Barfly

Also Known As: Bar kelebegi

Company: Golan-Globus Productions / Zoetrope Studios

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Plot: Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him. He believes that life is free and yours to live like you see fit, and if that in some cases involves copious amounts of whiskey then so be it. Henry spends his days drinking and listening to the radio, and he spends his nights drinking and fighting against Eddy who he thinks personifies shallowness and shameless self promoting. Sometimes in the middle of this he finds the time to jot down a few lines of poetry or a short story. After fighting Eddy and winning for a change Henry is thrown out of his regular bar where Eddy is a bartender. This leads him to seek another watering hole where he happens to find Wanda who is a barfly, in her own words "if another man came along with a fifth of whiskey, I'd go with him". Henry is not fazed by this thou and moves in with her. Of course Wanda immediately goes off and sleeps with Eddy, but after some clothes ...

Cast and Character: Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski / Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox / Alice Krige as Tully Sorenson / Jack Nance as Detective / J.C. Quinn as Jim / Frank Stallone as Eddie / Sandy Martin as Janice / Roberta Bassin as Lilly / Gloria LeRoy as Grandma Moses / Joe Unger as Ben / Harry Cohn as Rick / Pruitt Taylor Vince as Joe / Joe Rice as Old Man in Bar / Julie 'Sunny' Pearson as Hooker in Bar / Donald L. Norden as Man in Alley

Creators: n/A

Description: Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him. He believes that life is free and yours to live like ...

Directors: Barbet Schroeder

Genres: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Location: Bryson Hotel - 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

MPAA: R

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0092618.jpg

Rating: 7.1

Release Date: 16 October 1987 (USA)

Runtime: n/A

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Title: Barfly

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092618/

Votes: 10,099

Writers: Charles Bukowski

Year: 1987

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Barfly got rated 7.1.

About the movie: Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him. He believes that life is free and yours to live like you see fit, and if that in some cases involves copious amounts of whiskey then so be it. Henry spends his days drinking and listening to the radio, and he spends his nights drinking and fighting against Eddy who he thinks personifies shallowness and shameless self promoting. Sometimes in the middle of this he finds the time to jot down a few lines of poetry or a short story. After fighting Eddy and winning for a change Henry is thrown out of his regular bar where Eddy is a bartender. This leads him to seek another watering hole where he happens to find Wanda who is a barfly, in her own words "if another man came along with a fifth of whiskey, I'd go with him". Henry is not fazed by this thou and moves in with her. Of course Wanda immediately goes off and sleeps with Eddy, but after some clothes ...

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About the movie: n/A

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