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Putney Swope is a 1969 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starring Arnold Johnson as the title character, a black advertising executive. The film satirizes the advertising world, the portrayal of race in Hollywood films and the nature of corporate corruption .
Putney Swope: Directed by Robert Downey Sr.. With Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon. The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman.
17K views 4 years ago. Directed by Robert Downey Sr. Starring Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb and Allen Garfield. Putney Swope Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3XX6wwj Putney Swope DVD :...
Assuming he is incapable of winning, all of the members of a prestigious Madison Avenue advertising firm accidentally vote to appoint the company's only black executive, Putney Swope, as chairman of the board.
May 30, 2012 · In the fourth and final part of our web-excuslive conversation between Robert Downey Sr. and Paul Thomas Anderson, the pair discuss the cult classic PUTNEY SWOPE.
Putney Swope. The most popular film by Robert Downey Sr. is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, his voice dubbed by a gravelly Downey), the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman.
Each member, unable to vote for himself, casts a secret ballot for Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson), the firm's only black executive, assuming he wouldn't receive any votes...
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Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman. Robert Downey Sr. Director, Writer
Both original and obscene, Putney Swope is a classic 60s "fuck you" to the system at large. It's a sweeping satire on corporatism, masculinity, race, sex, revolutionary politics, pop culture, and social responsibility.
Sep 1, 2022 · A bracing satire, taking well-aimed pot-shots at capitalism, power and racism in America, Robert Downey’s Putney Swope is a key entry in counterculture cinema, and a landmark of independent filmmaking, and – after more than a half a century – is still very, very funny.
