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Barfly stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway and was directed by Barbet Schroeder. It was produced by Francis Ford Coppola and Barbet Schroeder. The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself. Mickey Rourke (b. ... Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Barbet Schroeder (born August 26, 1941 in Teheran to a Swiss diplomat father) is a movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from his feature film Taxi Driver. ...

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 consider this scene, and her character in general, to be in stark contrast to the theme of the movie. ^[1]
• 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 seminal punk rock group NOFX wrote a song on Bukowski titled "Green Corn" in reference to the movie.
• Now out of print.

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References

1. ^ [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

External links

• Barfly at the Internet Movie Database