Barfly

Henry and Wanda are wedded to their bar stools, not each other, but they like each other and attempt to make a go of life on the skids.

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"Henry Chinaski leads the life of a barfly - living on the edge to escape the boredom of conformity. Unlike the average drunk he spouts philosophy, quotes Tolstoy and writes gifted and prolific poetry. Between brawling and drinking he meets Wanda Wilcox who shares his outlook on life. A quasi-autobiography of Charles Bukowski."
"Henry and Wanda are wedded to their bar stools, not each other, but they like each other and attempt to make a go of life on the skids."@en
""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, [though], 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!'"--Internet movie database summary by Erik Wallen, as viewed on January 13, 2009."
"Comedy about a swaggering writer and friends who frequent the central L.A. bars and flophouses."@en
"Liquor-soaked comedy about a swaggering writer and friends who frequent the central L.A. bars and flophouses."
"Fiction. Drame psychologique racontant l'histoire d'amour entre deux alcooliques, piliers de bars et bagarreurs. Avec Mickey Rourke et Faye Dunaway. Avec Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone."
""Before The Wrestler took the world by storm, Barfly was considered Mickey Rourke's most passionate and gritty performance. This dark tale of drunkenness, violence and self loathing reflects his brooding persona perfectly. Add to this the fact that his charecter is a phenomenally talented but self destructive artist and you'd swear the role had been written for him. Barfly is the fictionalised autobiography by cult writer and underground hero, Charles Bukowski and is an unflinching portrayal of life one step up from the gutter. Rourke's performance as a self-hating, mean spirited anti-hero is dark and brutal but retains a kind of selfish, desperate beauty, especially in respect to the doomed relationship that develops between him and a fellow lost soul"--Container."
"Henry and Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife. They're wedded to their bar stools. But they do like being with each other. Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids."
"Quasi-autobiography of writer-alcoholic Charles Bukowski. Life on the skids in L.A.'s bars and flophouses."
"Quasi-autobiography of writer-alcoholic Charles Bukowski. Life on the skids in L.A.'s bars and flophouses."@en
"Henry Chinaski leads the life of a barfly - living on the edge to escape the boredom of conformity. Unlike the average drunk he spouts philosophy, quotes Tolstoy & writed gifted & prolific poetry. Between drinking & brawling he meets Wanda Wilcox who shares his outlook on life."@en
"Story of Los Angeles bar habitués Henry and Wanda, their gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids, and Henry's choice between that booze-ridden existence or a new life as a poet."
"Henry and Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife. They're wedded to their barstools. But they do like being with each other-- and the noiresque comedy "Barfly" captures thier giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids."
"Henry Chinaski leads the life of a barfly, living on the edge to escape the boredom of conformity. Unlike the average drunk he spouts philosophy, quotes Tolstoy and writes gifted and prolific poetry. Between brawling and drinking he meets Wanda Wilcox who shares his outlook on life. A quasi-autobiography of Charles Bukowski."@en
"Retrato de la vida del escritor Charles Bukowski con sus eternas borracheras y sus desafortunadas peleas en los patios traseros de los bares de mala muerte."
"Henry Chinaski leads the life of a barfly - living on the edge to escape the boredom of conformity. Unlike the average drunk he spouts philosophy, quotes Tolstoy and writes gifted and prolific poetry. Between brawling and drinking he meets Wanda Wilcox who shares his outlook on life."@en
"Quasi-autobiography of writer-alcoholic Charles Bukowski shows life on the skids in L.A.'s bars and flophouses."