Wild in the Streets Movie Review 1968

Satire set in the future, where a malcontent rock star becomes president after the voting age is lowered to 14. Adults over 30 are imprisoned and fed a daily dose of LSD. The president gets his comeuppance when challenged by even younger youths. Very groovy, very political in its own way, very funny.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Politics, Period Piece: 1960s, Presidency

Screenplay

Robert Thom

Cast

Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook, Richard Pryor, Diane Varsi, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley, Barry Williams, Dick Clark

Cinematography

Richard Moore

Director

Barry Shear

Music

Les Baxter

Other

Fred R. Feitshans, Eve Newman

Producer

American International Pictures (A.I.P.), Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson