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Director:
John Dullaghan
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Release Date:
30 April 2004 (UK) more
Genre:
Documentary | Biography more
Plot:
Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Tears of a dirty old man more (18 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Charles Bukowski ... Himself (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Bono ... Himself
John Bryan ... Himself
Linda Lee Bukowski ... Herself
Marina Bukowski ... Herself
Neeli Cherkovski ... Himself
Joyce Fante ... Herself
FrancEyE ... Herself

Taylor Hackford ... Himself
John Martin ... Himself

Mike Meloan ... Himself
Jack Micheline ... Himself
Pam 'Cupcakes' Miller ... Herself
Dom Muto ... Himself
William Packard ... Himself

Sean Penn ... Himself
Steve Richmond ... Himself

Barbet Schroeder ... Himself

Harry Dean Stanton ... Himself

Tom Waits ... Himself
Carl Weissner ... Himself
Liza Williams ... Herself
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexual content/nudity.
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Runtime:
130 min | Japan:113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R | Australia:MA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The title of the film comes from Bukowski's poem, "Dinosauria, we", which was published in his book, "The Last Night Of The Earth Poems". Published in 1992, it was the final book of poetry released while the poet was still alive. more
Movie Connections:
Edited from The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985) more

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Tears of a dirty old man, 20 December 2004
10/10
Author: ppalomurto from Finland

I highly recommend this unique masterpiece. Hank was even more lovable person in live than I expected.

When the documentary ended I was very touched. Even a couple of tears on my cheek. Those might be caused by wine a drank while watching this hypnotic film. But anyway if you are not familiar with his work it's about time to read one of the greatest writers within this genre. Lots of rare material (at least here in Finland) and even a short interview with his daughter Marina.

As a dilettante's summary: a must for anyone ever read Bukowski and for others hopefully a trigger to start right away.

Don't try, God bless.

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