Barfly 1987  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, Joe Unger, Sandy Martin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Fritz Feld, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Harry Cohn, Gary Cervantes, Rik Colitti
This is the story of alcoholic writer Henry Chinasky (Mickey Rourke) who hangs around in a neighborhood bar where barfly Willa (Faye Dunaway) works. Willa also drinks too much and is thought to be more than a little bit crazy. Henry and Faye set off on a weird relationship involving irrational behavior, and Henry moves in with her. Later, book publisher Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige) becomes interested in Henry and wants to publish his writings. As she tries to help Henry out of his drinking problems, they end up in bed together. A cat fight at the bar between Wanda and Fay ends with Henry toasting the patrons with a drink. Written by Charles Bukowski and based on his own experiences.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Bert Lahr, Richard Libertini, Gloria LeRoy, Eddie Lawrence
Set in the 1920s, this is a tale about a young Amish woman, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) heads for New York with her father Jacob (Harry Andrews) on her trail. She seeks employment as a dancer on Broadway but ends up working as a stripper at Minsky's burlesque house where she stars as "Mme. Fifi" along with comedians Raymond and Chick (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). All goes well–until the burlesque house is raided.
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Sparkler 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Darren Stein
Cast: Park Overall, Veronica Cartwright, Jamie Kennedy, Steven Petrarca, Freddie Prinze Jr., Don Harvey, Sandy Martin, Grace Zabriskie, Gloria LeRoy, Glenn Shadix
Melba May (Park Overall) "escapes" life in California–her trailer park and husband Flint (Don Harvey)–and heads for Las Vegas where she meets her old high-school friend, Dottie Delgato (Veronica Cartwright). But Flint learns Melba has won a $1,000,000 sweepstakes prize and wants to share in her wealth.
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| 1. Barfly (1987)
2. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
3. Sparkler (1997)
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