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Putney Swope

Title
Putney Swope / directed by Robert Downey.
Publication
[New York] : Vinegar Syndrome, 2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Downey, Robert, 1936-2021
  • Johnson, Arnold, 1921-2000
  • Gottlieb, Stan
  • Garfield, Allen, 1939-2020
  • Brooks, Mel, 1926-
  • Greene, Laura
  • Butler, Buddy
  • Fargas, Antonio, 1946-
  • Cuva, Charlie
  • Vinegar Syndrome (Firm), publisher.
  • Herald Productions, production company.
Description
2 videodiscs (85 min.) : sound, black & white, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The most popular film by Robert Downey Sr. is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope, the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman.
Uniform Title
Putney Swope (Motion picture)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Comedy films.
  • Experimental films.
  • Fiction films.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  • Feature films.
Note
  • Original released in 1969.
  • Special features: audio commentary with director Robert Downey Sr. ; video interview with Robert Downey Sr. from 2001 on Putney Swope ; video interview with Robert Downey Sr. from 2008 on Putney Swope ; Q and A from the film's screening at the 2005 Philadelphia Film Festival ; audio interview with cinematographer Gerald Cotts ; audio commentary with film critic and historian Sergio Mims ; original theatrical trailer ; massive archival article & promo gallery.
  • Blu-ray and DVD.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Robert Downey ; director of photography, Gerald Cotts ; film editor, Bud Smith ; original music, Charley Cuva ; a Herald Production.
Performer (note)
  • Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Mel Brooks, Laura Greene, Buddy Butler, Anthony Fargas, Vincent Hamill, Lawrence Wolfe.
System Details (note)
  • Blu-ray; NTSC; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language (note)
  • In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Call Number
Sc BLURAY-37
LCCN
814456022147
OCLC
1110109434
Title
Putney Swope / directed by Robert Downey.
Imprint
[New York] : Vinegar Syndrome, 2019.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
videofile blu-ray
videofile DVD video
Cast
Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Mel Brooks, Laura Greene, Buddy Butler, Anthony Fargas, Vincent Hamill, Lawrence Wolfe.
Credits
Screenwriter, Robert Downey ; director of photography, Gerald Cotts ; film editor, Bud Smith ; original music, Charley Cuva ; a Herald Production.
System Details
Blu-ray; NTSC; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Added Author
Downey, Robert, 1936-2021, film director.
Downey, Robert, 1936-2021, screenwriter.
Johnson, Arnold, 1921-2000, actor.
Gottlieb, Stan, actor.
Garfield, Allen, 1939-2020, actor.
Brooks, Mel, 1926- actor.
Greene, Laura, actor.
Butler, Buddy, actor.
Fargas, Antonio, 1946- actor.
Cuva, Charlie, composer (expression)
Vinegar Syndrome (Firm), publisher.
Herald Productions, production company.
Added Title
Putney Swope (Motion picture)
Other Standard Identifier
814456022147
Publisher No.
VS-279 Vinegar Syndrome
Research Call Number
Sc BLURAY-37
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