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245 00 American splendor|h[(DVD) videorecording] /|cHBO Films in 
       association with Fine Line Features presents a Good 
       Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & 
       Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and 
       directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHBO Video,|c[2004] 
264  2 Burbank, CA :|bDistributed by Warner Home Video. 
264  4 |c©2003 
300    1 videodisc (DVD)(101 min.) :|bsound, color ;|c4 3/4 in. 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    video|bv|2rdamedia 
338    videodisc|bvd|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. 
500    Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by 
       Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and 
       Joyce Brabner. 
500    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. 
508    Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert 
       Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael 
       Wilkinson ; production designer, Therese Deprez. 
511 1  Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James 
       Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, 
       Vivienne Benesch. 
520    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. 
521 8  MPAA rating: R; for language. 
538    DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. 
546    Closed-captioned. 
586    Cannes Film Festival, 2003: International critics award ; 
       Sundance Film Festival, 2003: Grand Jury prize. 
650  0 Illustrators|zUnited States|vDrama|vVideodiscs. 
650  0 Man-woman relationships|vDrama|vVideodiscs. 
650  0 DVDs. 
655  7 Feature films|vVideodiscs.|2lcgft 
700 1  Pulcini, Robert. 
700 1  Berman, Shari Springer. 
700 1  Pekar, Harvey. 
700 1  Giamatti, Paul,|d1967- 
700 1  Davis, Hope,|d1967-