Putney Swope

E353245
film satirical comedy film

Putney Swope is a 1969 satirical comedy film that skewers race, advertising, and corporate America through the story of a Black man who unexpectedly becomes the head of a Madison Avenue ad agency.

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Putney Swope canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
satirical comedy film ⓘ
characterEthnicity African American ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gerald Cotts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts exploitation in advertising ⓘ
tokenism in corporate structures ⓘ
depictsOrganizationType advertising agency ⓘ
director Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ
distributor Cinema 5 ⓘ
surface form: Cinema V
editedBy Bud S. Smith ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
filmRating R ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later satirical films about advertising ⓘ
hasTagline Up Madison Avenue ⓘ
hasTheme capitalism ⓘ
media manipulation ⓘ
power and corruption ⓘ
racism ⓘ
mainCharacter Putney Swope self-link ⓘ
musicBy Charley Cuva ⓘ
narrativeFocus advertising industry ⓘ
corporate America ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
notableFor critique of advertising ⓘ
satire of race and corporate culture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfMovement American independent cinema ⓘ
plotSummary A Black man unexpectedly becomes the head of a Madison Avenue advertising agency and radically transforms its operations. ⓘ
portrays radical restructuring of an ad agency ⓘ
producer Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ
productionCompany Robert Downey Sr. Productions ⓘ
protagonist Putney Swope self-link ⓘ
publicationDate 1969-07-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1969 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 84 ⓘ
screenplayType original screenplay ⓘ
settingLocation Madison Avenue ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
starring Allen Garfield ⓘ
Arnold Johnson ⓘ
Stan Gottlieb ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1960s ⓘ
voiceActorForProtagonist Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ
writer Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ

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Robert Downey Sr. → notableWork → Putney Swope ⓘ
Robert Elias Jr. → notableWork → Putney Swope ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Elias Jr. → workedOn → Putney Swope ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Downey Sr.
Putney Swope → mainCharacter → Putney Swope self-link ⓘ
Putney Swope → protagonist → Putney Swope self-link ⓘ
Downey family → notableWork → Putney Swope ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Downey Sr.