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Putney Swope

  • 1969
  • R
  • 1h 24min
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6,7/10
4,6 k
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Putney Swope (1969)
Official Trailer
Lire trailer3:14
1 Video
80 photos
ComédieParodieSatire

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe 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 f... Tout lireThe 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.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.

  • Réalisation
    • Robert Downey Sr.
  • Scénario
    • Robert Downey Sr.
  • Casting principal
    • Arnold Johnson
    • Stan Gottlieb
    • Allen Garfield
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,7/10
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    • Réalisation
      • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Scénario
      • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Casting principal
      • Arnold Johnson
      • Stan Gottlieb
      • Allen Garfield
    • 58avis d'utilisateurs
    • 72avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 victoire au total

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    Putney Swope
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    Arnold Johnson
    Arnold Johnson
    • Putney
    Stan Gottlieb
    Stan Gottlieb
    • Nathan
    • (as Stanley Gottlieb)
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Elias, Jr.
    Archie Russell
    • Joker
    Ramon Gordon
    • Bissinger
    Bert Lawrence
    • Hawker
    Joe Madden
    • Mr. Syllables
    • (as Joe Engler)
    David Kirk
    • Elias, Sr.
    Don George
    • Mr. Cards
    Buddy Butler
    • Putney's Bodyguard
    Vincent Hamill
    • Man in White Suit
    Tom Odachi
    • Wing Soney
    Ching Yeh
    • Wing Soney, Jr.
    Spunky-Funk Johnson
    • Mr. Major
    Joe Fields
    • Pittsburgh Willie
    Norman Schreiber
    • Messenger
    Robert Staats
    Robert Staats
    • Mr. War Toys
    • (as Bob Staats)
    Alan Abel
    • Mr. Lucky
    • Réalisation
      • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Scénario
      • Robert Downey Sr.
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    edgeofreality

    Sporadically amusing

    Mad-magazine style put down of various late 60s US institutions, companies, groups and the advertising business in particular. It starts well in a board room meeting where the new chairman is chosen - a black guy with the title for a name. But the whole black jive stuff that follows is less sharp, and much of the humour was over or under my head. I liked certain Catch 22 moments, like the black boss telling the white guy he can't get a raise to equal his black colleagues' pay because then they will want a raise too. 'I didn't think of that', says the white guy. 'That's why we don't pay you as much. You don't think'. The repetition of certain lines and the repeated appearances of certain characters works on occasion too - like a photographer called Mark Focus who keeps failing to get work, or a pervert who abuses a 13 year old. 'At least he isn't superstitious'. But overall, despite some funny bits and some interesting b/w photography, my attention frequently wavered - aside from the actual ads, filmed in color, which kept you watching and we're mostly memorable. I'm sure at the time this was offensive to the establishment, but now it seems kind of muted.
    nuport

    Beats Blazing saddles, Groove tube ,Kentucky Fried movie And most others by miles

    Y'know I never thought I would say this, But Putney Swope may be the hippest ,coolest ,funniest ,thought provoking film of all times. I just can't get enough of this I've seen it about 30 times .I happened to spot it at the now long gone Woolworth dept. store in downtown Newark NJ. This is what film making is supposed to be.Mostly because after so many years ,much of it is still timely and relevant and so funny. I know you deep thinkers out there will "get it" after afew viewings.Hats off to the producers of this ,beats the crap outta most stuff that Hollywood has put out. thanks.
    9LatigoMeans

    How Many Syllables, Mario?

    I can't say how many times that one line has made me laugh or how often I've described that scene to folks not familiar with this film. I saw it the year it was released, I was 19. I don't think there were a dozen people in that East Village theater that night. For years I thought we were the only ones who saw it. Nice to see here that others found it as hysterical as I had, and see it's lasting value despite the time gone by. Rent it, buy it or steal it.... a must see.
    9Quinoa1984

    smart, sharp, cutting edge, and a big middle finger to the establishment, now as then

    When someone refers to the independent cinema realm in the United States it's often inferred that it means the filmmaker or people behind the project had much more creative freedom and did what they wanted. This, today, is not really always the case unless someone is a solid "auteur" and creative freedom still comes with the caveat that one has to find distribution with one of the independent divisions of major studios or by getting picked up somehow for some kind of low-level deal at a worthwhile film festival. But Putney Swope, Robert Downey Sr's film about a tough-as-nails African-American accidentally promoted to head advertising guru at a production company, *is* independent cinema, the kind of work that went right along with the likes or Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Cassavetes Faces at the same time of getting no real typical studio distribution but causing waves, kicking ass and taking names in the cinema world. For all its moments that are rough and crude, it's unforgettable.

    It's also a film that is funny, very and excruciatingly funny. Sometimes the sense of humor is just so ridiculous it's nearly impossible not to laugh, from the mere appearance of the President Mimeo with his wife to lines of dialog from the advertisements Swope's team puts together like "I can't eat an air conditioner" in a real "soul" voice. It is as smart as the audience it is aiming at, which is anyone with two brain cells to put together who can see that this work isn't offensive or *too* shocking because it's meant to rattle the cage, and it does this pretty well in the first five minutes. Once that's past Downey Sr goes on his blitz of sorts as far as being a filmmaker with nothing to lose: his protagonist is part Fidel Castro, part Isaac Hayes circa 1972 (and yes it's 1969 in the film) and part hard-assed ad exec with a firing streak to make Mr. Spacely on the Jetsons look kind. And don't forget those side characters, dear God.

    There's so many memorable lines and moments that it's hard to keep track. From maybe the most hilarious botched assassination attempt in any movie to the one ad for "Face-Off" skin cream that includes lines that would give South Park a run for its dirty-mouth money, to just little asides with the one guy from Jack Hill's movies playing the Muslim who keeps giving lip to Swope and that one boy with the the nun who curses up a storm and impresses Swope in a swift stroke. It's a pretty direct message about media and advertising, but there's also a lot of powerful moments where it just hits the nail on the head about racism in America, sometimes without having to do more than a gesture and sometimes with doing something HUGE like having black panther types going this way and that around Swope's advertising regime. And for a low-budget production (I mean super low, hence the comparison to Night of the Living Dead and Faces) Downey got some really good actors, all non-union, and it's hard to imagine that some of them might have had their first time on camera here.

    It should be mentioned that Downey's style doesn't make it perfect: it is crude and sometimes too crazy and dated for its own good, and I'm sure I didn't get some of the underlying humor of a couple of the ads since I'm from a full generation after these ads were aired (albeit the "Miss Redneck Jersey" was definitely not lost on me). In general though this is one of the finest of its time period, a satire that stings and a feature with a predominantly black cast that is all too knowing of what comes from an excess of power, regardless of skin color. It is, as someone might say, "good s***."
    8mozli

    That brief window of time: '67 to '74

    Putney Swope along with a number of other films: Uptight, Zabrieski Point, The Spook who sat by the Door, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy depicted the times of the big change of America like no other. No matter how much conservative America may want to pull the country back to the pre-60's these films show that the change became irreversible. Putney Swope has its problems(editing and much of the acting is amateurish)yet holds up well for being over forty years old. The topics still ring quite true. While viewing this one can't help but wonder if the folks that make the AMC show MADMEN are influenced by this film. The ending, though funny, has a politically horrific feel to it. A foreshadow of 9/11? The irony that Robert Downey is the father of one of America's best and most popular movie stars adds to the entertainment and poignancy.

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    • Anecdotes
      Robert Downey Sr. redubbed all of Arnold Johnson's lines. According to Downey, he did this because Johnson had trouble remembering his lines and often flubbed them during filming.
    • Citations

      Idea Man: Putney! I've been supervising the war toy account for 12 years. And let me tell you something: deny a young boy the right to have a toy gun, and you'll suppress his destructive urges. And he'll turn out to be a homosexual. Or worse.

    • Crédits fous
      As the credit for Robert Downey Sr. scrolls up the screen, the words "(a prince)" appear next to his name.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Precious Images (1986)
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      Written and Performed by Charley Cuva

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    • Date de sortie
      • 17 mars 1971 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Bossen
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Ville de New York, New York, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Herald Productions (II)
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      • 200 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      • 1h 24min(84 min)
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      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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