Barfly

Name: Barfly
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Released: 1987-01-01

1987 film by Barbet Schroeder

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Released: 1987
, January 7, 1988
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0092618/releaseinfoRetrieved 2019-08-05
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Director: Barbet Schroeder
Screenwriter: Charles Bukowski
Producer: Barbet Schroeder
, Francis Ford Coppola
, Menahem Golan
+2 more
Cast: Mickey Rourke
, Faye Dunaway
, Alice Krige
, Jack Nance
+7 more
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: drama film
, romantic comedy
Country of origin: United States

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Barfly is a 1987 American black comedy film directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway. The film is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles, and it presents Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski. The screenplay, written by Bukowski, was commissioned by the Iranian-born Swiss film director Barbet Schroeder, and it was published in 1984, when film production was still pending.

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Director of photography: Robby Müller
Narrative location: Los Angeles
Main subject: alcoholism
Title: Barfly
Color: color
Costume designer: Milena Canonero
Executive producer: Yoram Globus
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 7.1/10(February 22, 2026) review score by: IMDb · number of reviews/ratings: 23,000 global user rating
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76%(May 23, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 25 critic review
6.7/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Barfly”Retrieved 2021-10-05
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Australian Classification: M(since 1987) rating certificate id: 00506D2B9E79 · distribution format: 35 mm film
Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Violence, Smoking, alcohol and drugs
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/barfly/Retrieved 2025-06-15
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