Soylent Green (1973) - Quotes

Human Nature in a Dystopian Future

Taglines: It's the year 2022... People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN.

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The Mystery Behind Soylent Green

Taglines: What is the secret of Soylent Green?

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Urgent Message About Hidden Truths

Det. Thorn: Hatcher, get to the Exchange. You gotta tell them they're right.

Hatcher: But let's take care of you first.

Det. Thorn: You don't understand. I've got proof. They need proof, I've seen it. I've seen it happening. They've gotta tell people.

Hatcher: Tell them what?

Det. Thorn: [[ocean] The ]'s dying. The plankton's dying. Soylent Green is made out of people. Don't you see? It's people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing, they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!

Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise, I'll tell the Exchange.

Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher! You've gotta tell em! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! We gotta stop them! Somehow!

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Search for God in a Dystopian World

Sol: Oh, my God.

Presiding Librarian: What God, Mr. Roth? Where will we find Him?

Sol: [hesitates] Perhaps "at home". Yes: "at home".

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Nostalgia for a Lost Culinary Experience

Sol: Son of a bitch. I haven't eaten like this in years.

Det. Thorn: I never ate like this.

Sol: And now you know what you've been missing. There was a world, once, you punk.

Det. Thorn: Yes, so you keep telling me.

Sol: I was there. I can prove it.

Det. Thorn: I know, I know. When you were young, people were better.

Sol: Aw, nuts. People were always rotten. But the world was beautiful.

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Corruption and Accountability in Soylent Green

Det. Thorn: Something stinks here.

Hatcher: Look. You'll sign this. And I'll bury it.

Det. Thorn: Like hell you will. A member of the board of the Soylent Corporation was torn apart with a meat hook! You can't sweep that carcass under the rug. Who bought you?

Hatcher: You're bought as soon as they pay you a salary.

Det. Thorn: Yeah, well, who is "they?

Hatcher: High and hot, and they want this case closed permanently, their way, now you sign this!

Det. Thorn: You sign it! If my name closes this case and someone higher and hotter wants to know why, it's my job!

Hatcher: Sign it, I'll cover for you!

Det. Thorn: I won't put my job on the line for you, Hatcher...

Hatcher: But...

Det. Thorn: Not my damn job!!

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The Burden of Truth and Forgiveness

Priest: Forgive me. It's destroying me.

Det. Thorn: What is?

Priest: The truth.

Det. Thorn: The truth Simonson told you?

Priest: [[truth] All ].

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Investigation of a Planned Assassination

Hatcher: What's the story with the Simonson homicide?

Det. Thorn: It was carefully set up to make it look like he was killed after he caught some punk burglarizing his apartment.

Hatcher: What do you think it was?

Det. Thorn: It was an assassination. A well-planned assassination.

Hatcher: You know this for a fact?

Det. Thorn: Four reasons. One: the alarm system in the building was out of order for the first time in two years. Two: the bodyguard who was supposed to be protecting him was conveniently out shopping. Three: the punk that broke into the apartment didn't take anything. And four: the punk who killed Simonson was no punk because he used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like a punk.

Hatcher: Well, if the punk didn't take anything from the apartment, what did you take?

Det. Thorn: Everything I could lay my hands on.

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Unreliability in Human Relationships

Simonson: What do you want?

Gilbert: You. Mr. Simonson.

Simonson: I knew soon.

Gilbert: Uh... they told me to uh... to say that they were sorry, but that you had become... unreliable.

Simonson: That's true.

Gilbert: [[catastrophe] They can't risk, uh... ], they say.

Simonson: They're right.

Gilbert: Then, uh... this is right?

Simonson: No, not right... Necessary.

Gilbert: To who?

Simonson: [[God] To... ].

Nostalgia for a Lost Food World

Sol: You know. When I was a kid food was food. Before our scientific magicians poisoned the water, polluted the soil. Decimated plant and animal life. Why, in my day you could buy meat anywhere. Eggs, they had. Real butter. Fresh lettuce in the–

Det. Thorn: I know. Sol. You told me before. A heat wave all year long. A greenhouse effect. Everything is burning up.

Promoting Soylent Green: A Nutritional Announcement

Announcer: Governor Santini is brought to you today by Soylent Red, and Soylent Yellow, high-energy vegetable concentrates, and new, delicious Soylent Green: The "miracle food" of high energy plankton, gathered from the oceans of the world. Due to its enormous popularity, Soylent Green is in short supply, so remember—Tuesday is Soylent Green day.