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Factotum (2005) [R]

Release Date:
April 25, 2005

Original Title:
Factotum

Alternate Titles:
Factótum

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Bulbul Films
Canal+
Celluloid Dreams
MBP (Germany)

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Norway | Sweden | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15  IE: 16  NO: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 94

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire

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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

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Production

Assistant Editor:
Silje Nordseth

Associate Producer:
Reinhold Elschot
Meinolf Zurhorst
Rainer Mockert
Peter Nadermann
Karl Baumgartner

Best Boy Grip:
Kevin Karpinski

Boom Operator:
Cully Gallagher

Camera Operator:
Fernando Gayesky

Costume Design:
Tere Duncan

Director:
Bent Hamer

Director of Photography:
John Christian Rosenlund

Editor:
Pål Gengenbach

Executive Producer:
Christine K. Walker

Extras Casting:
Debbie DeLisi

First Assistant Camera:
Sebastián Almeida

First Assistant Director:
Paul B. Johnson

Foley Artist:
Erik S. Watland

Gaffer:
Edward Cohen

Hairstylist:
Tara Smith

Key Grip:
Joseph Gallup

Key Hair Stylist:
Sherry Heart

Local Casting:
Lynn Blumenthal

Location Manager:
Shelli Ainsworth

Makeup Designer:
Patricia Regan

Novel:
Charles Bukowski

Original Music Composer:
Kristin Asbjørnsen

Producer:
Bent Hamer
Jim Stark

Production Design:
Eve Cauley

Production Manager:
Devorah DeVries

Production Sound Mixer:
John L. Sims Jr.

Production Supervisor:
Jason Cooper Hall

Property Master:
Mindy Harris

Publicist:
Julie Swenson

Script Supervisor:
Lynn Younglove

Second Assistant Camera:
Michael Lindquist

Second Assistant Director:
Eric D. Howell

Set Decoration:
Sarah Kruchowski
Kate Sheeley

Sound Designer:
Petter Fladeby

Sound Editor:
Richard Sveen

Stunt Coordinator:
Eric D. Howell

Stunts:
Rose M. Frazier
Peter Moore

Thanks:
Marius Holst
Pål Sletaune

Transportation Captain:
Michael Kennedy

Transportation Coordinator:
Brenton McCracken

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Deborah Fiscus

Writer:
Jim Stark
Bent Hamer

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