opened in February 1970; and, in Los Angeles, it was felt that the controversy boosted public interest. Home media The film was released on DVD on May 22, 2001, by Rhino Home Video. It received a Blu-ray on July 2, 2019, by Vinegar Syndrome. Legacy The character Buck Swope from Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), portrayed by Don Cheadle, was named as a homage to this film. Downey also made a small cameo in Boogie Nights as the owner of a recording studio. The character Wing Soney, a Chinese businessman, was the inspiration for Cosmo, the Chinese man throwing firecrackers during the drug deal scene. Anderson, Louis C.K. and Jim Jarmusch have cited Putney Swope as an inspiration for their approach to filmmaking. The Beastie Boys song "Shadrach", from their 1989 album Paul's Boutique, mentions the film in the lyric "Music for all and not just one people, and now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel". Film dialogue is sampled on De La Soul's 1989 song "The Magic Number", as well as The Avalanches' 2016 album Wildflower. A black-and-white photo of the film's poster, which Sloan band member Jay Ferguson saw in a book, inspired the "quick and photocopy looking" look of the album cover for the band's 1999 album Between the Bridges. Putney Swope was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019. It is currently available to stream on Peacock. References External links 1969 films 1969 comedy films American black-and-white films American business films American comedy films American satirical films Films about advertising Films about businesspeople Films about race and ethnicity Films directed by Robert Downey Sr. Films set in New York City Films with screenplays by Robert Downey Sr. United States National Film Registry films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films