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Wild in the Streets (1968)
Radio Spots

Wild in the Streets movie posterThese wild, and somewhat timely, radio spots, courtesy of It Came From Hollywood, may be prescient of things to come. This AIP cult favorite, from the story The Day It All Happened, Baby! by Robert Thom, Wild in the Streets may seem preposterous on first viewing, but if you think today’s political landscape isn’t, then you’ve not been paying attention. The movie is a wild riff on the events of the day (in 1968, natch), and how youth’s eternal struggle with the old farts can get down and dirty. The movie may be over the top, but it brings up issues we still grapple with today, sub-texted into its cheeky condemnation of style over substance.

 

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