Bukowski: The Last Straw

2008 | 74 minutes | 2.0 ★ (2)

Bukowski: The Last Straw
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    The Last Straw is a film documenting the very last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski at The Sweetwater, a music club in Redondo Beach, California on March 31, 1980

  • Release Date

    22 April 2008

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    $0.00

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