Putney Swope (1969)
Stan Gottlieb: Nathan
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Quotes
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Nathan : If it weren't for your father, you'd be on welfare. $60,000 a year, and all you can do is wreck the joint.
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Elias, Jr. : How can we talk about who's gonna be chairman of the board when my father's laying dead on the table? Why can't I be chairman of the board?
Nathan : Because you're a nitwit!
Elias, Jr. : My father started this agency.
Nathan : And you're not going to finish it!
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Bissinger : Our war toy account is up 23% and a third.
Putney Swope : Hey, Bissinger, you better get hip to reality. By advertising toy guns, you're encouraging kids to enjoy violence.
Bissinger : You're only Music Director around here, Swope. What do you know about the total spectrum?
Putney Swope : I know what I feel.
Nathan : What's that got to do with it?
Putney Swope : I think we should drop the account.
Nathan : How dare you!
Putney Swope : Drop the account and show the business community and the public that we're morally and socially responsible.
Elias, Jr. : Groovy, let's do it.
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Putney Swope : Nathan, you're a good businessman and you're not a cop-out. So, I'm going to let you stay.
Nathan : I want a contract that guarantees me an expense account, stock options, 22 weeks vacation, a company car, a box at Shea Stadium, a percentage of the gross, total creative freedom, transplant insurance, and a no-cut clause.
Putney Swope : Nathan, you're corrupt.
Nathan : Thank you.
