Wild in the Streets (1968)

Directed by

Barry Shear

Genre

science fiction film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rock star becomes president of the United States after lowering the voting age. He then forces all older people into camps.

satiricaldatedover-the-topenergeticedgyfar-fetchedcampycynical

What happens

Wild in the Streets is a 1968 American dystopian comedy-drama film directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and Shelley Winters. Based on the short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom, it was distributed by American International Pictures. The film, described as both "ludicrous" and "cautionary", was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and became a cult classic of the 1960s counterculture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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