A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
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Title: Wild in the Streets (1968)
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Daphne Flatow
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Max Frost
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Senator Johnny Fergus
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Mary Fergus
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Stanley X
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Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
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Billy Cage
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Fuji Elly
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Mary Fergus
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Joseph Fergus
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Jimmy Fergus
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Wealthy twenty-two year old Max Frost - born Max Jacob Flatow, Jr. - is a rock music superstar, he a rock music franchise unto himself. He has cut ties with his parents, especially due to the control wielded by his overbearing mother, Daphne Flatow, that control against which he rebelled and is still rebelling in the form of having an entourage solely of young people, who he believes knows better than people even a few years older than them. Age-wise, the senior member of his entourage is his acid-dropping girlfriend, former child star Sally LeRoy, age twenty-four, the junior member being fifteen year old Yale law graduate Billy Cage, his business advisor and his band's guitarist. Max decides to endorse thirty-seven year old Congressman Johnny Fergus, running on the Democratic ticket for a California senate seat, as one of Johnny's platform policies is to lower the voting age to eighteen. Johnny happily accepts that endorsement because of Max's power over young people, whose votes ... Written by Huggo
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29 May 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
HaNo'ar LaShilton See more »Box Office
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[Mary Fergus looks away without a word]
Max Jacob Flatow Jr alias Frost: Whatever Papa can do, Baby Boy can do it more times, better.
[raises his eyebrows]
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Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Performed by The 13th Power
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According to Larry Bishop, Richard Pryor pulled a prank in which he came to the set naked and shocked Shelley Winters. See more »Goofs
When Jimmy Fergus meets his Senator father, he states "and when that special water comes in...". The decision to put LSD in the water supply is made in the scene following during Max's War Council so Jimmy's scene with his father was edited out of sync. See more »Quotes
Fuji Elly: [asks Mary Fergus] Hey! How often can you do it at eighty?[Mary Fergus looks away without a word]
Max Jacob Flatow Jr alias Frost: Whatever Papa can do, Baby Boy can do it more times, better.
[raises his eyebrows]
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Fifty Two Per CentWritten by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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Very much in and of its time. But outrageously good nonetheless. I truly enjoyed the acting by everybody involved--particularly Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Diane Varsi, Ed Begley, Sr., Hal Holbrook AND Richard Pryor.
Also a significant key to the film was the music of the legendary songwriting duo of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, featuring what was, in my estimation, very unsung (excuse the pun) gems which rank right up with ALL their
classics. Just as the recent political satire, "Bulworth", spoke to its times (which are still very much current, by the way), this movie does exactly the same thing.
The clear-cut divisions of generationalism are clearly conspicuous in this film. This movie captured the spirited groove of the late '60s when youth was roaring loudly and taking a stand against the establishment.
For anyone looking for a outrageous take of some of the events of the time, coupled with a hard, aching, laugh-out-loud reaction, this is as great a place as any to go.