Not for Publication
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If the Perils of Pauline were set in a campy New York City with a dash of trash added in, Not for Publication would result, though the awful jokes and kinky characters are not going to be entertaining to everyone. Lois (Nancy Allen) is a reporter at a sleazoid newspaper, a paragon of yellow journalism that she is determined to turn back to its first incarnation as The New York Enforcer, a better paper. The not-so-good Mayor Franklyn (Laurence Luckinbill) adopts Lois as his personal assistant when she bursts into his office one day and strongly advises him to cut the pressure to shut down porn shops or he will lose the vote of New York's youth. She hires a photographer (David Naughton) to work in the mayor's office, planning to use his skills for her tabloid paper -- but then a quirky menage à trois arises between the mayor, the photographer, and Lois. After some undercover sleuthing in Long Island, Lois connects the mayor to various robberies that have occurred in the city and thinks of a way to bring back the New York Enforcer and handle the mayor at the same time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, RoviCast
- Nancy Allen - Lois
- David Naughton - Barry
- Laurence Luckinbill - Mayor Claude Franklyn
- Alice Ghostley - Doris
Credit
Michael O'Sullivan - Art Director, Jack Cummings - Associate Producer, Lynwood Spinks - Associate Producer, Rondi Davis - Costume Designer, Ira Halberstadt - First Assistant Director, Paul Bartel - Director, Alan Toomayan - Editor, Mark Forstater - Executive Producer, Meyer - Composer (Music Score), Meyer - Songwriter, Alan Cassell - Camera Operator, Becky Block - Production Designer, George Tirl - Cinematographer, Anne Kimmel - Producer, Paul Bartel - Screenwriter| Not for Publication (1927 Film), Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999 Film) | |
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- For the 1951-52 DuMont television series, see Not for Publication (DuMont TV series).
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| Directed by | Paul Bartel |
| Written by | Paul Bartel John Meyer |
| Starring | Nancy Allen David Naughton Alan Rosenberg Alice Ghostley Cork Hubbert Laurence Luckinbill Jeanne Evans Bill Engvall |
| Music by | John Meyer |
| Cinematography | George Tirl |
| Editing by | Alan Toomayan |
| Distributed by | Thorn EMI |
| Release date(s) | October 10, 1985 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Not for Publication is an American screwball comedy film directed by Paul Bartel and starring Nancy Allen. It premiered at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired for distribution by Thorn EMI.[1]
David Naughton, Laurence Luckinbill, Alan Rosenberg, and Alice Ghostley also appear.[2]
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Synopsis
Lois Thornedyke, the daughter of a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, writes a scandal column for a New York city tabloid. She gets a chance to upgrade her career when she uncovers a conspiracy reaching into city government at the same time she is being romanced by the city's Mayor. Lois and her quirky sidekicks pit naivete against evil and go undercover. Unfortunately, what they discover is not for publication...
If the Perils of Pauline[disambiguation needed 
] were set in a campy New York City with a dash of trash added in, Not for Publication would result, though the awful jokes and kinky characters are not going to be entertaining to everyone. Lois (Nancy Allen) is a reporter at a sleazoid newspaper, a paragon of yellow journalism that she is determined to turn back to its first incarnation as The New York Enforcer, a better paper. The not-so-good Mayor Franklyn (Laurence Luckinbill) adopts Lois as his personal assistant when she bursts into his office one day and strongly advises him to cut the pressure to shut down porn shops or he will lose the vote of New York's youth. She hires a photographer (David Naughton) to work in the mayor's office, planning to use his skills for her tabloid paper -- but then a quirky menage à trois arises between the mayor, the photographer, and Lois. After some undercover sleuthing in Long Island -- and help from a host of unsavory characters like Senor Wopperico (Barry Dennen) and Troppogrosso (Richard Paul) -- Lois connects the mayor to various robberies that have occurred in the city and thinks of a way to return the New York Enforcer to its heyday and handle the mayor at the same time.
Critical Response
Rex Reed called Not for Publication "a delictable treat."[2] While TV Guide offered even wider praise saying "The story is wildly improbable and sometimes hilariously funny. The dialog is inventive and the characters bizarre, and it all smacks of those cult movies that will have a long life in the Saturday night midnight shows around the country."[3]
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