| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Therese Deprez. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. |
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Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. |
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Special features: audio commentary with directors and cast featurette: Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a scene"; music only track: "American splendor song"; special "My movie year" 6 page comic insert that appeared in "Entertainment Weekly"; DVD ROM features including screen saver; Easter eggs; original theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language. |
| Summary |
Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 2003: International critics award ; Sundance Film Festival, 2003: Grand Jury prize. |
| Subject |
Illustrators -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films Videodiscs.
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| Added Author |
Pulcini, Robert.
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Berman, Shari Springer.
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Pekar, Harvey.
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Giamatti, Paul, 1967-
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Davis, Hope, 1967-
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| ISBN |
0783123876 |
| Standard No. |
026359203121 |
| Music No. |
92031 HBO Video |
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