American Splendor
by Shari Springer Berman
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Actor: Chris Ambrose, Earl Billings, Nick Baxter, Shari Springer Berman, Vivienne BeneschDirector: Shari Springer Berman
Brand: Warner Brothers
Primary Contributor: Shari Springer Berman
Primary Contributor: Giamatti, Paul
Primary Contributor: Pekar, Harvey
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: HBO Video
Movie Reviews of American Splendor
Movie Review: Harvey Pekar is a winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film rates as one of the most creative and playful I've ever seen. The way the two versions of Harvey play off each other and the way his comic and his real life intertwine is pure genius. Paul Giamatti is at his finest.
Excellent!! Two thumbs up!!
Summary of American Splendor
Based on the life and work of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar- a prickly poet of the mundane who knows that all the strategizing in the world can't save a guy from picking the wrong supermarket checkout line.One of the most acclaimed films of 2003, American Splendor is also one of the most audaciously creative biographical movies ever made. Blending fact, fiction, and personal perspective from the comic books that inspired it, this marvelous portrait of Harvey Pekar--scowling curmudgeon, brow-beaten everyman, insightful chronicler of his own life, and frustrated file clerk at a Cleveland V.A. hospital--is an inspired amalgam of the media (comic books, TV, and film) that lifted Pekar from obscurity to the status of a pop-cultural icon. As played by Paul Giamatti in a master-stroke of casting, we see Pekar and his understanding wife (played by Hope Davis) as underdogs in a world full of obstacles, yet also infused with subtle hope and (gasp!) heartwarming perseverance. We also see the real Pekar, and this multifaceted commingling of "reel" and "real" turns American Splendor into a uniquely cinematic celebration of Pekar's life and, by extension, the tenacity of an unlikely American hero. --Jeff Shannon
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