# Barfly (1987)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Barbet Schroeder
**Written by**: Charles Bukowski
**Starring**: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone Jr.

> *Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A pair of poets who treat bar tabs like love letters. One writes drunk, the other drinks like it’s a job. The only thing that soars is the hair-of-the-dog dialogue.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, tender

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