Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Mel Brooks, Laura Greene, Buddy Butler, Anthony Fargas, Vincent Hamill, Lawrence Wolfe. 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.
Summary:
The most popular flim 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.
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