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Format: VHS
Feb 1995
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
85 min.
B&W and Color
UPC: 081227217235 |
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Movie Description
For years, Putney Swope has been the only black executive at a major Madison Avenue advertising firm, and he's seen it all: the ins and outs of an industry that has unapologetically relegated people of color to the commercial margins. When a twist of fate lands him in the executive's chair, Swope is determined to make some significant changes. He starts by transforming a previously all-white board room into an all-black meeting of dashiki-clad, Afro-sporting "brothers and sisters." But before long, Swope's ideas start to go stale--his plan to shake things up does little more than invert Madison Avenue's hierarchical structure--and all hell breaks loose. PUTNEY SWOPE is a loose, freewheeling satire on '60s corporate America from Robert Downey, Sr., arguably the master of underground film.
Synopsis
For years, Putney Swope's been the only black professional at a major advertising firm. So he's seen it all: the ins and outs of an industry that's unapologetically relegated people of color to the commercial margins. When a twist of fate lands him in the executive's chair, Swope's determined to make some significant changes. He starts by transforming a previously all-white boardroom into an all-black meeting of dashiki clad, afro-sporting brothers and sisters. But before long, Swope's ideas start to go stale, and his plan to shake things up does little more than invert Madison Avenue's hierarchical structure, proving that absolute power does indeed corrupt.
Film Notes
Theatrical release: 1969
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