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Chuck & Buck is a 2000 film written by and starring Mike White, and directed by Miguel Arteta.

Plot

The film centers around Buck O'Brien (Mike White), an emotionally arrested man. At his mother's funeral, Buck is reacquainted with his childhood best-friend, Charlie Sitter (Chris Weitz), who is now a successful music industry exec with a girlfriend named Carlyn Carlson (Beth Colt). Throughout the film, cryptic flashbacks to the childhood of Charlie and Buck are provided.

During their reunion, Buck tries to initiate a sexual relationship with Charlie (or "Chuck", as Buck remembers him). Charlie rebuffs him, and returns to L.A. with Carlyn, promising that Buck is welcome to visit them.

Charlie continually puts off Buck's visits to L.A., claiming family obligations or work difficulties. Buck withdraws $10,000 from his bank, packs up his car, and moves to L.A., taking up residence in a hotel.

Buck starts trying to see Charlie at Charlie's office at Trimorph Entertainment. The visits result in 1) Buck being turned away by the building receptionist, and 2) Buck sneaking into the building and then avoiding Charlie for fear of being discovered as a stalker. Buck also tails Charlie to his home, to find out where he lives.

Buck resorts to waiting across the street, in front of the Aeternus Theater, for Charlie to emerge from his office. Buck eventally approaches the Aeternus's house manager, Beverly Franco (Lupe Ontiveros) and inquires about putting on a play there.

Buck finally reveals his presence in L.A., surprising Charlie and Carlyn outside a restaurant. Buck tells them that he is doing a play in L.A., similar to the plays that he and Charlie/Chuck wrote and performed as children (such as The Devil and the Reindeer). Carlyn invites Buck to a party at their home the next night to celebrate a promotion that Charlie has just received. Charlie tries to give Buck the wrong time for the party, but Carlyn unwittingly corrects him.

At the party, Buck meets some of Charlie's friends, and many of Buck's guileless answers to their pointed questions are misinterpreted by Chuck's friends as friendly L.A. doubletalk, to which they respond cheerfully. Buck continually expresses his desire to talk to Charlie, which Charlie's friends accept as a reflection of the nature of the party. In contrast, Charlie continually brushes off Buck's attempts at conversation by feigning distractedness or business.

Buck meets Carlyn in her bedroom, and expresses his dismay at the fact that "Charlie wants to hang out with his other friends tonight". Carlyn reassures Buck that Charlie is really focused on his job, and that's why he has been concentrating on his friends from work.

Buck finally corners Charlie in converstion with some of Charlie's friends. Charlie introduces Buck to some of his friends, and then continues his pattern of blowing off Buck in favor of his other, more influential, friends.

Buck returns to his hotel room, heartbroken and violently angry, and begins to write a play called Hank & Frank (with "Hank" obviously being Charlie/Chuck, and "Frank" obviously being Buck.) Buck also starts to spy on Charlie & Carlyn at their home.

Buck also starts to habitually call Charlie's house, where Carlyn provides excuses as to why Charlie can't come to the phone.

Buck returns to the Aeternus Theater and asks Beverly to direct and produce his play, Hank and Frank, at the Aeturnus Theater. She initially declines, but is won over by Buck's acceptance of her absurd demand to be paid $25 per hour.

Beverly, taking her job seriously, analyzes Buck's play and determines that the play is not a children's play, even though it has children in it. She says that Buck "has something weird about women" and "something weird about men". Buck dismisses her critique.

Buck returns to stalking Charlie at his office. Charlie's personal assistant, Jamilla (Maya Rudolph), serves as a barrier between Buck and Charlie, but offers Buck a chance to meet with Charlie.

Charlie, in his office, finally meets with Buck. The meeting concludes with a brush-off from Charlie, but Buck ends up getting Jamilla to take a posed photo of Buck & Charlie.

Later that night, Buck shows up unannounced at Charlie's place with a photo montage that he had made from childhood pictures, as well as the one that he had acquired from the earlier meeting with Charlie. Carlyn offers Charlie ice cream, which Charlie accepts. Later on, Carlyn excuses herself to go to bed, leaving Buck and Charlie alone. Buck then asks Charlie if he'd like to play a game like they used to play... specifically, a game where "you stick your dick in my mouth, and I stick mine in yours: Chuck & Buck, suck & fuck." Charlie's response is, "I think you should get out of here, Buck. I mean it. Get out. Now." Buck leaves.

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