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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM)

Rating: PG

Running Time: 87 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G Robinson, Stephen Young, Mike Henry, Lincoln Kilpatrick

director: Richard Fleischer, Joe Canutt

Soylent Green

New York City in the year 2022 the population is over 40 million. Without enough food to feed the masses--most of it must be manufactured in local factories. The dinner choices are between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson an executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn is sent in to investigate the case. As he delves deeper into his investigation he uncovers another dark secret-- the heinous truth behind the real ingredients of Soylent Green.

July 31, 2003

The Omega Man and Soylent Green, along with Planet of the Apes, form Charlton Heston's great Nixon-era apocalypse trilogy. In these movies, he's the ugly American stranded in a futuristic dystopia where his tough-guy act won't protect him anymore. And although neither of these flicks features a single damn dirty ape, they're sci-fi classics in their own right. The 1971 Omega Man, clearly a key inspiration for 28 Days Later, stars Heston as the survivor of a germ-warfare apocalypse, battling the…