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Robert Downey Sr.'s Putney Swope is a satirical comedy on absurdities and corporate corruption in the advertising world, while also providing satire on Hollywood 's portrayal of race. It's the director's most notable film.
The film was released on DVD on May 22, 2001, by Rhino Home Video. [5][6] It received a Blu-ray on July 2, 2019, by Vinegar Syndrome. [7] The film holds a 69% "Fresh" score with an average rating of 5.7/10 on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on of 16 critics. [8]
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
Putney Swope is the token black man on the executive board of a large Madison Avenue advertising agency. During a promotional meeting, the elderly company chairman, while addressing the board, drops dead of a heart attack.
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. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.
27 cze 2019 · Downey’s Putney Swope uses the most mercenary of white-collar professions as a metaphor for racial tension (and African-American infighting) in the societal cauldron of 1969. The film is set at a Madison Avenue ad agency where the CEO dies in a meeting and—with the chief’s body still warm on the conference table—the board inadvertently ...
When the head of a Madison Avenue ad firm dies, the board members -- each thinking he's the only one who would cast a dissenting vote -- unwittingly elect their sole black member, Putney Swope (Johnson, voiced hilariously by Downey himself), as their new leader.
