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Wild in the Streets
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Wild in the Streets is a 1968 satirical film directed by Barry Shear and adapted from a 1966 short story by Robert Thom.Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook), who is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, asks rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) to endorse his campaign. However, Max quickly gains political power of his own, leading the young people of America in a campaign to lower the voting age to 14 and eventually getting elected President of the United States.Also in the cast are Shelley Winters, Diane Varsi, Millie Perkins, Richard Pryor, and Ed Begley. Barry Williams (aka Greg Brady) plays the younger Max Frost in the prologue. | |
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Godiva Hair | |
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Godiva Hair: Sally, during her topless or nude scenes. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Several, including Dick Clark, Bobby Sherman, and Walter Winchell. | |
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Technicolor Science | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_1e4ad177 | comment |
Technicolor Science: The basement drug lab Max creates as a teenager is full of differently-colored test tubes. He identifies a green substance as LSD. | |
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Couldn't Find a Pen | |
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Couldn't Find a Pen: One of Max's first acts of teen rebellion is writing "MAMA PAPA SCREW OFF ME" in lipstick on a mirror. | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink: While fighting with his rebellious son Jimmy, Fergus shouts, "You could drive a man to drink!" Jimmy replies, "See? You're part of that alcoholic generation, Dad. You need to drink." | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: At age 22, Max has at least four kids, only two of whom he even knows, and none of whom appear in the movie. | |
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Founding Day | |
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Founding Day: Max is conceived on the Fourth of July, while fireworks go off. | |
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Handbag of Hurt | |
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Handbag of Hurt: When Max's mother tries to force her way backstage, she hits a security guard with her handbag. It doesn't make much difference. | |
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Former Child Star | |
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Former Child Star: Max's girlfriend, Sally LeRoy (Diane Varsi), is a child star turned nude model. | |
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| Wild in the Streets / int_3f71c185 | type |
Teenage Wasteland | |
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Teenage Wasteland: Max brings about a society where the young rule by forcing everyone over 30 to retire and putting anyone over 35 into reeducation camps where they are dosed on LSD. | |
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A Child Shall Lead Them | |
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A Child Shall Lead Them: 24-year-old rock star Max Frost becomes President of the United States with an administration staffed entirely by peers in his age-group. | |
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Full-Circle Revolution | |
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Full-Circle Revolution: Max's regime devolves into a Police State along the lines of Logan's Run. And the film ends with Max realizing that kids even younger than him are plotting a revolution of their own against the "old" twentysomethings. | |
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Poster-Gallery Bedroom | |
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Poster-Gallery Bedroom: Senator Fergus's children have decorated their rooms with posters of celebrities, including Max. Once Fergus realizes his children have turned against him, he drunkenly rips the posters down. | |
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Maligned Mixed Marriage | |
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Maligned Mixed Marriage: It's implied that Max's mother's parents disapproved of his father's religion. | |
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Only Known by Initials | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_6b353f78 | comment |
Only Known by Initials: Max's drummer Stanley X (Richard Pryor).note You've seen this done before: one Malcolm Little changed his name to Malcolm X to represent his real surname which was stolen from history by any number of people, among them some slaver somewhere surnamed Little. And besides — what self-respecting Black Power leader would want to be named Little? | |
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Friend to All Children | |
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Friend to All Children: Max starts out as one, and even prefers the company of three-year-olds to people his age. By the end, he's become Drunk On Power and lords his status over the children he meets, causing one of them to vow, "We're gonna put everyone over ten out of business." | |
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The Precious, Precious Car | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_94d295c0 | comment |
The Precious, Precious Car: Before Max leaves home, he blows up his father's brand-new '58 Chrysler, which his father loves more than any human being. | |
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Single Tear | |
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Single Tear: After twelve unarmed protestors are shot by the police, Max sheds a single tear during his next concert. He breaks down into Manly Tears while giving a speech afterwards. | |
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Adults Are Useless | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_a939d96a | comment |
Adults Are Useless: Subverted. Max grew up without many positive adult role models, and all his friends seem to be doing well without adult help. But his revolution doesn't look like it'll make things any better. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Sally spends most of her scenes in very skimpy outfits. | |
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What Have I Become? | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_b6c0ef1f | comment |
What Have I Become?: At the end of the movie, Max tells a young girl that he's 24, and she replies, "That's old." Horrified, Max spends the rest of the day flashing back to her words. | |
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Impairment Shot | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_bc3b029b | comment |
Impairment Shot: When Senator Fergus drinks water spiked with LSD, all shots from his perspective are tinted with different colors and shot through a fish-eye lens. | |
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Government Drug Enforcement | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_bca8900a | comment |
Government Drug Enforcement: Max's regime forces all the grown-ups into concentration camps to take LSD. | |
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Hook Hand | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_c25bfd17 | comment |
Hook Hand: Max's aptly nicknamed horn player, Abraham "The Hook" Salteen (Larry Bishop), has a hook for a left hand. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": When the voting age is lowered to 14, an LSD-addled Fergus yells "NOOOOO!" over and over again. | |
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Water Source Tampering | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_c3cdd2b8 | comment |
Water Source Tampering: Max and his followers pour LSD into the Potomac River. All the politicians trip through the next day, allowing them to be easily led into voting to lower the voting age to 14. | |
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And Starring | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_c40c8b74 | comment |
And Starring: Also starring Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, co-starring Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop, with May Ishihara, Salli Sachse, Kellie Flanagan, Don Wyndham, and Michael Margotta as "Jimmy Fergus" and guest star Ed Begley. | |
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Agitated Item Stomping | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_cbf0028c | comment |
Agitated Item Stomping: After a young girl calls 24-year-old Max "old," he takes out his anger by stomping on a crawdad. | |
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Teen Genius | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_d280a296 | comment |
Teen Genius: 15-year-old Billy Cage isn't just Max's guitarist, he's also his business advisor and the youngest ever graduate of Yale Law School. | |
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Minor Living Alone | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_dadf222 | comment |
Minor Living Alone: Max left home while still in his teens. | |
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Famed In-Story | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_db9940c4 | comment |
Famed In-Story: Even before Max gets involved in politics, he's a massively successful multimillionaire rock star who owns 14 interlocking businesses. | |
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Meaningful Rename | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_e6a901a3 | comment |
Meaningful Rename: Max Frost was born Max Jacob Flatow, Jr. | |
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A Minor Kidroduction | |
| Wild in the Streets / int_ef20d7bc | comment |
A Minor Kidroduction: The movie opens with Max's conception, followed by scenes from different parts of his childhood. | |
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