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American Splendor

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783123875
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783123876
Label: HBO Video
Manufacturer: HBO Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 13551
Studio: HBO Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 2003

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
American Splendor is the story of a little-known working-class everyman and first-class curmudgeon harvey Pekar. pekar finds love fmaily and a creative voice through the underground comic books he creates but still can't manage to find the quicker supermarket checkout line. ordinary life is pretty complex stuff. Pekar played by Paul Giamatti is a frustrated file clerk at a V.A. hospital but also a comic book fan who brefirends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life entitled 'American Splendor.' Along the bumpy journey he meets marries and falls for Joyce an admiring comic book seller played by Hope Davis. also appearing in the movie are the real Harvey and Joyce comic book renderings of the couple and cameos by some of Harvey's closest friends. In this truly original ultimately heartwarming film you will find yourself deeply immersed in a world of American Splendor.Running Time: 101 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 026359203121 Manufacturer No: 92031

Amazon.com:
One of the most acclaimed films of 2003, American Splendor is also one of the most audaciously creative biographical movies ever made. Blending fact, fiction, and personal perspective from the comic books that inspired it, this marvelous portrait of Harvey Pekar--scowling curmudgeon, brow-beaten everyman, insightful chronicler of his own life, and frustrated file clerk at a Cleveland V.A. hospital--is an inspired amalgam of the media (comic books, TV, and film) that lifted Pekar from obscurity to the status of a pop-cultural icon. As played by Paul Giamatti in a master-stroke of casting, we see Pekar and his understanding wife (played by Hope Davis) as underdogs in a world full of obstacles, yet also infused with subtle hope and (gasp!) heartwarming perseverance. We also see the real Pekar, and this multifaceted commingling of 'reel' and 'real' turns American Splendor into a uniquely cinematic celebration of Pekar's life and, by extension, the tenacity of an unlikely American hero. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - Excellent film
If you're unsure about buying this, it's worth checking out just to see the characters. The crazy ... Read More

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Rating: - Quality, Six stars not Five!
In my opinion this was one of the best films out there. Beautifully shot, written, and acted. I love ... Read More

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Rating: - A nerd film for elitist a-holes.
There they stand in safe New York studio apartments in their skinny, disproportionately crafted outfits, ... Read More

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Rating: - I'm Impressed
I left the USA in 1999, so I have no clue about any of the material that preceded this film. It was some ... Read More

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Rating: - original, funny, banal, pathetic, and uplifting
I was given a copy of Pekar's first anthology in 1985, and I read it so many times I practically memorized ... Read More

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