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Riot On Sunset Strip Review
[RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP - (1967) - Widescreen Presentation - Directed by Arthur Dreifuss] Props to MGM for finally releasing this campy cult classic on dvd. The film opens in a Sunset Strip (where else?) niteclub with The Standells playing the garage-band anthem title song (ignore the MGM and Amazon product details error regarding this predating their Top Ten hit 'Dirty Water', which hit the charts in July '66 and this flick wasn't released till '67) while the opening credits roll, setting the stage for the entire movie that follows. No joke - listen to the lyrics, and there's the entire movie in a capsule for easy digesting. The acid cubes come later...The story involves the clash between the newly-empowered hippie youth that took control over the Strip, the assorted business owners who wanted nothing more than to see them destroyed, and the tightly-wound police who tended to get cracking with their billy-clubs a bit hastily. Soon the entire Strip becomes a powder-keg fueled by drugs, alcohol, underage offenders, bastardly business owners and underpaid and over-anxious cops. A nice crescendo is built up gradually by director Arthur Dreifuss, and the performances are efficient and true to the times which were a'changing.
The cast is led by Mimsy Farmer (who played similar roles in the mid-60's before heading off to Europe to star in several effective giallo films) as a straight-laced 17 year-old chick who gets involved with a 'bad crowd' (led by Mickey Rooney's son, Tim) who cavort around in hopped-up sports cars, drinking and drugging and breaking into homes to throw acid parties - good times indeed. Under this influence of rowdy rebels, ridiculous clothing, revolt and rebellion, we watch as she spirals down into the den of decay that culminates with a spiked LSD drink followed by liberated and libidinous dancing, then being sexually violated by five, count 'em, five denizens of this depravity. Part exploitation film, part cautionary tale and all psyched-out to the glorious max, the film ends remarkably upbeat when daughter and police lieutenant father (played by Aldo Ray) are re-united for the finale. Trust me, it plays out much better than it sounds, but you probably have to be over 40 to enjoy to its fullest. Screw youth.
The soundtrack is a psych sunspot, with the Chocolate Watchband and (now-forgotten) The Enemies appearing in addition to The Standells two opening tracks, the club scenes are hilariously campy while not being too far from the truth, the dialogue rich with 60's buzzwords, and the babes are go-go-ing, shimmy-ing and shaking in the hippest threads - it's a gas, man, a real gas. A true cult film in every sense. It ought to come with a headband and love beads. I had a blast watching it, and if you're still reading this nonsense, odds are you will too. It's a riot.
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