The film concentrates on alcoholic writer Mickey Rourke the Bukowski alter ego who carries on a hate-hate relationship with bartender Frank Stallone. They move in together, even though Dunaway all but promises to be unfaithful for the price of a drink. Rourke has a chance to clean up his act when offered a large commission for his writings by publisher Alice Krige. They too end up in bed, each trying to change the other. Your email address will not be published.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson Charles Bukowski, the talented crown prince of self-abuse, wrote the short stories upon which the surprisingly entertaining Barfly was based. Wil Albert Carl as Carl. Hal Shafer Mike as Mike. Barbet Schroeder. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him.
He believes that life is free and yours to live like you see fit, and if that in some cases involves copious amounts of whiskey then so be it. Henry spends his days drinking and listening to the radio, and he spends his nights drinking and fighting against Eddy who he thinks personifies shallowness and shameless self promoting. Sometimes in the middle of this he finds the time to jot down a few lines of poetry or a short story.
After fighting Eddy and winning for a change Henry is thrown out of his regular bar where Eddy is a bartender. This leads him to seek another watering hole where he happens to find Wanda who is a barfly, in her own words "if another man came along with a fifth of whiskey, I'd go with him".
Henry is not fazed by this thou and moves in with her. Of course Wanda immediately goes off and sleeps with Eddy, but after some clothes throwing and two visits from the paramedics Henry and Wanda manage to patch up their relationship. Then Henry gets a visit from a literary agent who has decided to publish one of his stories that he sent in because he "liked the name of the mag".
He follows the agent home to her place in order to receive his payment and with the help of a little whiskey sleeps with her. When he leaves to go back to the bar and back to Wanda the agent is heartbroken, she sees something special in Henry and has fallen in love with him. She follows him to his usual bar and gets into a cat fight with Wanda that Wanda wins. In celebration of new found love, happiness and money Henry buys a round for everyone at the bar and toasts them "to my friends!
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Did you know Edit. Trivia The 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. Goofs Henry calls an ambulance and gives address of apartment building as , while in scene earlier that day building is clearly marked Quotes Wanda : I can't stand people, I hate them.
Henry : Oh yeah? Jones , Al Jackson Jr. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products. User reviews 97 Review. Top review. Details Edit. Release date October 16, United States. United States. Golan-Globus Productions Zoetrope Studios. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 40 minutes.
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