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Sep 12, 2003 · American Splendor: Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. With Chris Ambrose, Joey Krajcar, Josh Hutcherson, Cameron Carter. An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
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.
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. [1]
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.
Aug 15, 2003 · American Splendor tells the story of Pekar in an enjoyable, stylistic way, incorporating the real people behind the (surprisingly real) characters — for example, playing the...
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Aug 22, 2003 · American Splendor. Roger Ebert August 22, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. One of the closing shots of "American Splendor" shows a retirement party for Harvey Pekar, who is ending his career as a file clerk at a V.A. hospital in Cleveland. This is a real party, and it is a real retirement.
Aug 15, 2003 · American Splendor - Metacritic. 2003. R. HBO Films. 1 h 41 m. Summary The true saga of a working-class Everyman who pursues self-expression without self-censorship -- and finds a grateful audience, critical admiration, and that most remarkable of happy endings, a loving family. (Fine Line Features) Biography. Comedy. Drama.
May 1, 2007 · Watch the trailer of American Splendor, a biographical comedy-drama film based on the life and work of comic book writer Harvey Pekar. See how Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis bring his stories to ...
American Splendor - Apple TV. Available on Prime Video, iTunes, Hulu, Max. The life of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar is chronicled in this exceptionally droll film.
Aug 15, 2003 · 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).
