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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.
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.
Paul Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for over thirty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella Man (2005), The Illusionist (2006), and San ...
American Splendor (2003) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Veering between comedy and drama, Harvey and Joyce's story is uneven but so is life and "American Splendor" captures that reality beautifully. A clever approach that works has the real Harvey, and to a lesser extent the real Joyce, alternate with Giamatti and Davis in telling their tales.
2004 Winner AFI Award. Movie of the Year. AMERICAN SPLENDOR is a celebration of the painful dance between life and art. This wry and original comedy of depression tells its story through fiction, documentary, animation and archival footage as if it were turning the pages of a comic book.
Release Date. United States. January 20, 2003 (Sundance Film Festival, premiere) United States. March 20, 2003 (Cleveland International Film Festival) France. May 16, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival) Czech Republic.
American Splendor (2003) - Non comic book fans, or modern comic book fans, may be puzzled by the fact that the kid trick-or-treating as Green Lantern in the opening scene is wearing a red costume.
Actress: American Splendor. Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian (at one time, for the elementary section of Elisabeth Morrow School), and William Davis, an engineer.
American Splendor. Paniots Nine. Written by Peter Dolger. Performed by Joe Maneri. Courtesy of Avant Records. Stardust. Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. Performed by Dizzy Gillespie. Courtesy of Savoy Records and June St. Entertainment.
