Chuck & Buck is a 2000 comedy-drama film written by and starring Mike White, and directed by Miguel Arteta. The title is a reference to the nickname that poet Charles Bukowski was known as in literary circles—Chuck Buk. Buck O'Brien is a 27-year-old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent. When Buck's mother dies unexpectedly, he invites his close childhood friend Chuck to the funeral. Chuck is a successful music industry exec with a fiancée, Carlyn . He and Buck experimented sexually with each other when they were 11, but Charlie has repressed these... memories and acts as if they had not occurred. Chuck had moved away while they were still children, and Buck has pined for him ever since. During their awkward reunion, Buck makes a sexual advance on Charlie in the bathroom. Charlie rebuffs him, and returns to Los Angeles with Carlyn, but not before extending an obligatory invitation for Buck to visit him there. Buck then withdraws $10,000 from his bank account, packs up his car, and takes up residence in a hotel in Los Angeles.
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| Release date: | July 14, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Miguel Arteta |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Matthew Greenfield |
| Editor: | Jeff Betancourt |
| Music by: | Joey Waronker, Smokey Hormel, Tony Maxwell |
| Cinematography: | Chuy Chavez |
| Screenplay by: | Mike White |
| Estimated budget: | $250,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |