[...] Letterman [...] announced it on his show that exact day.
Yeah, it just seems like calling him "Charlie" is his hollywood way of letting the audience know that was either close with him or it was a power thing (like calling your Doctor by his first name.)
He almost certainly did not call him "Charlie" to his face.
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The movie was "Rubin & Ed."
It's not widely available, but you can get it straight from the director online, and it's worth checking out if you like bizarre humor, or Mahler's Symphony No.1.
(Howard Hesseman's in it too, as well as a dead cat.)
http://www.echocave.net/rubin_ed.html
p.s. I only remember Matt Dillon from Rumble Fish, had forgotten Rourke completely!
I'm just watching mister rourke in Rumble Fish, and he looks okay to me. Actually so does mister dillon.
Who next to play Bukowski - nicolas cage ???