---
title: 'Barfly (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barbet Schroeder'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/barfly-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092618/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Barfly (1987)

1987 · 97 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Charles Bukowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bukowski)
- **Director:** [Barbet Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbet-schroeder)
- **Producer:** [Barbet Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbet-schroeder), [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola), [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus), [Fred Roos](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-roos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Baran](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-baran)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robby Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-muller)

## Cast

- [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke) as Henry Chinaski
- [Charles Bukowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bukowski)
- [Pruitt Taylor Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/pruitt-taylor-vince)
- [Sandy Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandy-martin)
- [Fritz Feld](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-feld)
- [J. C. Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-c-quinn)
- [Jack Nance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nance)
- [Alice Krige](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-krige)
- [Faye Dunaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/faye-dunaway)
- [Frank Stallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-stallone)
- [Albert Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-henderson)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/barfly-1987
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