european edition: special collector’s dvd
(pal format; will not play in the united states & canada)

Acclaimed for its biographical accuracy, depth and insight, Bukowski: Born Into This is the most comprehensive documentary of Los Angeles author Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), most widely known as the real-life model for the movie Barfly. This documentary traces Bukowski's extraordinary life, from an abusive childhood through decades of poverty and alcoholism; numerous menial jobs and turbulent relationships; through fourteen years as a postal employee; and his eventual international celebrity as a poet, novelist and underground cult icon.

Director John Dullaghan spent eight years assembling Bukowski: Born Into This. During this time he interviewed over 70 people on film and video, including relatives, neighbors, teenage pals, fellow post office workers, girlfriends and other poets. Bukowski: Born Into This is acknowledged by readers, and by those who knew him best, as the most authoritative film biography of Charles Bukowski.

Includes appearances by: Bono, Linda Lee Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski, Taylor Hackford, John Martin, Sean Penn, Barbet Schroeder, Tom Waits.

collector’s edition includes over one extra hour of never-before-seen footage:
+ Director's Cut: Full-length 1 hr., 53 minute version, seen only in theaters
+ Bukowski's final home movie footage from 1992, never seen before
+ Extended interviews with Bono, Linda Bukowski, Taylor Hackford, publisher John Martin
+ Tom Waits and Bono read extra poems
+ Director's commentary: John Dullaghan takes you behind-the-scenes