Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
Acting
Christopher Jones's terrifying charisma as teen demagogue Max.
Production
Garish psychedelic sets that age like expired acid.
Writing
Script that predicted TikTok populism by 55 years.
Director
Barry Shear
Shelley Winters
Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
Christopher Jones
Max (Flatow) Frost
Diane Varsi
Sally LeRoy
Hal Holbrook
Senator Fergus
Millie Perkins
Mrs. Fergus
Richard Pryor
Stanley X
Bert Freed
Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
Kevin Coughlin
Billy Cage
Larry Bishop
The Hook
May Ishihara
Fuji Elly
Salli Sachse
Hippie Mother
Kellie Flanagan
Mary Fergus
Michael Margotta
Jimmy Fergus
Ed Begley
Senator Allbright
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18, this film accidentally documented real political anxiety about youth power.
Richard Pryor's role as Stanley X was largely improvised; he reportedly hated the script and only took it for the paycheck.
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