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.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Gloria LeRoy
- Grandma Moses
- (as Gloria Leroy)
Zeke Manners
- Roger
- (as Zeek Manners)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsWhen 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 Wilcox: I can't stand people, I hate them.
Henry: Oh yeah?
Wanda Wilcox: Do you hate them?
Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Suspect/Killing Time/Barfly/Weeds/Hope and Glory (1987)
- SoundtracksHip 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
Featured review
Barfly I think is another great film that is not afraid to tell the truth! a film that does not hold back on things that need to be said in films. The film is based on a true story on an alcoholic and poet Henry Chinaski(Mickey Rourke in an unforgettable role) who does nothing all day and night except cruise bars, drink himself to death and purposely get in to fights with other barmen and customers.He soon meets another alcoholic Wanda Wilcox (Faye Dunaway at a should of been Oscar winning role)when they meet in a bar one night they soon realise how alike they are and how they are the people who the city they live in would rather forget and they soon form a special bond. The films story is totally compelling and unforgettable, the cinematography and realism and forgetting to mention Rourke and Dunaway acting their hearts out. This is a gem of a movie. 10/10.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Завсідник бару
- Filming locations
- Bryson Apartments, 2701 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(Interiors and exterios. As Wanda Wilcox's apartment.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- 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
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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