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Wild in the Streets (1968)

APPROVED 94 min  -  Drama | Sci-Fi  -   29 May 1968 (USA)
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Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these... See full summary »

Director:

Barry Shear

Writers:

Robert Thom (screenplay), Robert Thom (story)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shelley Winters ...
Mrs. Daphne Flatow
Christopher Jones Christopher Jones ...
Max Jacob 'Frost' Flatow Jr.
Diane Varsi Diane Varsi ...
Sally LeRoy
Hal Holbrook ...
Sen. Johnny Fergus
Millie Perkins ...
Mary Fergus
Richard Pryor ...
Stanley X
Bert Freed Bert Freed ...
Max Jacob Flatow Sr.
Kevin Coughlin Kevin Coughlin ...
Billy Cage
Larry Bishop ...
The Hook, Abraham
Michael Margotta Michael Margotta ...
Jimmy Fergus
Ed Begley ...
Sen. Allbright
Salli Sachse Salli Sachse ...
Hippie mother
Kellie Flanagan Kellie Flanagan ...
Young Mary Fergus
Don Wyndham Don Wyndham ...
Joseph Fergus
May Ishihara May Ishihara ...
Fuji Elly
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Storyline

Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. When Congressman John Fergus uses Frost as a political ploy to gain the youth vote in his run for the Senate, Frost wills himself into the system, gaining new rights for the young. Eventually, Frost runs for the presidency. Winning in a landslide, he issues his first presidential edict: All oldsters are required to live in "retirement homes" where they are forced to ingest LSD, taking the 60s catch phrase "Never trust anyone over 30" to its most extreme consequences. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>  

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Plot Keywords:

LSD | 1960s | Counter Culture | Summer Of Love | Generation Gap  | See more »

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If you're thirty, you're through! See more »

Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug content (re-rating) (2003) See all certifications »
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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El presidente See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

American International Pictures originally offered the role of Max Frost to noted folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs, who was known at the time to want to branch out into film work. However, after reading the screenplay, Ochs rejected it, stating the story presented the youth counterculture of the 1960s in a badly distorted light. See more »

Quotes

Stanley X: [cupping his hand toward Allbright's ear, as they discuss lowering the voting age] They let th' OLD FOLKS in th' OLD FOLKS HOME vote!
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Connections

Featured in Brady Bunch Home Movies (1995) See more »

Soundtracks

"Shape of Things To Come"
Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Performed by The 13th Power See more »