Wild in the streets

Movie
German title	Wild in the streets
Original title	Wild in the streets
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Barry Shear
script	Robert Thom
production	James Harvey Nicholson , Samuel Z. Arkoff
music	Les Baxter
camera	Richard Moore
cut	Fred R. Feitshans junior , Eve Newman
occupation
Shelley Winters : Mrs. Flatow Christopher Jones : Max Frost Diane Varsi : Sally Leroy Hal Holbrook : Senator Fergus Millie Perkins : Mrs. Fergus Richard Pryor : Stanley X Ed Begley : Senator Allbright Bert Freed : Max Jacob Flatow sr. Kevin Coughlin : Billy Cage Larry Bishop : Abraham

Wild in the Streets , also known as Wild Future (Original title: Wild in the Streets ), is an American feature film from 1968 . It was directed by Barry Shear for American International Pictures (AIP) and is about a young musician who becomes President of the United States and establishes a dictatorship. The German premiere took place on August 14, 1969.

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Max Frost suffers from his domineering mother Mrs. Flatow: while she tries with all her might to raise her son to be a perfect young man, Max dreams of a great career as a musician. Finally, he can no longer stand it with his mother and runs away from home. He soon became a successful pop singer and millionaire. When he learns that the United States will introduce voting rights from the age of 15, Max Frost decides to become the next President of the United States of America. When he surprisingly succeeds in victory, he introduces new laws shortly afterwards: the youth should have fun, all other citizens older than 35 years old should be deported to concentration camp-like camps and put in a good mood with LSD.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote: “ A technically adept staged vision of the future with satirical tips against the cult of youth, the role of the mass media and the conflict between citizens and anti-movement. Ambiguous in its conceptually only rudimentarily thought-out conception, but not uninteresting as a contribution to the understanding of the 68 generation despite occasional distortions . "

The Protestant Film Observer drew the following conclusion: “ Cinematic impressive, but too one-sided and grossly simplistic in the use of the material. Therefore, even for adults, it is hardly worth seeing, let alone discussing. "

Awards

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Editing .

Web links

• Wild in the Streets in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Wild in the Streets atRotten Tomatoes(English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Wild in the streets. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 363/1969