{"id":1632,"date":"2006-10-22T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-22T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2024-05-18T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T06:28:10","slug":"wild-in-the-streets-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Wild in the Streets (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Our young people are citizens. They&#8217;re concerned, committed, original, vital &#8212; they <em>are<\/em> citizens; we must give them the rights of citizens.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nSenator Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook) uses popular rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) as a political ploy to gain the country&#8217;s &#8220;youth vote.&#8221; Things quickly spin out of control, however, when Frost and his friends entreat the nation not to &#8220;trust anyone over 30&#8221;. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dystopia<\/li>\n<li>Ed Begley Sr. Films<\/li>\n<li>Generation Gap<\/li>\n<li>Millie Perkins Films<\/li>\n<li>Naive Public<\/li>\n<li>Political Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Richard Pryor Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary describes this cult AIP flick as a &#8220;vile movie, a fascist fantasy, an insult to America&#8217;s politically conscious youth&#8221; &#8212; but I think he misses the point. <em>Wild in the Streets<\/em> is actually a relatively smart, pointed satire which isn&#8217;t afraid to carry its provocative (albeit ludicrous) premise to a logical end. When Shelley Winters (perfectly cast as Max&#8217;s hypocritical, brown-nosing mother) accidentally shouts out, &#8220;I&#8217;m an <em>Aryan<\/em>!&#8221; as she&#8217;s dragged away by the regime&#8217;s Age Police, the allegory between Frost&#8217;s Youth-topia and Hitler&#8217;s Third Reich couldn&#8217;t be clearer. These may be &#8220;awful characters&#8221;, as Peary notes, but who says power doesn&#8217;t corrupt? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Concentration-Camp.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once they&#8217;ve managed to take over the White House and imprison anyone over 35 in LSD &#8220;concentration camps&#8221;, director Barry Shear doesn&#8217;t allow Frost and his cronies to rest on the laurels of their successful coup.  Instead, the film continues inexorably along its dystopic path: when Frost informs Fergus&#8217;s young daughter, Mary, that he&#8217;s 24, she responds with <em>youthful <\/em>disdain, &#8220;That&#8217;s <em>old<\/em>!&#8221; The fear on Frost&#8217;s face at this moment shows that he&#8217;s beginning to realize (perhaps too late) the folly of his logic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Fear.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inevitable comparisons have been made between this film and 1968&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1142\"><em>Privilege<\/em><\/a> &#8212; an equally provocative satire about a popular musician used for nefarious political purposes. But ultimately the films take radically different approaches to their subject matter. <em>Privilege<\/em> revolves around a patsy rock star who gradually comes to realize that his very identity is being manipulated by the government. Frost, however, is politically savvy from the get-go, and never lets up on his bitter thirst to eliminate the equation of age and experience with wisdom and ability.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jones&#8217;s charismatic portrayal as Max Frost (though his ratty ponytail has <em>got<\/em> to go!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Jones2.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Richard Pryor as Frost&#8217;s drummer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Pryor.png 1851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters as Daphne Flato<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Winters.png 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Catchy, if annoying, songs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Wild-in-the-Streets-Songs.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This cult movie may offend those who have fond memories of the 1960s youth movement, but today the film comes across as a surprisingly provocative, biting satire.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0063808\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/wild-in-the-streets-1968.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/64603.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stomptokyo.com\/badmoviereport\/reviews\/W\/wild.html\">Bad Movie Report Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our young people are citizens. They&#8217;re concerned, committed, original, vital &#8212; they are citizens; we must give them the rights of citizens.&#8221; Synopsis: Senator Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook) uses popular rock star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) as a political ploy to gain the country&#8217;s &#8220;youth vote.&#8221; Things quickly spin out of control, however, when Frost and his friends entreat the nation not to &#8220;trust anyone over 30&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dystopia Ed Begley Sr. Films Generation Gap Millie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1632\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96830,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/96830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}