I wonder what came first the movie or the Yippie rally cry? In any event, I saw the movie many blue moons ago. It had such an effect on me that I never turned 30 as far as I am concerned - Does that explain that "un je ne sais quoi" about my behavior? Carl, thanks for the tulips, they are still lovely - a bit wrinkled, but still kicking.************************************************

WILD in the STREETS (1968) Wry social commentary and changing political situations are examined at length in this dramatic comedy. Frost ( Christopher Jones) is a young rock & roll singer encouraged by Senator Fergus ( Hal Holbrook) to mobilize the youth of America into registering to vote in the upcoming election. The popular singer promptly has the voting age lowered to 14 years of age and declares, "Don't trust anyone over 30." Soon the balance of power shifts to the teens, who open adult internment camps where the subjects are fed LSD. Shelley Winters plays Frost's opportunistic mother, Ed Begley is an old-school Senator, and Richard Pryor is a the guitar-strumming hanger-on named Stanley X. Attorney Melvin Belli, Dick Clark and Walter Winchell provide cameo commentary. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the five songs, with "The Shape Of Things To Come" being the standout hit record.

CARNIVAL of SOULS (1962) Made in 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas for very little money, Harvey's CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for it's ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman ( Hilligoss ) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off a bridge while drag racing with some friends. After she pulls herself from the river, she moves to a new town to take a job as a church organist. Meanwhile, a distinctly eerie and hollow-faced man in a black suit seems to be following her wherever she goes. The effective organ score enhances the film to great effect. The first feature from Harvey , who had previously made industrial and promotional films for the Centron Corporation in Lawrence, Kansas, CARNIVAL OF SOULS developed a cultlike following despite being rarely screened for nearly thirty years. The TWILIGHT ZONE-esque tale of a woman who is in a car crash, only to find herself being pursued by spirits, the film's strength is its ability to sustain a very disturbing atmosphere with little more than some makeup, an eerie organ score and spare black-and-white photography. Harvey achieved his stated mission: for the film to have the "look of a Bergman" and the "feel of a Cocteau."

ELIXIR (Spring 2002) wild in the streets,. in the scene where the main character has become president and banishes all those over 30 (including his mother played by shelly winters) to concentration camps where they are force fed LSD for the first time in her life the mother (shelly winters) actually seems happy and relaxed somehow the elixer is working.,.,,.c.,..,,.,,