Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 2 September 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Writers
- Charles Bukowski
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $3,221,568
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, American Zoetrope
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Cast
Mickey Rourke
Faye DunawayNominated
Alice Krige
Jack Nance
J.C. Quinn
Frank Stallone Jr.
Sandy Martin
Roberta Bassin
Gloria LeRoy
Joe Unger