Wild in the Streets (1968)
Christopher Jones: Max Frost
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Quotes
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Max Frost : I have nothing against our current President... that's like running against my own grandfather. I mean, what do you ask a 60-year-old man?... You ask him if he wants his wheelchair FACING the Sun, or facing AWAY from the Sun. But running the country? FORGET IT, babies!
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Max Frost : How old do you think I am?
Young Mary Fergus : About a hundred.
Max Frost : I'm 24.
Young Mary Fergus : That's old!
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Max Frost : How long you think you're gonna live?
Billy Cage : Thirty, man.
Max Frost : Thirty?
Billy Cage : Twenty-five, maybe. After that, who needs it, huh?
Max Frost : Yeah. I don't want to live to be 30. Thirty is death, baby. That's too much.
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Max Frost : You want to know what the State of the Union is... and I'm gonna tell you what the State of the Union is. There are folks that say that there is a fly in the ointment. And it's not the Communists. And it's not the Birchers. There is a villain in history, though. And it's not the Jews. It's not the labor leaders. It's not the bankers. And it's not the Russians. And it isn't even the Chinese. Who? Who after all, then, has caused all of our troubles? Those who are stiff, baby! Not with love, but with age! While we're young, we've lived in small pads with no bread. While they're living high and fat... with all the money! Well, troops, I want to tell you that they're heavy with honey. And they can't fly. You better believe me that they can't fly! Now, some of us have changed this for ourselves already. But now we're gonna change it for everyone. You give me the tools! You give me the laws! Give... *me*... the power!
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Max Frost : What's happening? You know, it's a good thing you play groovy horn.
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Max Frost : Now, let's talk about chicks. You know that I have never met a chick who admitted to being 35. Unless, maybe, she was 75.
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Max Frost : I won't talk to Eisenhower. I ain't gonna talk to Rockefeller and I won't talk to Dirksen.
The Hook, Abraham : You gotta be out of your Chinese skull.
Max Frost : I won't take their nomination. I run my own party or I run Democrat.
The Hook, Abraham : You're really getting square. Tell him.
Jimmy Fergus : The Republicans want you, Max. You don't even have to pull any stunts. They've been lookin' for a hero ever since they lost Eisenhower.
Billy Cage : Nixon would sure look dumb with long hair.
The Hook, Abraham : And Ronald Reagan would look worse!
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Max Frost : What about the possibility of underground railroads? By that you mean, our old people are being smuggled into Canada, Cuba and Mexico? Yes. As you know, the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada and Fidel Castro are all very old men. They're old-fashioned and they're old! I say to them, do they think they can stop the revolution that is coming in their own country? Do they think our old people will prolong their existence for a year? A month? Or even a day?
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Max Frost : We got votes, but we don't have enough. How do you break a deadlock in Washington?
Billy Cage : Blackmail!
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Max Frost : They're the minority! We're the majority!
[singing]
Max Frost : Baby, we've made it/We're at 52%/Well, we're 52%... they write the TV shows for us/We're 52%... they design the clothes for us/We're 52%... they play the songs we dig/We're 52%... and we make big business big/We're 52%... they know we set the trend/We're 52%... and their economy depends on/52%, babies... you and me/We're a power/We're a faction in their Great Society...
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Max Frost : [singing] Tune in to the message that you hear/It's coming in, it's coming in loud and clear/Just listen to the music/That's all you got to do/Just listen to the music/And just follow where it's leading you...
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Max Frost : What about the chicks? I mean, nobody gave them the vote. They fought for it! "Be cool," they tell us. Man, cool is out! The chicks would have killed for the vote. What about you?
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Max Frost : You know, we got the old tigers scared, baby. 'Cause right now we outnumber the fuzz. And we outnumber the shopkeepers. We can talk all the old tigers and stuff 'em back into their tank. We've got more cats than Mahatma Gandhi had.
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Max Frost : I want the hippies! I want the heads! I want all of you! I want the two car kids! I want the mother-lovers! I want the all-in-one bedroom kids with their Mama! And I want the ones who can't even stand their old ladies! I want all of you!
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Senator Amos Allbright : Our great Republic has found its strength and wisdom in the mysterious will of the electorate. Man, that's some far out religious bag.
Max Frost : Now you let the chicks vote, we're gonna get the vote.
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Max Frost : In a war you're killin' every man, woman and child to get 'em to vote your way.
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[repeated line]
Max Frost : Hey, troops!
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Max Frost : We're gonna make 30 a mandatory retirement age. And we're gonna set up rehabilitation camps, mercy centers, in every state of the Union. Citizens will report to them after five years, at the age of 35. And there, in groovy surroundings, we're gonna psych 'em all out on LSD, babies. That way, they're not gonna hurt you and they're not gonna hurt me and, babies, they're not even gonna hurt themselves anymore. They want drafters, we'll draft them! And some of 'em are really gonna dig it and that's gonna be the real motherlovin' gas. There's gonna be cats that want to split from taxes, Diner's Club. Crazy birds. Crazy wives and crazy husbands. Millions, troops. But millions are gonna go willingly! This time they don't owe nobody nothin'. And baby, what a wrap-up!
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Max Frost : [singing] Don't be afraid, you ain't gonna lose your way/Just listen to the music/That's all you got to do/Just listen to the music/It'll take you where you want to go/Close the door and open up your mind...
