Barfly (film)

Infobox Film
name = Barfly


image_size = 215px
caption = film poster
director = Barbet Schroeder
producer = Presenter:
Francis Ford Coppola
Exec. producer:
Menahem Golan
Yoram Globus
Producer:
Tom Luddy
Fred Roos
Barbet Schroeder
writer = Charles Bukowski
narrator =
starring = Mickey Rourke
Faye Dunaway
Alice Krige
Jack Nance
J.C. Quinn
music = Jack Baran
cinematography = Robby Müller
editing = Éva Gárdos
distributor = Cannon Film Distributors
released = 30 September, fy|1987
runtime = 97 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0092618

"Barfly" is a fy|1987 film which is a semi-autobiography of poet Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles, California. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in lty|1984 when film production was still pending. [Bukowski, Charles. "Barfly: The Continuing Saga of Henry Chinaski" (1984) ISBN 0-920348-44-0 DELUXE] "Barfly" stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, with direction by Schroeder, and was presented by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself.

The Kino Flo light, now a ubiquitous tool in the film industry, was specially created by Robby Muller's electrical crew for a scene in this film which would have been difficult to light using the conventional lampheads available at the time.

Cast

*Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski
*Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox
*Alice Krige as Tully Sorenson
*Jack Nance as Detective
*J.C. Quinn as Jim
*Frank Stallone as Eddie
*Sandy Martin as Janice
*Roberta Bassin as Lilly
*Gloria LeRoy as Grandma Moses
*Joe Unger as Ben
*Harry Cohn as Rick
*Pruitt Taylor as Vince
*Fritz Feld as Bum

Notes

*There is a scene where the camera pans upward over Faye Dunaway's legs. This glamour shot was done at her insistence and some fans of the movie consider this scene, and her character in general, to be in stark contrast to the theme of the movie. http://www.fandango.com/Commentator.aspx?aid=43&source=ca_title Glamour, Interrupted: Ten Gorgeous Actresses Who Shed Their Beauty for the Sake of “Art” March 12, 2006]
*The film inspired an album, also titled "Barfly", by the ska punk band, Buck-O-Nine.
*Charles Bukowski later dramatized his experiences surrounding the film in the book "Hollywood".
*The punk rock group NOFX wrote a song about Bukowski titled "Green Corn" in reference to the movie.
*Now out of print, though a petition has started to get the DVD re-released.

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