American splendor

Hope, Ted. (Added Author). Pulcini, Robert. (Added Author). Berman, Shari Springer. (Added Author). Giamatti, Paul, 1967- (Added Author). Davis, Hope, 1967- (Added Author). Friedlander, Judah. (Added Author). Urbaniak, James, 1963- (Added Author). Billings, Earl. (Added Author). McCaffrey, James, 1960- (Added Author). Moore, Maggie. (Added Author). Benesch, Vivienne. (Added Author). Stacey, Terry. (Added Author). Suozzo, Mark. (Added Author). Wilkinson, Michael. (Added Author). DePrez, Thérèse. (Added Author). Pekar, Harvey. American splendor. (Added Author). Brabner, Joyce. Our cancer year. (Added Author). HBO Films. (Added Author). Fine Line Features. (Added Author). Good Machine (Firm) (Added Author). HBO Video (Firm) (Added Author). Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch. (Cast).

Summary: Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.

Record details

ISBN: 0783123876 :
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording
Publisher: New York : HBO Video, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez.
Participant or Performer Note:	Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch.
Target Audience Note:	R.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:	Cannes Film Festival, 2003: FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini).