American splendor
(DVD)

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Port Angeles - Digital Video DiscDVD AMERICAChecked OutNovember 15, 2024
Sequim - Digital Video DiscDVD AMERICAChecked OutNovember 16, 2024

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Published
New York, NY : Burbank, CA : HBO Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004], c2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883316799703, 026359203121

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
General Note
Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner.
General Note
Special features: audio commentary with directors and cast featurette: Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a scene"; music only track: "American splendor song"; special "My movie year" 6 page comic insert that appeared in "Entertainment Weekly"; DVD ROM features including screen saver; Easter eggs; original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Therese Deprez.
Participants/Performers
Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for language.
System Details
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 2003: FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini).