Pulp
Synopsis
Mickey King is a disreputable writer of sleazy pulp novels, published under half a dozen sensational pseudonyms. His ambition is to dictate ten thousand words per hour to stenographers à la Erle Stanley Gardner. He’s recruited by the agent of Preston Gilbert, a quirky former Hollywood star now living reclusively in exile in Malta, to help him write his biography. Despite being pursued by an enigmatic hitman, Gilbert maintains a large entourage of eccentrics and remains an inveterate practical joker. After Gilbert is eventually murdered by someone posing as a priest, King struggles to stay alive while interacting with a variety of idiosyncratic characters, including a faux princess, a henpecked clairvoyant, and a cross-dressing hitman.
Production Info
Released
1972
Directed
Mike Hodges
Starring
Michael Caine
Mickey Rooney
Lionel Stander
Pulp Scenes on Gozo
Crossing to Gozo on the Minor Eagle. Visiting the victim’s grave at Ramla Bay. Hitting the red sand after being shot at. Examining the victim.
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Did you Know
During the filming of Pulp in Malta, Michael Caine told journalists that he didn’t enjoy working there, criticising the barren landscape and lack of trees. When asked what no visitor to the island should miss, his reply was brief and pointed: “The plane home.” However, twenty years later in his autobiography, Caine reflected differently on the experience. He wrote, “Pulp never made any real money, but I had a wonderful experience making it, so I remember it with affection.”
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