American Splendor

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 comi...

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Corporate Authors: HBO Films, Fine Line Features, Good Machine (Firm), HBO Video (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Hope, Ted, Pulcini, Robert, Berman, Shari Springer, Giamatti, Paul, Davis, Hope, 1967-, Friedlander, Judah, Urbaniak, James, 1963-, Billings, Earl, McCaffrey, James, 1960-, Moore, Maggie, Benesch, Vivienne, Stacey, Terry, Suozzo, Mark, Wilkinson, Michael (Michael Charles), 1970-, DePrez, Thérèse, Pekar, Harvey, Brabner, Joyce
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Burbank, CA : HBO Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004], c2003.
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245 0 0 |a American Splendor  |h [videodisc]  |c HBO 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. 
260 |a New York, NY :  |b HBO Video ;  |a Burbank, CA :  |b Distributed by Warner Home Video,  |c [2004], c2003. 
300 |a 1 videodisc (101 min.) :  |b sd., col. ;  |c 4 3/4 in. 
538 |a DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. 
546 |a Closed-captioned. 
511 1 |a Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch. 
508 |a Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez. 
500 |a Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. 
500 |a Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. 
521 8 |a MPAA rating: R; for language. 
520 |a 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. 
500 |a 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. 
586 |a Cannes Film Festival, 2003: FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini). 
650 0 |a Comic books, strips, etc.  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Illustrators  |z United States  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Man-woman relationships  |v Drama. 
655 0 |a Feature films. 
655 0 |a Comedy films. 
650 0 |a Video recordings for the hearing impaired. 
700 1 |a Hope, Ted. 
700 1 |a Pulcini, Robert. 
700 1 |a Berman, Shari Springer. 
700 1 |a Giamatti, Paul. 
700 1 |a Davis, Hope,  |d 1967- 
700 1 |a Friedlander, Judah. 
700 1 |a Urbaniak, James,  |d 1963- 
700 1 |a Billings, Earl. 
700 1 |a McCaffrey, James,  |d 1960- 
700 1 |a Moore, Maggie. 
700 1 |a Benesch, Vivienne. 
700 1 |a Stacey, Terry. 
700 1 |a Suozzo, Mark. 
700 1 |a Wilkinson, Michael  |q (Michael Charles),  |d 1970- 
700 1 |a DePrez, Thérèse. 
700 1 |a Pekar, Harvey. 
700 1 |a Brabner, Joyce. 
710 2 |a HBO Films. 
710 2 |a Fine Line Features. 
710 2 |a Good Machine (Firm) 
710 2 |a HBO Video (Firm) 
710 2 |a Warner Home Video (Firm) 
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