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Released
2005 · FILM

Factotum

A drifter‑writer roams modern Los Angeles hunting any job that will fund his relentless pursuit of prose, all while fighting the seductive pull of booze, women, and gambling that threaten to derail his art.

“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire”

Directed by
Bent Hamer
Written by
Charles Bukowski, Bent Hamer
Runtime
94 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

This drama follows Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of *Factotum* author Charles Bukowski, as he moves through Los Angeles, CA, seeking work that allows him to pursue his main passion: writing. Throughout the story, he resists the temptations and distractions of relationships, alcohol, and gambling.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Pal GengenbachShot by John Christian RosenlundScored by Kristin Asbj RnsenDesigned by Eve Cauley

Box Office

2005 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.7M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$2.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Factótumes

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