Barfly (Original screenplay for the 1987 film)

N.p.: Cannon Films, 1986. Shooting script for the 1987 film. Annotation noting copy No. 62 in manuscript ink on the first leaf. Last three pages of script (pages 109-111) is a epilogue, "Background Bar Talk," a series of two character jokes and dialogue "to be barely heard, if needed, in various bar scenes."

Largely based on screenwriter Charles Bukowski's life in Hollywood during the 1970s, about a misanthropic alcoholic (Bukowski's literary alter-ego Henry Chinaski) who spends his evenings drinking at a dreary Los Angeles watering hole, where he enjoys a romance with fellow barfly Wanda. Bukowski published the screenplay (with illustrations (truncated) by the author) in 1984, while the film was still pending production. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Set and shot on location in Los Angeles, California.

With no wrappers, presumably as issued. Title page present, dated 12 August 1986, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriter Bukowski and director Barbet Schroeder. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on green stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, moderately soiled on first and last leaves, with first leaf detached from the binding, partially bound with a single gold brad. (Inventory #: 162487)