American Splendor
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The work American Splendor represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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American Splendor
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The work American Splendor represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- American Splendor
- Statement of responsibility
- HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
- Contributor
-
- Billings, Earl
- trueBrabner, Joyce
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Friedlander, Judah
- Giamatti, Paul
- trueHope, Ted
- McCaffrey, James, 1960-
- Moore, Maggie
- truePekar, Harvey
- Pulcini, Robert
- Urbaniak, James, 1963-
- Stacey, Terry
- Fine Line Features
- Good Machine (Firm)
- HBO Films
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Benesch, Vivienne
- Berman, Shari Springer
- Subject
-
- Biographical films
- Brabner, Joyce
- Brabner, Joyce
- Brabner, Joyce -- Film adaptations
- Comedy films
- Comedy films
- Comedy films
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Film adaptations
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Illustrators
- Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Pekar, Harvey
- Pekar, Harvey
- Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- Sundance Film Festival (2003): Grand Jury Prize ; Cannes Film Festival (2003): Film Festival International Critics Award.
- Cataloging source
- EYM
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Rated R; for language
- Language note
- Closed-captioned
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .A4475336 2004
- PerformerNote
- Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner
- Runtime
- 101
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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