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Up all night with Robert Downey Sr

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Up all night with Robert Downey Sr

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Eclipse series, 33

Babo 73: The president of the United Status, who, when he isn't at the White House conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beachChafed elbows: Follows a shiftless downtown Manhattanite having his "annual November breakdown" as he wanders from one odd job to the next, coming across all sorts of sordid typesNo more excuses: Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan's singles scene of the late sixties. Between this footage and the fragmented tale of a time-traveling Civil War soldier, comes a rant from the director of the fictional Society for Indecency to Naked AnimalsPutney Swope: Putney Swope, the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairmanTwo tons of turquoise to Taos tonight: This film is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own

[Disc 1]. Babo 73 (1964, 56 min.) / written, produced and directed by Robert Downey -- Chafed elbows (1966, 58 min.) / a Goosedown production ; produced, written and directed by Robert Downey -- No more excuses (46 min.) / a film by Robert Downey and Robert Soukis ; produced by Phantasma Films --[Disc 2]. Putney Swope (1969, 85 min.) / A Cinema V release ; produced by Robert Downey Sr., Henri Pachard -- Two tons of turquoise to Taos tonight (56 min.) / a Goosedown production ; produced by Ray Lofaro, Max Raab, Bette Wanderman ; screenplay by L.C. and Robert Downey ; written and directed by Robert Downey

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