Rent Putney Swope (1969)
3.5 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson) is the only Black executive at a stuffy Madison Avenue advertising agency. When the chairman dies unexpectedly, Putney is elected the new boss - because those voting never thought anyone else would to do the same. Putney proceeds to kick out the white majority, replacing them with young, revolutionary types, and renames the agency Truth and Soul.
- Actors:
- Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon, Bert Lawrence, Joe Madden, David Kirk, Don George, Buddy Butler, Vincent Hamill, Tom Odachi, Ching Yeh, Spunky-Funk Johnson, Joe Fields, Norman Schreiber, Robert Staats, Alan Abel, Sol Brawerman, Steven Ben Israel
- Directors:
- Robert Downey Sr
- Producers:
- Robert Downey Sr
- Narrated By:
- Eileen Peterson
- Writers:
- Robert Downey Sr
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Mel Brooks
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/08/2022
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writer-director Robert Downey (2001)
- Audio commentary with film critic and historian Sergio Mims (2019)
- Interview with Robert Doumey (2001,16 mins): archival conversation with the filmmaker on the creation, reception and influence of Putney Swope
- Interview with Gerald Cotts (2019,20 mins): audio recording of the cinematographer recalling his work on the film
- Film Forum Q and A with Robert Downey (2016,34 mins): archival audio recording of the noted provocateur in conversation with Bruce Goldstein at the Film Forum, New York
- Original theatrical trailer
- Trailer commentary (2013): short critical appreciation by film producer Dan Ireland
- Image Gallery
