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Release Date: 1987

Cast: Donald L. Norden, Sandy Martin, Alice Krige, Joe Rice, Joe Unger, Mickey Rourke, Julie 'Sunny' Pearson, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy ...MORE

Cast: Donald L. Norden, Sandy Martin, Alice Krige, Joe Rice, Joe Unger, Mickey Rourke, Julie 'Sunny' Pearson, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Faye Dunaway, Pruitt Taylor Vince ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Romance Film, Biographical Film, Romantic Drama, Black Comedy, Indie

Barfly is a 1987 American film which is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in 1984 when film production was still pending. Barfly stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, with direction by Schroeder, and was presented by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself. The Kino Flo light, now a ubiquitous tool in the film industry,... MORE

Barfly is a 1987 American film which is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in 1984 when film production was still pending. Barfly stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, with direction by Schroeder, and was presented by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself. The Kino Flo light, now a ubiquitous tool in the film industry, was specially created by Robby Muller's electrical crew for a scene in this film which would have been difficult to light using the conventional lampheads available at the time. The film was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. During the day, Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) writes poetry and short stories, which he submits to literary magazines. Drinking and fighting is how he spends his nights. He gets into several altercations with the bartender Eddie, whom he despises, and finds out that his girlfriend Wanda slept with Eddie. Despite this fact he stays with her and continues to drink his LESS