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Johnny Fergus (Creator/HalHolbrook), who is running for Senate on a platform to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, asks rock star Max Frost (Creator/ChristopherJones) to support 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.
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Johnny Fergus (Creator/HalHolbrook), 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 (Creator/ChristopherJones) to support 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.
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''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 film directed by Barry Shear and adapted from a 1966 short story by Robert Thom.
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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.
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''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 film directed by Barry Shear and adapted from a 1966 short story by Robert Thom. Johnny Fergus (Creator/HalHolbrook), who is running for Senate on a platform to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, asks rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) to support 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.
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''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 film directed by Barry Shear and adapted from a 1966 short story by Robert Thom.
Johnny Fergus (Creator/HalHolbrook), who is running for Senate on a platform to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, asks rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) to support 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 electedpresident.President of the United States.
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* TheCameo: Several, including Creator/DickClark, Creator/BobbySherman, and Walter Winchell.
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* AgitatedItemStomping: After a young girl calls 24-year-old Max "old," he takes out his shock and horror by stomping on a crawdad.
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''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 film directed by Barry Shear and adapted from a 1966 short story by Robert Thom. Johnny Fergus (Creator/HalHolbrook), who is running for Senate on a platform to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, asks rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) to support 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.
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!!''Wild in the Streets'' contains examples of:
* AgitatedItemStomping: After a young girl calls 24-year-old Max "old," he takes out his shock and horror by stomping on a crawdad.
* AndStarring: Also starring Creator/HalHolbrook, Millie Perkins, co-starring Creator/RichardPryor, 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.
* BigNo: When the voting age is lowered to 14, an LSD-addled Fergus yells "NOOOOO!" over and over again.
* BiTheWay: Max's guitarist Billy Cage (Kevin Coughlin) is bisexual, but it's only brought up a few times.
* CouldntFindAPen: One of Max's first acts of teen rebellion is writing "MAMA PAPA SCREW OFF ME" in lipstick on a mirror.
* DisappearedDad: At age 22, Max has at least four kids, only two of whom he even knows, and none of whom appear in the movie.
* FamedInStory: Even before Max gets involved in politics, he's a massively successful multimillionaire rock star who owns 14 interlocking businesses.
* FormerChildStar: Max's girlfriend, Sally [=LeRoy=] (Diane Varsi), is a child star turned nude model.
* FoundingDay: Max is conceived on the Fourth of July, while fireworks go off.
* FriendToAllChildren: Max starts out as one, and even prefers the company of three-year-olds to people his age. By the end, he's become DrunkOnPower and lords his status over the children he meets, causing one of them to vow, "[[HereWeGoAgain We're gonna put everyone over ten out of business.]]"
* GodivaHair: Sally, during her topless or nude scenes.
* HandbagOfHurt: When Max's mother tries to force her way backstage, she hits a security guard with her handbag. It doesn't make much difference.
* HookHand: Max's aptly nicknamed horn player, Abraham "The Hook" Salteen (Larry Bishop), has a hook for a left hand.
* ImpairmentShot: 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.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: 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."
* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's implied that Max's mother's parents disapproved of his father's religion.
* MeaningfulRename: Max Frost was born Max Jacob Flatow, Jr.
* AMinorKidroduction: The movie opens with Max's conception, followed by scenes from different parts of his childhood.
* MinorLivingAlone: Max left home while still in his teens.
* MsFanservice: Sally spends most of her scenes in very skimpy outfits.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: Max's drummer Stanley X (Creator/RichardPryor).
* PosterGalleryBedroom: 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.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Before Max leaves home, he blows up his father's brand-new '58 Chrysler, which his father loves more than any human being.
* SingleTear: After twelve unarmed protestors are shot by the police, Max sheds a single tear during his next concert. He breaks down into ManlyTears while giving a speech afterwards.
* TechnicolorScience: The basement drug lab Max creates as a teenager is full of differently-colored test tubes. He identifies a green substance as LSD.
* TeenGenius: 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.
* WaterSourceTampering: 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.
* WhatHaveIBecome: 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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!!''Wild in the Streets'' contains examples of:
* AgitatedItemStomping: After a young girl calls 24-year-old Max "old," he takes out his shock and horror by stomping on a crawdad.
* AndStarring: Also starring Creator/HalHolbrook, Millie Perkins, co-starring Creator/RichardPryor, 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.
* BigNo: When the voting age is lowered to 14, an LSD-addled Fergus yells "NOOOOO!" over and over again.
* BiTheWay: Max's guitarist Billy Cage (Kevin Coughlin) is bisexual, but it's only brought up a few times.
* CouldntFindAPen: One of Max's first acts of teen rebellion is writing "MAMA PAPA SCREW OFF ME" in lipstick on a mirror.
* DisappearedDad: At age 22, Max has at least four kids, only two of whom he even knows, and none of whom appear in the movie.
* FamedInStory: Even before Max gets involved in politics, he's a massively successful multimillionaire rock star who owns 14 interlocking businesses.
* FormerChildStar: Max's girlfriend, Sally [=LeRoy=] (Diane Varsi), is a child star turned nude model.
* FoundingDay: Max is conceived on the Fourth of July, while fireworks go off.
* FriendToAllChildren: Max starts out as one, and even prefers the company of three-year-olds to people his age. By the end, he's become DrunkOnPower and lords his status over the children he meets, causing one of them to vow, "[[HereWeGoAgain We're gonna put everyone over ten out of business.]]"
* GodivaHair: Sally, during her topless or nude scenes.
* HandbagOfHurt: When Max's mother tries to force her way backstage, she hits a security guard with her handbag. It doesn't make much difference.
* HookHand: Max's aptly nicknamed horn player, Abraham "The Hook" Salteen (Larry Bishop), has a hook for a left hand.
* ImpairmentShot: 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.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: 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."
* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's implied that Max's mother's parents disapproved of his father's religion.
* MeaningfulRename: Max Frost was born Max Jacob Flatow, Jr.
* AMinorKidroduction: The movie opens with Max's conception, followed by scenes from different parts of his childhood.
* MinorLivingAlone: Max left home while still in his teens.
* MsFanservice: Sally spends most of her scenes in very skimpy outfits.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: Max's drummer Stanley X (Creator/RichardPryor).
* PosterGalleryBedroom: 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.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Before Max leaves home, he blows up his father's brand-new '58 Chrysler, which his father loves more than any human being.
* SingleTear: After twelve unarmed protestors are shot by the police, Max sheds a single tear during his next concert. He breaks down into ManlyTears while giving a speech afterwards.
* TechnicolorScience: The basement drug lab Max creates as a teenager is full of differently-colored test tubes. He identifies a green substance as LSD.
* TeenGenius: 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.
* WaterSourceTampering: 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.
* WhatHaveIBecome: 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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