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American Splendor

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Number of Discs
1

Release Date
24/05/2004

Studio
Optimum Home Entertainment

format
DVD / Normal

Duration
97

Certificate UK
15

Description

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, this biographical comedy drama by documentary makers Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Sherman fuses live-action film, archive footage and animation to tell the story of comic book writer Harvey Pekar (played in the live action sections of the film by Paul Giamatti). Harvey leads a dull, monotonous life, working as a file clerk at a local veterans' hospital. At home, he fills his days by reading, writing and listening to jazz, and compulsively collects books and records which fill the walls and floors of his apartment. Inspired by the work of his friend Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak), Harvey writes comics about the minor trials and tribulations of everyday life, and gradually attains celebrity status as his work gains initially a cult and then a mainstream following. Despite his newfound success, it is his meeting with sardonic comic store owner Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis) that changes his life most profoundly. The two marry within days of their first meeting, and go on to co-write a book-length comic based on their life together, 'Our Cancer Year'.

Director: Shari Springer Berman
Director: Robert Pulcini
Producer: Ted Hope
Writer: Shari Springer Berman
Writer: Robert Pulcini
Music: Mark Suozzo
Music: Eytan Mirsky
Actor: Paul Giamatti
Actor: James Urbaniak
Actor: Hope Davis
Actor: Judah Friedlander
Actor: Shari Springer Berman
Actor: Earl Billings
Actor: Madylin Sweeten

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
American Splendor|Paul Giamatti

Colour
Colour

Catalogue Number
OPTD0063

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