| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Paul Giamatti |
Harvey Pekar
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| Hope Davis |
Joyce Brabner
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| Harvey Pekar |
Real Harvey
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| Shari Springer Berman |
Interviewer
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| James Urbaniak |
Robert Crumb
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| Judah Friedlander |
Toby Radloff
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| Earl Billings |
Mr. Boats
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| Joyce Brabner |
Real Joyce
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| Madyline Sweeten |
Danielle
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| Molly Shannon |
Stage Actor Joyce
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| Chris Ambrose |
Superman
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Comedy |
| Director |
Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini |
| Producer |
Ted Hope |
| Writer |
Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner |
| Studio |
Fine Line Features |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
1 hr 40 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| The documentary directing team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman makes their narrative feature debut with the biographical comedy drama American Splendor . Harvey Pekar ( Paul Giamatti ) is a comic book writer inspired by the work of his friend Robert Crumb ( James Urbaniak ). Pekar writes his comics about the sad monotony of everyday life, based on his own life in Cleveland, OH, working as a file clerk at a veteran's hospital and spending his time reading books and listening to jazz. He meets up with Joyce Brabner ( Hope Davis ) and they enjoy a depressive relationship together. The filmmakers employ a combination of live-action film, video, and animation, including narration and commentary from the real-life Harvey Pekar . The screenplay was based on Pekar 's comic book series American Splendor , which he has been writing since 1976 on Dark Horse Comics, and the 1994 book-length comic Our Cancer Year , written by Pekar and Brabner . American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival . — Andrea LeVasseur |
| Personal Details |
| On Location |
Yes |
| Index |
433 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Location |
Spindle 6 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
Divx |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Number of Cds |
1 |
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