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American Splendor is a 2003 American biographical comedy drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film, which chronicles the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar , is a hybrid production featuring live actors, documentary, and animation.
- $2 million
- Ted Hope, Christine Kunewa Walker, Julia King, Declan Baldwin
- Mark Suozzo
Sep 12, 2003 · A film based on the life and comics of Harvey Pekar, a file clerk who becomes a cult hero for his honest and humorous stories. Starring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, and Harvey Pekar himself, the film mixes fiction and reality, humor and drama, and features Robert Crumb and David Letterman.
- (51K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- 2003-09-12
American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals. Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics.
NumberDate Of PublicationPages (including Cover)Artists1May 197652Brian Bram, Greg Budgett, Robert Crumb, ...2April 197760Bram, Budgett, Crumb, Dumm3197856Budgett, Crumb, Dumm4197960Crumb, Dumm, Michael T. Gilbert, Gerry ...- 39
- Harvey Pekar
- May 1976 – September 2008
Aug 15, 2003 · A biopic of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, played by Paul Giamatti and himself, with a unique style of comic book-like panels. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or rent the movie online.
- (2.2K)
- Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- R
- Paul Giamatti, Earl Billings
A film adaptation of the graphic novel by Harvey Pekar, a file clerk who writes about his life and struggles. The film blends documentary, fiction and comic book scenes, featuring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis and Judah Friedlander as the real and fictional characters.
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An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait. First published in 1976, the comic earns Harvey cult fame throughout the 1980s and eventually leads him to the sardonic Joyce Barber, a partner in a Delaware comic ...
