American Splendor [DVD 2004] Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Harvey Pekar

American Splendor

Author: Paul Giamatti; Hope Davis

Publication: : HBO Video, 2010-04-05

Binding: DVD

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Condition: Used: Very Good

Description: No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. excellent condition DVD in original keep case with inserts. The documentary directing team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman makes their narrative feature debut with the biographical comedy drama American Splendor. Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) is a comic book writer inspired by the work of his friend Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak). Pekar writes his comics about the sad monotony of everyday life, based on his own life in Cleveland, OH, working as a file clerk at a veteran's hospital and spending his time reading books and listening to jazz. He meets up with Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis) and they enjoy a depressive relationship together. The filmmakers employ a combination of live-action film, video, and animation, including narration and commentary from the real-life Harvey Pekar. The screenplay was based on Pekar's comic book series American Splendor, which he has been writing since 1976 on Dark Horse Comics, and the 1994 book-length comic Our Cancer Year, written by Pekar and Brabner. American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Ref#: 054050

Subject: Movies

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