The original trailer sets up the movie quite nicely(are we heading in this direction??)....
"New York City...In the year 2022....
..Nothing runs anymore...nothing works...
...but the people are the same...and the people will do anything to get what they need...
...what they need most is Soylent Green.
Call in the scoops!!
Classic scene...Sol goes home...
From the film 'Soylent Green'
Charlton Heston's tears at Sol's death were real, as Heston was the only cast member who knew that Edward G. Robinson was dying of terminal cancer. This was the 90th and last movie in which Robinson appeared. He died nine days after the shooting was done, on January 26, 1973.
The "going home" score in this part of the film was conducted by Gerald Fried and consists of the main themes from Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique") by Tchaikovsky; Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") by Beethoven; "Morning Mood" and "Åse's Death" from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg.