Barfly
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
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
38 people
Mickey Rourke
Henry Chinaski
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Vance Colvig
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Faye Dunaway
Wanda Wilcox
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Chinatown
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Alice Krige
Tully Sorenson
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The OA
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Jack Nance
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Twin Peaks
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J.C. Quinn
Jim
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Frank Stallone Jr.
Eddie
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Sandy Martin
Janice
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Luca
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Roberta Bassin
Lilly
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Presumed Innocent
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Gloria LeRoy
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Automan
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Joe Unger
Ben
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Harry Cohn
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Barbet Schroeder Director · Charles Bukowski Screenplay Jack Baran Composer
Worldwide gross $3.2M · Budget $3M · United States release October 16, 1987
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,221,568
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
American Zoetrope
Production
Zoetrope Studios
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 18, 1987
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 16, 1987
Theatrical
United States
September 30, 1987 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
France
September 2, 1987 · Theatrical
September 28, 1997 · TV · Arte
Germany
January 7, 1988 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 4, 1988 · Theatrical
July 27, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
October 22, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
March 18, 1988 · Theatrical
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