid, amateur burglar. Nobody's fault, Shirl.

It's a 6 1 priority.

It's a nice place.

It's a pleasure to be able to talk to the people of the city of New York.

It's good to hear you laugh.

It's horrible.

It's late.

It's okay.

It's people.

It's perfectly legal.

It's still dark.

It's still over 90 out there.

It's time for you to get another book.

It's truly unfortunate that you missed the overture.

Jeez!

Jeez.

Just a minute.

Just a moment.

Just do what you have to do.

Just for a moment.

Just like that?

Just live.

Just my friends.

Just so we understand.

Keep moving right along. Step right up. Soylent Green. Soylent Green right here.

Keep the scanners on.

Lawyer. Politics.

Let me do something for you.

Let me go! Are you gonna put up with this?

Let me see it. Maybe I can fix it again.

Let me see your badge.

Let's go.

Let's see your hands.

Life in a waste disposal plant in a Soylent factory someplace.

Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them!

Listen to me, Thorn.

Look, get me Chelsea Towers West. Apartment 22A.

Look, maybe we better all go. Come on.

Look, we're doing okay.

Look.

Look.

Love apple.

Make a special effort, will you, Sol? This case is for real, for a lot of marbles.

Matthewson...

May I help you, sir?

Maybe not.

Maybe they want to keep it friendly.

Me and everybody else.

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

More than two days, and I lose my job.

Mr. Brady?

Mr. Fielding.

My God.

My name is Paul.

Necessary.

Never!

New furniture?

Next thing, they'll be breeding us like cattle for food.

No doubt about it.

No fresh bruises.

No place.

No, I'm investigating the murder of Mr. William Simonson.

No, not right.

No, there's no time.

No.

No.

Nobody cares. Nobody tries...

Not at all, Donovan. Not at all.

Not bad for an amateur.

Nothing works, not really. You can't believe the problems I have.

Now it's the only tree sanctuary in New York.

Now, what is it?

Now, you have nothing to regret. He told us to go.

Number ACX2167D.

Occupation?

Oh, for...

Oh, let's see. The Matthewson murder...

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no. I won't hit a cop. Bastard.

Oh, nuts. People were always rotten.

Oh, Thorn, I want to live with you.

Oh, Thorn, I'm so glad. I have to talk to you.

Oh, yes.

Okay, but I'm gonna bring you a surprise.

Okay, Shirl. That's all.

Okay, wise guy.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Old people do that.

On the bed.

One bill for me, 50 for Kulozik, 50 for you.

One: The alarm system was out of order for the first time in two years.

Open that damn thing right now...

Open up.

Orange, I guess.

Our men fabricate replacements.

Out of your jurisdiction, across the city line in Philadelphia.

Paper.

Perfect.

Perfume.

Perhaps at home.

Perhaps because he went to church yesterday.

Plastics. Plastic ware.

Please.

Plenty of room to move around.

Principal partner, Simonson, Borden and Santini.

Quick energy yellow Soylent made of genuine soybean!

Quick energy yellow Soylent made of genuine soybeans.

Quite an important man, a rich man.

Really a nice place you got here. Really nice.

Regulations.

Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green Day.

Right.

Robbery had nothing to do with it.

Santini's the governor.

Say, does this building have a food inventory?

Schmuck.

Schmuck.

Shopping once in a while.

Sign here, please, Mr. Roth.

Sign it, Brady.

Sign it. I'll cover for you.

Simonson was a member of the board.

Simonson, Sol. Report, huh?

Simonson, William R.

Simonson, William R.

Simonson.

Simonson.

So get something to eat.

So things are looking up a bit, Kathy.

So we'll double up the Tuesday riot detail here at 62nd tomorrow.

So you finally made it.

So?

So?

So?

Sol, can you hear me?

Sol.

Some are a little chipped. Others have hardly any cracks.

Something stinks here.

Sometimes it's business, and then we have to be alone.

Sometimes it's fun, and then we like a girl who's fun.

Son of a bitch.

Sorry I had to bust in like this. You know? Just routine.

Sorry to make such a racket. I want to see Mr. Fielding.

Soylent buns! Get your genuine Soylent buns!

Soylent controls the food supply for half the world.

Soylent crumbs! Two D's a kilo. Nothing cheaper in the market. Come and get it.

Soylent Green is made out of people.

Soylent Green is people!

Soylent.

Specialist in manufacturing freeze drying equipment...

Strawberries?

Streets prohibited to non permits in one hour.

Streets prohibited to non permits in one hour.

Supposed to look like he was killed...

Sure you were.

Sure, I met some of his friends.

Sure.

Sweet Jesus.

Swell.

Tab Fielding. I was Mr. Simonson's bodyguard.

Takes them forever, just forever.

Talked to every other book who was there.

Taste it.

Tasteless, odorless crud.

Ten for Wagner from your end.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you, Richard. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That makes it 279 D's and 15 cents.

That makes us both liars.

That was Thorn.

That'll leave us thin up here at 101st, so we'll back up with scoops there.

That's all I remember.

That's great.

That's rice.

That's right, Wagner.

That's right.

That's true.

The board of Soylent?

The cards indicate a secure trend should follow shortly.

The cop spoke 20 minutes with the priest.

The corporation knew...

The evidence is overwhelming.

The Exchange.

The girl and I. You know, Shirl.

The girl and I. You know, Shirl.

The new tenant comes tonight.

The new tenant is coming to look over the place.

The only reference books he had. You like them?

The original manufacturer's out of business.

The problem is parts.

The same priest who heard Simonson's confession.

The scanners and alarms went out of order last Thursday.

The scoops are on their way!

The scoops are on their way.

The supply of Soylent Green has been exhausted.

The truth Simonson told you?

Then...

There is no next of kin.

There isn't even enough room for the poor.

There should be a requiem mass, but there's no room.

There!

There's another one over there.

There's been 137 reported murders since then, and we won't solve them either.

There's just too many.

There's nothing I can do for you, furniture.

There's plenty of food in the refrigerator.

They can't risk a catastrophe, they say.

They feared he might talk...

They gave me a quarter of a kilo.

They need proof.

They told me to say that they were sorry...

They're all like this.

They're making our food out of people.

They're right.

They're running out of the damn green.

They've gotta tell people.

Think I forgot? I didn't forget.

Think I forgot? I didn't forget.

This conversation with Governor Henry C. Santini...

This is a nice place, the way it's fixed up.

This is like my home.

This is the police.

This is the police. This is the police.

This isn't somebody you scratch after 24 hours and forget.

This Simonson was a great man.

This was once called Gramercy Park.

This way, please, Mr. Roth.

This way, please.

Thorn, 14th Precinct.

Thorn, Father, 14th Precinct.

Thorn, how about paying us a visit?

Thorn, I thought they had you on riot control.

Thorn, listen.

Thorn?

Thorn.

Thorn.

Thorn.

Thorn.

Thorn. Detective Thorn.

Thorn. It's curfew.

Those farms are like fortresses.

Three or four times a week, I have guests.

To God.

To who?

Today is Tuesday!

Twenty one.

Two volumes.

Two: The bodyguard was conveniently out shopping.

Unit scanner and alarm, the best there is.

Unnumbered copies. Officially, they don't exist.

Very hot.

Watch where the hell you're stepping!

We don't see rich people here anymore.

We give them a day off a month. We don't have to.

We have a large assortment of plastic ware.

We hold it, pending next of kin.

We run a clean building here, Mr. Thorn.

We should have more guards.

We should have more guards.

We were very lucky to get it.

We'll pick her up if we can find her. Here. Sign.

We're doing fine.

We're doing lousy...

We've gotta stop them somehow!

Well, give me time, will you?

Well, I can assure you...

Well, I can't locate the files.

Well, I got a place, but it's nothing like this.

Well, I see that orange is your favorite color.

Well, it's your job.

Well, law, Soylent, oceanography...?

Well, there was a Mr. Lempeter...

Well, we got back at 11. I saw the jimmy marks on the door and ran in...

Well, what's for Mother?

Went home yesterday.

What about the death benefit?

What about Zolitnikoff?

What are you doing here?

What are you doing home?

What did he confess?

What did you dig up in those cases I gave you?

What do I do? Call each of them and say Mr. Simonson in 22A was slaughtered?

What do you say, Charlie?

What do you want?

What does?

What for?

What God, Mr. Roth?

What have you dug up on Simonson?

What may I do for you, sir?

What the hell kind of miracle do you want of me?

What the hell?

What time is it?

What we need is the proof of what they are doing...

What were their names?

What's your arrangement here?

Whatever you say, sir.

When my grandmother died...

When there was paper and power and presses that worked and...

When will he be back?

When you came back, did you see the body?

When you gonna make the announcement?

When you were young, people were better.

Where are they taking him?

Where did you go with Simonson?

Where were you, bodyguard, when they were butchering your boss?

Where will we find him?

Which means you still haven't got a damn thing.

Who is it?

Who's they?

Why do you think?

Why don't you eat something?

Why don't you go in the foyer and write me a statement.

Why should we?

Why should you?

Why the hell don't you get out of here? Go back to your foolish work.

Why would you leave that door open?

Why, in my day, you could buy meat anywhere.

Why?

Working on your report?

Working on your report?

Would you believe bodyguards are buying strawberries for 150 D's a jar?

Wouldn't you know?

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, I've seen it before.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah. Well, when he gets back, tell him Detective Thorn was here. Okay?

Yes, at home.

Yes, but you love me.

Yes, I remember.

Yes, sir, first thing in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Yes, Sol.

Yes, Your Honor. It's about William Simonson.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yesterday you agreed it was assassination.

You asked for something special, and I got it. Come on over here.

You asked for something special, and I got it. Come on over here.

You be careful now.

You can file a claim in 30 days.

You can't sweep that carcass under the rug. Who bought you?

You could stay a while.

You could take a shower and let the water run as long as you like.

You could wash up.

You don't know any better.

You don't listen too good, but you're a damn good cop.

You don't understand.

You get life for that, jerk!

You got hot water here.

You got your report?

You got...

You gotta tell them they're right.

You heard me. The Simonson case is officially closed. Felonious assault. Sign.

You know how to write?

You know, Chelsea West.

You know, I was a teacher once, a full professor, a respected man.

You know, I'm getting pretty sick of you.

You know, if I had the money, I'd smoke two, three of these every day.

You know, there are 20 million guys out of work in Manhattan alone...

You know, there are idiots in this world who wanna take everything we've got.

You know, when I was a kid...

You must accept it.

You must evacuate the area.

You need a rest.

You never saw a g****fruit.

You never saw her.

You should have told me.

You sign it!

You tell everybody.

You throw out a name and you expect a miracle.

You turn that air conditioner on all the way.

You understand?

You wanna file a complaint?

You won't.

You, Mr. Simonson.

You'd better report in here right away.

You'd think they'd be grateful for what they've got here. Wouldn't you?

You're a dream.

You're a dream.

You're a hell of a piece of furniture.

You're all there is.

You're bought when they pay you a salary.

You're not working for him anymore.

You've been telling me that for the last three days.

You've got to prove it, Thorn.

You've got to prove it, Thorn.

You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them.

Your boss didn't put up much of a fight.

Your contract's been canceled.

Your dead one was a very important man.

Your secretary told me where to find you. It's urgent...

Zolitnikoff, no record. Matthewson, no jurisdiction.

Zolitnikoff.

200 D's cash or 250 in food coupons? Cash, please.

A full 20 minutes? Oh, certainly. Guaranteed.

All truth. What is it?

Are you sure he's dead? Yes.

Charles what? Just Charles.

Come on and play. No, thank you.

Come on. Let's have a look. Yes, it was Thursday.

Cut in if you get the 14th. Understood.

Did he have any relatives? I never heard of any.

Did I get him? Yeah, you got him, all right.

Dispatch. Thorn, ID RC105.

Do you know what time it is? You're the one with a watch.

Do you know who he worked for? No.

Don't forget to pick up the water ration. I'll do that. I'll die if I don't get water.

Except... Except?

Fa... My memory's eroded.

Fa... My memory's eroded.

For who? Never mind.

Good evening, Mr. Roth. Good evening.

Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Roth.

Governor Santini? Hold still. There's more.

He never hit me. What?

He sent us out shopping... Us?

He's got a good reputation. Who with?

Hello? Shirl, it's me.

Hey, punk, are you with us? Hatcher.

Hey, sister. Mommy!

How do you want him marked? Simonson. Murder. Dispose.

How long have you been here? A long time.

I have Lt. Hatcher. Plug him in.

I haven't been very nice. You're just fine.

I remember. I know.

I thought it was resolved. Yes, sir.

I told management... Wait.

I want to see him. That is prohibited during the ceremony.

I want to see Tab Fielding. Second floor to the right.

I was just trying to... Yeah, I know.

I was never really introduced, you know. Oh, come on, Shirl.

I'll get rid of the whole... Hold it!

I'll make arrangements. No.

I'm not hungry enough yet. It's not bad.

I've got your curfew pass. Oh, good. I thought I'd lost it.

Idiots. Some foul up at transport.

Is that so? Yeah.

It feels good. Yes, sir. Won't you come in?

Light classical. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Look, you'll sign this, and I'll bury it. Like hell you will.

Maybe Simonson was one of them. I don't believe it.

Most people like to live. If you say so.

Most people like to live. If you say so.

Mr. Roth. Good evening, Mr. Roth.

Music? Classical.

My usual cut? You'll get your cut.