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Wild in the Streets

  • 19681968
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
2.1K
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Wild in the Streets (1968)
ComedyDramaMusic
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
2.1K
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    • Barry Shear
    • Robert Thom(story "The Day it All Happened, Baby")
  • Stars
    • Christopher Jones
    • Shelley Winters
    • Diane Varsi
    • Barry Shear
    • Robert Thom(story "The Day it All Happened, Baby")
  • Stars
    • Christopher Jones
    • Shelley Winters
    • Diane Varsi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 2:41
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    Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Larry Bishop, Kevin Coughlin, Harley Hatcher, Christopher Jones, and Diane Varsi in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Kevin Coughlin and Christopher Jones in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Harley Hatcher and Christopher Jones in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Shelley Winters in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Bert Freed and Barry Williams in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Shelley Winters in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Kevin Coughlin and Christopher Jones in Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Richard Pryor in Wild in the Streets (1968)

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    Christopher Jones
    Christopher Jones
    • Max Frost
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Daphne Flatow
    Diane Varsi
    Diane Varsi
    • Sally LeRoy
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Senator Johnny Fergus
    Millie Perkins
    Millie Perkins
    • Mary Fergus
    Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    • Stanley X
    Bert Freed
    Bert Freed
    • Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    • Billy Cage
    Larry Bishop
    Larry Bishop
    • The Hook
    May Ishihara
    • Fuji Elly
    Salli Sachse
    Salli Sachse
    • Hippie Mother
    Kellie Flanagan
    • Mary Fergus
    Don Wyndham
    Don Wyndham
    • Joseph Fergus
    Michael Margotta
    Michael Margotta
    • Jimmy Fergus
    Ed Begley
    Ed Begley
    • Senator Amos Allbright
    Martin Abrahams
    Martin Abrahams
    • Security Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Army Archerd
    Army Archerd
    • Army Archerd
    • (uncredited)
    Kenneth Banghart
    • Kenneth Banghart
    • (uncredited)
      • Barry Shear
      • Robert Thom(story "The Day it All Happened, Baby")
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    • Trivia
      Max Frost (Christopher Jones) asks Billy Cage (Kevin Coughlin) how long he thinks he is going to live and he replies, "Thirty, man." Ironically, Coughlin was killed in a hit-and-run accident on January 19, 1976, only five weeks after his 30th birthday.
    • Goofs
      When Jimmy Fergus meets his Senator father, he says "...and when that special water comes in...". The decision to spike the Washington, D.C. drinking water supply with LSD was made in the scene following this one during Max's War Council, so this scene with Jimmy and his father was edited out of sync.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Boy: [facing toward the camera] We're gonna put everyone over 10 out of business!

    • Connections
      Featured in Brady Bunch Home Movies (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Wild In the Streets
      Written by Les Baxter and Guy Hemric

      Performed by Jerry Howard

    User reviews62

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    7/10
    Not great, but a slice of the 60's-as-we-wish-they-were
    Max Frost and his band want to run the country and with the help of their friends and some pharmacology, they take over the political structure of the USA. It's a reasonably well made cautionary tale of the late 60's. It briefly became a cult favorite and was said to have prompted then-mayor of Chicago, Richard Daily, to put guards around the city's water supply just prior to, and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention to prevent anarchists from "dosing" the water with psychedelics.

    The storyline is fairly slick for the time; how do a bunch of don't-trust-anyone-over-30 kids take over the country? There's a little romance, a little angst, a little rock music, and a lot of scenery-chewing and overacting by the "Major Stars" including Shelly Winters and Ed Begley. Hal Holbrook was able to keep it toned down.

    This was also one of the first major films the late Richard Prior appeared in. The other being Sid Cesar's "The Busy Body", released the same year.

    The psychedelic aspects of "Wild in the Streets" make it a great film to pair with Peter Fonda's "The Trip" for a 60's double feature flashback fest. Enjoy and never trust anyone under 30. heh.
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    • Sperry23
    • Dec 13, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 29, 1968 (United States)
      • United States
      • MGM
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color

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