American Splendor Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Genres: Comedy Drama
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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
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