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Robert John Downey Sr. (né Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor.He was known for writing and directing the underground film Putney Swope (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world.
Wheeler Winston Dixon (born March 12, 1950) is an American filmmaker and scholar. He is an expert on film history, [ 4 ] theory and criticism . [ 5 ] His scholarship has particular emphasis on François Truffaut , Jean-Luc Godard , American experimental cinema and horror films .
The Maharaja of Indore Necklace is a diamond and emerald-studded necklace. As of 2008, it is on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., United States. It was originally named the Spanish Inquisition Necklace by the American jeweller Harry Winston, though it had no known connection with the historical Spanish ...
Underground filmmaker Robert Downey, best known for 'Putney Swope' and being father to a movie star, gets a warm salute in the documentary 'Sr.,' directed by Chris Smith.
Putney Swope is a 1969 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starring Arnold Johnson as the title character, a black advertising executive. The film satirizes the advertising world , the portrayal of race in Hollywood films and the nature of corporate corruption .
In 2022, the husband and wife duo made headlines with Sr., an emotional documentary that explores the relationship between Robert Downey Jr. and his father, Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Downey Jr.’s first acting gig was in a weird one called Pound, a 1970 film directed by his father—that would be the late avant-garde filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.—about dogs (played by ...
Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal both descend from European-American immigrants. Robert's father, Robert Downey Sr., acts as the episode's unofficial third guest, sitting with Professor Gates as he reads his son's book of life.