Popi (United Artists) (1969)

POSTER, ACCESSORIES, BILLING, CAST, CREDITS AND SYNOPSIS Popi had a dream. amd thee only way he si make it was to put his two hoys @ tow ask set thers adyiit: in the ocean, 1 SHEET “Better to. drown im the GCE en . Also Available: Set of Eight 11x 14 Lobby Cards e Set of Eight 8 x 10 Stills In Color ALAN ARKIN | “Pod" 14 x 36 INSERT CARD Official Billing Herbert B. Leonard 35% presents ALAN ARKIN 1007 in “POPI” 10074 starring Rita Moreno as Lupe 19% and introducing Miguel Alejandro 73% and Ruben Figueroa 73% featuring John Harkins, Arny Freeman, Joan Tompkins, Anthony Holland 35% Written by Tina and Lester Pine 35% Produced by Herbert B. Leonard 35% Directed by Arthur Hiller 35% Music—Dominic Frontiere 35% COLOR by DeLuxe 50% United Artists, Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation 35% “You want these kids? I give them to you. TS. ALAN ARKIN “Poi” 22 x 28 LOBBY CARD Order All Accessories From National Screen An Attention-Arresting Hi-Rise Standee PRICES: Deluxe Hi-Rise Standee $9.95 Re-usable Extension Pole $1.50 | RITA MORENO. MIGUEL ALEJANDRO RUBEN FIGUEROA ev hn 2 Pe ==; 4 The Story (Not for Publication) Abraham Rodriguez (ALAN ARKIN) finds New York’s Spanish Harlem a difficult place to bring up his children. The Puerto Rican widower is determined to find a way of rescuing Junior (MIGUEL ALEJANDRO and LUIS (RUBEN FIGUEROA) from the garbage-strewn, crime-ridden streets of his neighborhood. Lupe (RITA MORENO) argues that if they were to get married and move to Brooklyn, things would be different. Although Abraham loves Lupe, his need to get his children out of the ghetto is immediate, and toward this end he devises a daring scheme. He will “shipwreck” his sons off the coast of Florida, where they would be found by the Coast Guard and taken as Cuban refugees. A rich family, he plans, would adopt them. The sacrifice on his part would well benefit the children. Setting up camp on a beach in Miami, Abraham encourages the boys to go swimming and cultivate a deep suntan. After several other preparations, including language and boating lessons, Abraham sends his sons out to sea—in a purposely unseaworthy craft so that the boys can be “found.” While lying on the beach exhausted from worry, he hears a radio report of the rescue of “two brave Cuban boys.” Rushed to the hospital, Junior and Luis are overwhelmed with special attention and well-wishes from thousands of sympathetic Americans. The kids carry off their disguises well. Yet, when Abraham sneaks into the boys’ hospital room, they overwhelm him with cries to return to him and their New York apartment. The noise of the emotional family reunion alerts hospital officials, and the hoax is exposed. Bewildered by the way all his meticulous plans have collapsed, Abraham brings his delighted sons back to their noisy but familiar slum streets. (RUNNING TIME: 113 MINUTES) SHORT SYNOPSIS Popi, a widowed Puerto Rican who fights against raising his two young sons in a New York ghetto, devises a scheme to have them rescued at sea as two refugees from Cuba. He hopes that in the ensuing excitement, the boys will be adopted by a wealthy family, but the boys’ affection for their father thwarts the plan. WINDOW CARD 24x 82 TITLE DISPLAY IN BRILLIANT DA-GLO United Actsts my Aas “POI” COLOR Converts to 24x 60 by folding back the pictorial sidepiece (available as rental item at National Screen) The Cast PAMANMIA AGS haat relay Ta. Alan Arkin Oo. eae ee Wet es Rita Moreno SUEY sees Sl Miguel Alejandro Or RE ahs. ee ARUN Seino Ruben Figueroa INONIMOOT IR cn John Harkins ROI PAUSE ke te en Joan Tompkins | eo ee Anthony Holland ONE ics... ieee Arny Freeman ® Production Staff Producer |... secgin a te Herbert B. Leonard Director |... een sae et Arthur Miller Executive in Charge of Production 6 oof Stanley Neufeld Written by {5350 cere 8 Tina & Lester Pine Director of Photography .............. Andy Laszlo ante Bie pas ee Dominic Frontiere FFE DNCCTON i. Soke, Sod Robert Gundlach Sound Recorder ............... Stanley Mitteldorf Color by DeLuxe United Artists, Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation Printed in U.S.A.