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Barfly

  • 19871987
  • RR
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
20K
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Barfly (1987)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
20K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Barbet Schroeder
  • Writer
    • Charles Bukowski
  • Stars
    • Mickey Rourke
    • Faye Dunaway
    • Alice Krige
Top credits
  • Director
    • Barbet Schroeder
  • Writer
    • Charles Bukowski
  • Stars
    • Mickey Rourke
    • Faye Dunaway
    • Alice Krige
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 103User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Mickey Rourke
    Mickey Rourke
    • Henry
    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Wanda Wilcox
    Alice Krige
    Alice Krige
    • Tully
    Jack Nance
    Jack Nance
    • Detective
    J.C. Quinn
    J.C. Quinn
    • Jim
    Frank Stallone
    Frank Stallone
    • Eddie
    Sandy Martin
    Sandy Martin
    • Janice
    Roberta Bassin
    Roberta Bassin
    • Lilly
    Gloria LeRoy
    Gloria LeRoy
    • Grandma Moses
    Joe Unger
    Joe Unger
    • Ben
    Harry Cohn
    • Rick
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    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
    Hal Shafer
    • Mike
    Zeke Manners
    • Roger
    • (as Zeek Manners)
    • Director
      • Barbet Schroeder
    • Writer
      • Charles Bukowski
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The apartment building where Wanda's apartment was located was an actual building where Charles Bukowski and his lover Jane Baker Cooley, the real-life counterparts to Henry and Wanda, had lived. No one knew this until Bukowski, who was watching the filming, remembered.
    • Goofs
      When Henry gets out of bed, Tully has terrible bedhead as their conversation starts. When the view cuts back to her a second later, her hair is neatly brushed.
    • Quotes

      Wanda: I can't stand people, I hate them.

      Henry: Oh yeah?

      Wanda: Do you hate them?

      Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Suspect/Killing Time/Barfly/Weeds/Hope and Glory (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Hip Hug-Her
      By Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr. and Donald Dunn

      Published by Irving Music, Inc. (DMI)

      Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews103

    Review
    Top review
    Great late night movie
    I came across this movie on HBO one night and like any great movie I was immediately hooked by it. I could tell right away that this movie had a strange artistic appeal to it. The movie is strange, funny, and weird. In one scene Henry (Mickey Rourke) collects 500$ from a rich woman he meets. He then takes it immediately to his flea bag appartment along with a bottle of liquor. He wakes up his girlfriend (Faye Dunnaway)and from out of her slumber they begin to drink. Henry manages to stab a man, get a girlfriend, have a wealthy mistress, be a bar room fighter, and o yeah, a poet. Overall this is a gritty movie about the ups and downs of a poet who insists to live in squalor and would'nt have it any other way.
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    • kraidsaves
    • Apr 5, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Szenen eines wüsten Lebens
    • Filming locations
      • Bryson Hotel - 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Golan-Globus Productions
      • Zoetrope Studios
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,221,568
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $45,900
      • Oct 18, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,221,568
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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