PART OF A LINCOLN FILM SERIES: YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW, TODAY

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Join us at the Lincoln Theatre for our film series Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today: Dystopian Visions of the Future 1973-1976.

In these four futuristic films about the decay of society, the anxieties of the 1970s are laid bare: overpopulation, pollution, authoritarian rule, encroaching technology, and endless war all raise their heads. Is it possible to break free and even flourish? Or are we doomed to be swallowed up as the last vestiges of individual humanity are drained away?

Wildly imaginative and gripping to this day, some of these films may seem implausible and even at times ridiculous -- but some may feel uncomfortably, alarmingly prescient. Yesterday's tomorrow may be today before you know it!

May 28: Soylent Green

In a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the year 2022, NYPD detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) investigates the murder of an executive at rations manufacturer Soylent Corporation. With the help of elderly academic Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson), Thorn begins to make real progress -- until the governor mysteriously pulls the plug.

Obsessed with the mystery, Thorn steps out from behind the badge and launches his own investigation into the murder.

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joseph Cotten, Chuck Connors

Film Prices

Lincoln Theatre Members get $2.00 off on the following prices with discount code:

General: $11.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $10.00
Children 12 and under: $8.50

All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.