Film
Barfly
1987 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Drama · Romance
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
- IMDb
- 7.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 76%
- Metacritic
- 70
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Overview
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
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Cast
Mickey Rourke
Henry Chinaski
Faye Dunaway
Wanda Wilcox
Alice Krige
Tully Sorenson
Jack Nance
Detective
J.C. Quinn
Jim
Frank Stallone Jr.
Eddie
Sandy Martin
Janice
Roberta Bassin
Lilly
Gloria LeRoy
Grandma Moses
Joe Unger
Ben
Harry Cohn
Rick
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Joe
Joe Rice
Old Man in Bar
Julie 'Sunny' Pearson
Hooker in Bar
Donald L. Norden
Man in Alley
Wil Albert
Carl
Crew
- Barbet SchroederDirector · Producer
- Charles BukowskiScreenplay
- Tom LuddyProducer
- Fred RoosProducer
- Yoram GlobusExecutive Producer
- Menahem GolanExecutive Producer
- Francis Ford CoppolaExecutive Producer
- Robby MüllerDirector of Photography
- Jack BaranOriginal Music Composer
- Éva GárdosEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 2, 1987
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $3,221,568
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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