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Barfly (1984)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Faye Dunaway Wanda Wilcox
Mickey Rourke Henry Chinaski
Alice Krige Tully Sorenson
J.C. Quinn Jim
Frank Stallone Eddie
Jack Nance Detective
Sandy Martin Janice
Roberta Bassin Lilly
Gloria LeRoy Grandma Moses
Joe Unger Ben
Movie Details
Genre AA Collection; Drama
Director Barbet Schroeder
Writer Charles Bukowski
Studio Warner Bros.
Language English
Audience Rating R
Running Time 99 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Downtrodden writer Henry (Mickey Rourke) and distressed goddess Wanda (Faye Dunaway) 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.

American original and poet/novelist extraordinaire Charles Bukowski drew upon his own life to script this story that tickles and jabs the social underbelly of booze, bars and brave madness… and eventually forces Henry to choose between life as a literary lion or freewheeling alley cat. Barbet Schroeder ( Murder by Numbers, Reversal of Fortune ) directs this "classic one of a kind comedy" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times ).
Personal Details
My Rating 10
Seen It Yes
Index 5
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 9/3/2002
Links IMDB
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Layers Single side, Single layer
UPC 085393300821
Chapters 26
Release Date 2002
Subtitles English; French; Japanese; Spanish
Packaging Snap Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director Barbet Schroeder
Documentary: "I Drink, I Gamble, and I Write: The Making-Of Barfly "
Excerpts from Schroeder's The Charles Bukowski Tapes
Interactive Menus
Theatrical Trailer
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