Barfly

Theatrical - Wide 1987-10-16

Cast Mickey Rourke Faye Dunaway Alice Krige Jack Nance Sandy Martin
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
Written by Charles Bukowski

Box Office Gross: $3,221,568

Running Time: 100 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, American Zoetrope

Genres: Comedy Drama Romance

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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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