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Summary:

Wild in the streets: When 15 year olds are given the right to vote, they elect a rock star as president and take over the government enforcing mandatory retirement at age 30.
Gas-s-s-s: A deadly gas kills everyone over the age of 25 leaving the earth to a variety of young football fascists and demented dictators and utopia searching hippies.

Table of Contents:

• Side A. Wild in the streets
• Side B. Gas!

Contributors:

Nicholson, James H., 1916-1972 , film producer

Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001 , film producer

Thom, Robert, 1929-1979 , screenwriter

Shear, Barry , film director

Armitage, George , screenwriter

Corman, Roger, 1926-2024 , film director

Winters, Shelley , actor

Jones, Christopher, 1941-2014 , actor

Varsi, Diane , actor

Holbrook, Hal , actor

Perkins, Millie, 1938- , actor

Coughlin, Kevin, 1945-1976 , actor

Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 , actor

Bishop, Larry, 1948- , actor

Freed, Bert, 1919-1994 , actor

Begley, Ed, Jr. , actor

Corff, Robert , actor

Giftos, Elaine , actor

Cort, Bud, 1948- , actor

Shire, Talia , actor

Vereen, Ben , actor

Williams, Cindy (Actor) , actor

Moore, Richard, 1925-2009 , director of photography

Feitshans, Fred R., Jr., 1909-1987 , editor of moving image work

Newman, Eve, 1915-2003 , editor of moving image work

Baxter, Les, 1922-1996 , composer

Dexter, Ron , director of photography

Van Noy, George (Film editor) , editor of moving image work

Melton, Barry , composer

Country Joe and the Fish , composer

American International Pictures (1956-1980) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

MGM Home Entertainment Inc. , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Spanish
French

Language Notes:

In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Gas-s-s-s- also includes a Spanish language soundtrack.

Included Works:

Gas!, or, It became necessary to destroy the world in order to save it.

Related Series:

MGM presents Midnite movies > Double feature

Alternate Titles:

Container title for 2nd work: Gas-s-s-s

Subjects:

Youth — Political activity — Drama

Hippies — Drama

Dystopian plays

Youth — Political activity

Youth

Hippies

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Science fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD, double-sided, NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital mono.

Performers:

Cast: Wild in the streets: Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Kevin Coughlin, Richard Pryor, Larry Bishop, Bert Freed, Ed Begley.
Cast: Gass-s-s: Robert Corff, Elaine Giftos, Bud Cort, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams.

Production Credits:

Wild in the streets: director of photography, Richard Moore ; editor, Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman ; music, Les Baxter ; songs, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
Gas!: director of photography, Ron Dexter ; editor, George Van Noy ; music, Country Joe and the Fish, Barry Melton.

General Notes:

Closed-captioned in English
Wild in the streets originally released in 1968 as a motion picture.
Gas-s-s-s originally released in 1970 as a motion picture.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: original theatrical trailers.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital mono

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

WIL 2068 DVD

ISBNs:

079286137X
9780792861379

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 027616889003
Publisher Number, MGM Home Entertainment: 1004881
Publisher Number, MGM Home Entertainment: 4006853

OCLC Numbers:

56932061