I saw it on TV when I was about 7 so I remember bits here and there. It's about a future where all trees are cut down and people pay with time of their life, so for a example a drink would cost you 5 minutes of your life, or something of the sorts. There's one scene that I remember clearly where one guy literally drinks himself to death. He, as everybody else, has an electronic bracelet that indicates how much time he has to live, and he keeps drinking and drinking until the seconds start ticking away and he falls dead on the spot.
The only other scene I remember is what I assume was the ending, where some people find this hidden spot where some trees still grow.
Please if anyone knows, I've been looking for this one forever! Tried google, imdb, and even asking a guru but found no answer.
Thanks!
2007-03-16 08:13:56 · 6 answers · asked by elifer 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I'm from Paraguay, and I saw it on local TV, so it could be from the 70's, but I'm pretty sure from the image in my memory that the look was very 80ish. The movie was definitely in color. I can't remember much about the lead characters.
2007-03-16 08:40:36 · update #1
Spanish is correct :) Almost every movie that I saw on local TV at that period was dubbed, so I'm guessing that's the case. I'm pretty sure it's not a movie from a spanish native speaking language country; local TV, especially at that period of time, is not famous for showing out-of-the-mainstream movies
2007-03-16 08:57:40 · update #2
(I have this idea in my head that it was a short movie, not a full-length one. But I can't say it's 100% correct. Being a memory from so long ago I can't say if this wasn't mixed with some memory from another movie. The only thing I'm 100% sure is those 2 scenes I described in the question. That scene in the bar is the most clear. When the drunk guy was about to fall dead, he first looked at one of the main characters, knowing he was about to die. But nobody flinched, as if it was a common sight in that time)
2007-03-16 09:03:42 · update #3
I checked Soylent Green, but it's not it. Maybe it was an episode from a TV series ?? Being so long ago, I can't remember clearly anymore. All I remember is that I saw it on TV.
2007-03-22 05:28:05 · update #4
Final Grass I think.
2007-03-23 12:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Back in the 80's, i saw this movie entitled "Soilent Green". I'm not sure of the spelling though as it was more than two decades ago but i think it goes something like that. The movie appeared to be much older than when i viewed it. No trees were found in the movie. I can't recall if people's lives were used as money in the movie. But i'm definite that the people who die were turned into buscuits for human consumption (since the absence of any vegetation meant no food).
2007-03-20 05:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by DC Fanatic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where are you from? I am trying to figure out if you saw it on american tv, english tv... ect. If you saw it on tv in the 80's is it possible the movie came out in the 60's or 70's? Was it black and white? do you remember anything about the characters? Was the lead male or female? elderly, adult, teen? I will try to help you find this.
Was the movie made in english and dubbed? Or was it made in Spanish (I assumed that since you are from Paraguay that you speak Spanish. Sorry if it is wrong.)
2007-03-16 15:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by vlfranklin1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soylent Green had over-population so they used dead people for food. Silent Running was a movie where all the trees were gone and the last of them were in space on stations.
Never heard of a movie like that.
2007-03-24 02:00:27 · answer #4 · answered by dk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what it is! it ws an episode on The Twilight Zone....i have the series...but i can't remmeber what it was called..the episode i mena..
2007-03-24 12:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by lawyergurl92 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know
2007-03-23 16:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by jessehowell2002 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋